Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Jerusalem highlights: September 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Kosher nibbles – Latin-Mediterranean style (see Friday).
Mor Eldar (left), the director of the Sam Spiegel International Film and Series Labs, and Dana Blankstein Cohen, the CEO and executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.

Sam Spiegel Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival, will present 10 projects

The Venice International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world, and Israeli films have been embraced there with enthusiasm in the past.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Participants in the Sam Spiegel Film Lab, whose films will be at the pitching event at the Venice Film Festival.

Sam Spiegel International Film Lab to hold pitching event at Venice Film Festival

This is the first time since its establishment 13 years ago that Sam Spiegel's International Film Lab will hold its annual pitching event as part of the Venice Film Festival.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
THE SAM Spiegel Film and Television School.

Sam Speigel ranked again as one of world’s best international film schools by ‘Hollywood Reporter'

The Sam Spiegel Film School's graduates include many of Israel’s leading filmmakers, among them Nadav Lapid, Rama Burshtein, Nir Bergman, Talya Lavie, Noah Stollman, and Tom Shoval.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Jerusalem Film Fest documentaries show real-life drama

The Diamond Competition for Israeli Documentary Films is particularly competitive this year, with movies that look at diverse aspects of life in Israel and Jewish history.

JULY 20, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
‘THE PARTISAN with a Leica Camera’

Spiegel school partners with Netflix on TV lab

The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film & Television School is partnering with Netflix to launch a television series lab that will provide support, mentoring and instruction for creators based in Israel.

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab looks back on 10 triumphant years

“The success of the Lab, which brings together Israelis and filmmakers from around the world, shows how much Sam Spiegel has become a center for international filmmaking.”

OCTOBER 14, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
FROM LEFT, Dana Blankstein Cohen, director of Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School; Netali Braun, winner of the Grand Prize at the lab pitching event this summer; and Aurit Zamir, director of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab.

Sam Spiegel Film School named to top international school list by ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ 

Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film School has been included on The Hollywood Reporter's list of the top 20 international film schools. The school has made the list the past 5 consecutive years.

AUGUST 16, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
Sam Spiegel Film School

Sophia Loren honored by Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Loren: “I never finished high school. I didn’t attend university. I never studied acting. Life had different plans for me. But I wish I had done all three.”

FEBRUARY 22, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
Sophia Loren during Sunday's event.

Despite coronavirus, Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School thrives

The entire faculty and staff switched to working on Zoom, but work continues.

JANUARY 27, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
DANA BLANKSTEIN COHEN: We didn’t stop for a minute. You can’t stop the creativity.

Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School on list of top institutions

Well-known JSFS graduates include Talya Lavie (Zero Motivation), Nadav Lapid (Synonyms), Rama Burstein (Fill the Void) and Nir Bergman (Yona).

AUGUST 27, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Sam Spiegel named one of top film schools by Hollywood

The Hollywood Reporter named the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School as one of the top 15 international film schools in the world.

AUGUST 19, 2019ByHANNAH BROWN
Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School