Film festival

"We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately," said a spokesperson for the French national gendarmerie, adding that no arrests had been made at this stage.

Schem was invited by the Cannes Jewish community to help spread awareness for the hostages.

The 27th Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival will present films that look deeply at the current situation, as well as movies on a diverse range of subjects.

The letter makes no mention of October 7, 2023, that began the war, nor the Palestinian activists who were killed while standing up to Hamas.

The film is reportedly set in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the outbreak of the current war in Gaza.

The movie is enjoyable, filled with swashbuckling and banter, and concentrates on presenting the 1600s with realistic grit and filth.

Letter to David comes at the story of David and his family from a different and highly cinematic angle, compared to a traditional documentary.

Mohammad Rasoulof's riveting film follows a Revolutionary Court judge's family caught in Iran's 2022 protests, delivering Hitchcockian tension alongside powerful social commentary.

This year’s festival will present 50 films – 22 documentaries and 28 narrative works – that celebrate the diversity of Jewish experience around the world. 

“I do not hesitate to say that Shoah was the greatest event in the history of our festival, the Forum of the Berlinale, maybe also the greatest event of the Berlinale itself.”

At this year’s festival, a new documentary by Shoval will be shown, Letter to David, about David Cunio’s kidnapping will be shown.