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The team of the film "Chronicles from the Siege" hold a Palestinian flag as they arrive on the red carpet for the Award Ceremony of the 76th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, in Berlin on February 21, 2026. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
February 26, 2026, 7:10 pm
Filmmakers back Berlin festival chief after director’s Gaza ‘genocide’ speech sparks row
Writers group says possible firing of Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle over Abdallah Al-Khatib’s anti-Israel comments would mean ‘wanton destruction of German cultural scene’
By AFP
Culture Minister Miki Zohar speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 22, 2026, 10:53 pm
Culture minister says Oscar-nominated Israeli films ‘amplify our enemies’ narrative’
Academy Award nods for ‘Butcher’s Stain’ and ‘Children No More: Were and Are Gone’ shows need to ensure Israel doesn’t fund films that harm country’s reputation, says Miki Zohar
By ToI Staff
From 'Stay Forte,' Doron Eran's movie about the three hostages accidentally slain by the IDF in Gaza on December 15, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 25, 2025, 6:12 am
Israeli director sees Oct. 7 drama ‘Stay Forte’ as his personal war against Hamas
Doron Eran says his fictionalized film about hostages Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samar Talalka, accidentally killed by the IDF, is his way of fighting denial of the terrorist atrocities
By Jessica Steinberg
The Warner Bros. logo is displayed on a water tower at Warner Bros. Studio on September 12, 2025 in Burbank, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
October 17, 2025, 4:43 am
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects calls to boycott Israeli film industry
WBD becomes second major Hollywood studio after Paramount to come out against pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions, saying ‘our policies prohibit discrimination of any kind’
By ToI Staff
Director Kaouther Ben Hania receives the Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize for "The Voice of Hind Rajab" from Italian film director Maura Delpero during the award ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2025 at Venice Lido. (Tiziana FABI / AFP)
September 7, 2025, 5:33 am
Documentary about Gazan girl’s desperate last moments gets 2nd place at Venice Festival
Jim Jarmusch’s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ surprisingly clinches top prize over ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ whose director Kaouther Ben Hania denounces Israel’s ‘genocide’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A film crew shoots a scene from the hit TV show 'Fauda' in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2019. (AP/Oded Balilty)
July 21, 2025, 4:54 pm
Funding for original Israeli TV projects is about to dry up, warn industry insiders
At the Jerusalem Film Festival, producers of hits such as ‘Tehran’ say outdated legislation coupled with wariness of international companies means Israeli productions may soon say ‘the end’
By Amy Spiro
Adrien Brody accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The Brutalist" during the Oscars on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
March 3, 2025, 11:39 am
Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for Holocaust survivor drama ‘The Brutalist’
Underdog ‘Anora’ takes home five awards, including best picture; Keiran Culkin wins for portrayal of cousin on Jewish heritage trip to Poland
By Agencies
Guy Pearce (front), Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in a scene from "The Brutalist." (Lol Crowley/A24 via JTA)
January 23, 2025, 6:39 pm
Holocaust survivor epic, Bob Dylan biopic among films leading Oscar nominations
Documentaries about West Bank, 1972 Munich massacre also get nods; ‘Emilia Pérez’ features Tel Aviv gender clinic; ‘Bibi Files’ doc was shortlisted, but doesn’t make the cut
By Andrew Lapin
Marshall Brickman speaks to reporters during a news conference on January 22, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
December 2, 2024, 6:19 am
Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote ‘Annie Hall,’ other films with Woody Allen, dies at 85
Oscar-winning US Jewish screenwriter also wrote Broadway musicals, including ‘Jersey Boys,’ and sketches for Johnny Carson’s ‘The Tonight Show’
By Jake Coyle
The memorial site at the former Sderot police station on October 24, 2024, after it was destroyed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror assault (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 7:36 am
Sderot memorializes police station that was destroyed on October 7
The site of the battle now has murals, pillars that reach for the sky and recorded voices of those who called for help
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli actor Lior Raz meets King Charles III at premier of Gladiator II in London, UK, November 13, 2024. (Screenshot @hebroyalUK on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2024, 11:51 pm
Israeli action star Lior Raz meets King Charles at London premiere
Fauda’s Raz shakes hands with UK monarch on the red carpet for much-anticipated sequel Gladiator II, which stars Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal
By ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a ceremony for the Israeli Olympic and Paralympic delegation competing at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 19, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 6:00 pm
Culture minister not invited to this year’s muted Ophir Awards ceremony
Miki Zohar, who has been criticized for proposal to reform movie industry, says he wasn’t planning on attending event anyway ‘due to the situation in the country’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Actor Sasson Gabbay appears in a video released July 22, 2024, protesting planned changes to the film industry by Culture Minister Miki Zohar (Screenshot)
July 23, 2024, 1:21 pm
Prominent Israeli actors protest culture minister’s planned industry reform
Film industry professionals vehemently argue against plans to fund commercial movies over arthouse fare, calling it ‘Miri Regev 2’
By Jessica Steinberg
An Oscars statue outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 21, 2015. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
August 18, 2023, 5:36 am
Academy of Motion Pictures mum on how Jews fit into new inclusion standards
Rules taking effect for next year’s Best Picture award aim to encourage diversity in film industry, raising questions and criticism
By Luke Tress
Documentary filmmaker Margje De Koning moderates the CoPro Documentary Market pitching event June 5, 2023 (Courtesy CoPro)
June 6, 2023, 6:17 pm
Documentary films in the making seek audience at annual CoPro event
Commissioning editors, network executives, film fund managers, distributors and producers gather to review promising works in progress
By Jessica Steinberg
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