Nirit Anderman

Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher joins forces with musician Sha'anan Street on 'Plaot,' a film about what happens in Jerusalem when opposing worlds collide.

After an eight-year hiatus, Joseph Pitchhadze, one of the country’s preeminent filmmakers, is back in the director’s chair.

Upcoming film to parody alleged Israeli assassination of senior Hamas member Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.

A trip by four siblings to Austria, to delve into the Holocaust past of the father they never really knew, is the subject of a moving new documentary.

The documentary film The Law in These Parts, critical of the IDF justice system in the territories, was not authorized to be screened for IDF soldiers.

Amos Gitai shooting short film 'Book of Amos' in Tel Aviv; 'Words with Gods' project initiated by man behind screenplays of 'Babel' and '21 Grams.'

'Yossi's Story' to join two other Israeli films: 'Room 514,' directed by Sharon Bar-Ziv, and Arnon Goldfinger's 'The Flat.'

The 14th annual Docaviv festival, which will take place May 3-12 in Tel Aviv's Cinemateque, will focus on political conflicts and gay issues.

The killing in Dubai was widely attributed to the Mossad, Israel's espionage service.

Israeli film has given more prominence to gay characters in recent years, and allowed for a more diverse, and less stereotypical portrayal of them, concludes a new scholarly survey of the topic.

'Footnote' didn't win an Oscar, but the Israeli filmmakers won praise from Steven Spielberg, kibitzed with George Clooney in Yiddish and had a moving encounter with the Iranian winners.

Israeli film directed by Joseph Cedar, nominated in 2008 for his film ‘Beaufort,' goes head-to–head with Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Separation’ in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

With utter devotion to her mission, Friedel Stern drew the people of the new State of Israel with simplicity and insight over her career of seven decades. A new exhibition offers a chance to see how her work has stood the test of time.

Also here for the festival will be directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, whose film 'Intouchables' ‏(“Untouchable”‏), has been the most successful film in France over the past year, with box office sales of 19 million tickets.

Shoval Film Production and Distribution signs distribution agreement for Finnish -Dutch-Australian co-production called 'Iron Sky.'

A decade ago, Li At Glick left Israel for New York, leaving behind a promising acting career. When she returned, she took up filmmaking. In her premiere work, being screened in Berlin this week, she grapples with one of her life's great traumas.

The plot of Ethel Kubinska's life is as poignant as the character she plays in the film 'Valentina's Mother' .

The fund, which operates under the auspices of the Jerusalem Development Authority, invests only in films produced in Jerusalem.

Meyer Levin's 1948 film 'The Illegals' became an unsung inspiration for 'Exodus' and other movies about Jews' frantic efforts to reach pre-state Israel.

Shlomi Elkabetz says his new film, 'Testimony,' isn't meant to convince people of anything. But its unusual blend of fiction and documentary offers a powerful testimony of the day-to-day effects of the occupation.

All but forgotten today, in the 1970s, multidisciplinary artist Jacques Katmor - the subject of a new exhibition in Tel Aviv - was a huge repository of talent, energy and charisma. His is the tale of a genius unfulfilled.

The Israel Film Council recommends diverting funds from one-off television dramas to short films.

Assaf Amir, chairman of the Israel Film and TV Producers Association, says move is 'liable to cause serious damage to documentary work.'

American producer Orin Wolf and director Maxwell Williams begun preparations, offer lead to Sasson Gabai, who starred in the film, and Mohammed Bakri.

Festival organizers attributed Milani's departure to her father's ill health, but Tehran newspapers claimed that Milani left the festival due to political pressure from Iranian elements.