Israeli films

Arava International Film Festival expands to two outdoor screens for 15th edition in November

The Arava International Film Festival returns November 4 to 14 with nine Israeli premieres, Hollywood classics, and two outdoor screens beneath the Negev desert sky.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
FOR THE first time, the festival will feature two outdoor screens.
'Legend of Destruction.'

Israeli Second Temple drama ‘Legend of Destruction’ now available in the US

The story follows Ben Batich, voiced by Oscar Isaac, an idealistic young man who joins the zealots rebelling against Rome, driven by anger at corruption and inequality.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Filmmakers Ariel Orbuch, Roy Danino, and Hagai Gutman, creators of NAZA, The True Story receive ertificates of appreciation from National Public Diplomacy Directorate head Tzipi Hotovely on Thursday, October 8, 2026.

Gov't honors creators of NAZA, The True Story, that challenges Yuval Abraham's documentary claims

Tzipi Hotovely praised the film for presenting "Israel's truth and the morality of IDF soldiers" and challenging what she called "blood libels and lies" against Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A scene from the Israeli film 'Tell Me Everything.'

Swiss queer film festival removes award-winning Israeli movie from lineup after boycott threats

The Geneva-based festival, which opens on October 9, had previously included Tell Me Everything, a drama about a boy who discovers his father is gay at the height of the AIDS epidemic, in its lineup.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Israeli short films take center stage at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

JULY 14, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

Israeli Embassy efforts enhance Brussels International Jewish Film Festival

JULY 10, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jewish International Film Festival

Israeli films shine at Brussels Short Film Festival

JUNE 30, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Israeli event ‘Not Letting It In’ highlights Athens Queer Archive Festival

JUNE 21, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jason Danino-Holt and the Israeli-Greek Cast

Seret UK Film and TV Festival held May 12– 19, 2022

JUNE 2, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Ronit Elkabetz

The Kaboom Animation Festival in Amsterdam opened with Ari Folman’s Where is Anne Frank

JUNE 2, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN

Israel Film Center STREAM offers vibrant slate of Israeli films in US

IFC STREAM features hundreds of Israeli and Jewish-interest films, both recent movies and classics. Viewers can simply pay and watch each film they wish to see without a monthly membership fee.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
‘THE OTHER Story’ is one of the Israeli films available via the Israel Film Center STREAM.

Israel movie night: Go to the movies on Thursday for NIS 10!

Cinema Day will be held on February 24 and this time around, both Israeli and international films shown on that day will cost just NIS 10 per ticket - here's what to watch.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
'DEATH ON the Nile.'

Films on violence against women touch a chord

Thought-provoking short films by graduates of the Maaleh School of Film and Television in Jerusalem about different forms of violence against women can now be seen on VOD.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.

The glittering hotel where stars spent the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes film festival sees particularly large Israeli delegation due to four feature films

JULY 15, 2021ByMICHAL GALANTI
Elliott Aintabi.