The latest feature by the Oscar-nominated director of 'Ajami' follows four women living in Israel whose fates are linked by a series of surprising events. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Indie ...

Happy Holidays (Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar) is directed by Scandar Copti, a Palestinian filmmaker, film writer, and actor. The film presents "four interconnected characters who share ...

Dir/scr: Scandar Copti. Palestine/Germany/France/Italy. 2024. 124mins. The daily news cycle brings us endless stories of inter-tribal conflict. Sometimes the tribes ...

Although the 41st Jerusalem Film Festival, which ended Saturday night, took place in the shadow of the war and the hostage crisis, it presented a diverse array of new Israeli movies, from an equally ...

The 41st Jerusalem Film Festival will take place July 18-27, opening, as usual, with a screening under the stars at the Sultan’s Pool amphitheater in Jerusalem, under the Old City walls. “This is ...

The films illustrate the diversity and professionalism of the Israeli film industry and show that even in a time of war and tragedy, Israeli creators continue to work. When Lia van Leer established ...

Most of them had day jobs and never appeared in a movie before. None knew how the low-budget drama would end. And no one imagined it would earn a nomination for best foreign language film at the ...

“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools” [Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher, 1820-1903] During Joe Biden’s March 2016 visit, to Israel, then ...

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s in English literature, Princeton University; M.F.A. in film, New York University Tisch School of the Arts CHANGE OF SCENERY: Raised in London, Ajami initially planned to attend ...

The Israeli-Arab co-director of the Oscar-nominated film "Ajami" has set off a last-minute uproar by saying he will not be representing his country at Sunday's awards ceremony Occupied Jerusalem: The ...

As part of their Israeli Film series, The Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas will present a free showing of the award-winning film “Ajami” on Tuesday at Lilienfeld House. The film was a 2009 Academy ...