The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/best-documentary-oscar/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Best Documentary Oscar | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/best-documentary-oscar/ 32 32 Oscar-winning filmmaker moves to Israel and trains his lens on October 7 survivors https://www.timesofisrael.com/oscar-winning-filmmaker-moves-to-israel-and-trains-his-lens-on-october-7-survivors/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:57:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3696204 Richard Trank, who produced over a dozen films on Jewish and Israeli themes, feels there is 'a lot I can contribute' by settling in the Jewish state after decades in Los Angeles

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]]> Jewish filmmakers join call to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director beaten, arrested https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-filmmakers-join-call-to-protect-no-other-land-team-after-directors-arrest/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:39:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3512696 Maya Rudolph, James Schamus among signatories of petition saying treatment of Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal undermines 'core values vital to democratic societies'

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]]> Why US art houses screen Oscar-winning Palestinian doc that mainstream theaters shun https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-us-art-houses-screen-oscar-winning-palestinian-doc-that-mainstream-theaters-shun/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:37:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3509521 Despite winning an Academy Award, 'No Other Land' is seldom seen in commercial cinemas. In many small theaters, showings are regularly full, audiences eager and reviews positive

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]]> Miami Beach mayor retracts effort to evict theater for showing ‘No Other Land’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/miami-beach-mayor-retracts-effort-to-evict-theater-for-showing-no-other-land/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:03:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3506899 Mayor Steven Meiner, who called documentary about Israel razing Palestinian village 'antisemitic,' faces swift backlash for suggesting revoking local theater's lease for showing it

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]]> Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-march-3-day-514-freed-hostage-eli-sharabi-is-all-business-with-pm/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:36:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3494941&preview=true&preview_id=3494941 Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the deadly Haifa terror attack, a former hostage's strength, and the Oscar that went to Israeli-Palestinian film 'No Other Land'

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]]> ‘No Other Land,’ about Israel razing Palestinian village, wins best documentary Oscar https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-other-land-about-israel-razing-palestinian-village-wins-best-documentary-oscar/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:21:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3494628 Two of film’s four co-directors, an Israeli and a Palestinian, use acceptance speeches to call for Palestinian rights; Israeli Yuval Avraham also calls for release of hostages

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]]> ‘The Bibi Files’ makes Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-bibi-files-makes-academy-awards-shortlist-for-best-documentary/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:39:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3441878 Film is one of several Israel-related movies to advance to next round of voting, including Norwegian-Palestinian documentary 'No Other Land' about West Bank settler violence

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]]> Variety is in the spotlight at Docaviv, Tel Aviv’s annual film fest https://www.timesofisrael.com/variety-is-in-the-spotlight-at-annual-docaviv-tel-avivs-annual-film-fest/ Wed, 22 May 2019 10:48:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2079432 130 documentaries to be screened at the event, including two competitions of top Israeli offerings

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]]> Try not to cry during this Oscar-nominated film about a survivor and his violin https://www.timesofisrael.com/try-not-to-cry-during-this-oscar-nominated-film-about-a-survivor-and-his-violin/ Sat, 11 Feb 2017 01:32:36 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1558785 The short documentary by former Daily Show co-executive producer Kahane Cooperman is not specifically a Holocaust film, but about 'human connection and hope'

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]]> Oscar-winning filmmaker exposes the dark underbelly of Australia’s refugee policies https://www.timesofisrael.com/oscar-winning-filmmaker-exposes-the-dark-underbelly-of-australias-refugee-policies/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 03:01:50 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1420528 Daughter of Holocaust survivors Eva Orner uncovers a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions in documentary 'Chasing Asylum'

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]]> Will ‘Lanzmann’ finally win an Academy Award? https://www.timesofisrael.com/will-lanzmann-finally-win-an-academy-award/ Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:58:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1347482 An interview with Adam Benzine, the young first-time director whose award-winning take on the famed veteran filmmaker is up for an Oscar on Sunday

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]]> Oscars feature shorts on Lanzmann’s ‘Shoah,’ Palestinian nuns https://www.timesofisrael.com/oscars-feature-shorts-on-lanzmanns-shoah-palestinian-nuns/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:25:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1347210 Palestinian filmmaker explores humorous clash of Jewish, Arab commitments; second film looks at documenting the Holocaust

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]]> Expat Israeli director takes Ukraine revolution to the Oscars https://www.timesofisrael.com/expat-israeli-director-takes-ukraine-revolution-to-the-oscars/ Thu, 25 Feb 2016 04:08:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1345855 The Russian-born IDF veteran says he tried to focus on the unity achieved at Maidan -- a lesson he hopes will be learned in Israel

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]]> Amy Winehouse documentary named semifinalist for Oscar https://www.timesofisrael.com/amy-winehouse-documentary-named-semifinalist-for-oscar/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:37:31 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1295603 Jewish filmmakers Davis Guggenheim and Joshua Oppenheimer also make cut, with biopic on Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzu

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]]> ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ director dies at 36  https://www.timesofisrael.com/searching-for-sugar-man-director-dies-at-36/ Wed, 14 May 2014 01:18:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=979612 No foul play suspected in death of Malik Bendjelloul, who won 2013 Oscar for film on American singer Sixto Rodriguez

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