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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

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David Cunio, right, with his twin brother, Eitan Cunio in footage for the film 'Letter to David,' being screened at the February 2025 Berlinale and made by filmmaker Tom Shoval after David Cunio was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
February 23, 2025, 11:47 am
In Berlin, Israeli director screens homage to hostage David Cunio and his family
Filmmaker Tom Shoval filmed a ‘kind of letter’ to the onetime actor — who starred in his 2013 film ‘Youth’ — and his family and friends, including Yarden and Shiri Bibas
By Jessica Steinberg
Charles Shyer attends 'The Noel Diary' screening at The Bay Theater on November 10, 2022 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix/AFP)
December 30, 2024, 9:38 am
Charles Shyer, filmmaker behind ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘Baby Boom,’ dies at 83
Writer and director best known for a string of comedies in the ’80s and ’90s with his then-wife, Nancy Meyers, including ‘Private Benjamin’ and ‘The Parent Trap’
By Lindsey Bahr
Sisters Dana Modan, left, and Rutu Modan, whose first joint film, 'The Property,' reached Israeli theaters on December 7, 2024 (Courtesy)
December 14, 2024, 12:19 pm
In 1st-ever film made by sisters, Dana and Rutu Modan bring family story to silver screen
In Israeli theaters now, ‘The Property’ is based on Rutu’s graphic novel of the same name, inspired by their father’s roots in pre-WWII Poland
By Jessica Steinberg
View of the Sam Spiegel film school in Jerusalem, October 27, 2022. (Photo by Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 5, 2024, 10:42 pm
Jerusalem’s Sam Spiegel Film Lab launches 13th year
‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Lawrence Bender and filmmaker Joseph Cedar to teach master classes
By Jessica Steinberg
Eran Riklis, director of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran,' at the Rome Film Festival on October 27, with, from right to left, Golshifteh Farahani, Mina Kavani, Catayoune Ahmadi, Raha Rahbari, Bahar Beihaghi (Courtesy of Reading Lolita)
November 2, 2024, 9:19 am
Premiering as missiles fly, ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ rewrites Israeli-Iranian script
Renowned Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis, known for humanizing complex conflicts, reflects on working with Iranian actresses to bring a 2003 memoir to life
By Jessica Steinberg
Rivka Michaeli (left) and Uri Hochman in 'The Property,' the debut film by director Dana Modan based on the graphic novel written by her sister Rutu Modan (Credit Yaron Sherf/July August Deadline Productions and Lev Cinemas)
October 29, 2024, 2:09 pm
Rutu Modan graphic novel ‘The Property’ reaches the big screen
Award-winning book about family secrets in Poland is turned into debut film by author’s sister
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Eid,' Bedouin filmmaker Yousef Abu Madegem's film about life in Rahat, one of the highly nominated films in the upcoming 2024 Ophir awards in September 2024. (Courtesy)
August 17, 2024, 9:52 am
Nominated films for Ophir prize include short docs dealing with October 7 atrocities
Nominees include dark comedies, drama about life in Bedouin city and documentaries about Hamas hostages and Nova desert rave
By Jessica Steinberg
June Squibb, left and Fred Hechinger star in 'Thelma,' opening the 41st Jerusalem Film Festival on July 18, 2024 (Credit David Bolen)
July 7, 2024, 8:44 pm
Jerusalem Film Festival to open with comic ‘Thelma’
The annual summer film event announces international offerings, including Josh Margolin’s feel-good flick about his wily grandmother
By Jessica Steinberg
Filmmaker, influencer and widower Rob Mor in Israel while making a film about grief, in April 2024 (Courtesy)
May 20, 2024, 1:46 am
Jewish American widower channels post-Oct. 7 Israeli grief in new film
Influencer and producer Rob Mor reflects on loss, his Judaism and how to process death
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'It's Not Time for Pop,' Amit Vaknin's student film being screened at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024 (Courtesy)
May 15, 2024, 7:57 pm
Short student film is only Israeli entry in this year’s Cannes Film Festival
Young director Amit Vaknin fears anti-Israel protests after Tel Aviv film school enters her first film, ‘It’s Not Time for Pop,’ into prestigious competition
By Jessica Steinberg
A photo from Tom Nesher's debut film, 'Come Closer' which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2024 (Courtesy)
May 14, 2024, 6:13 pm
Young Israeli filmmaker’s first feature chosen to compete at Tribeca Film Fest
‘Come Closer,’ debut work of Tom Nesher, daughter of Israeli director Avi Nesher, to feature at prestigious New York film festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar attend a film directors' meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 2015. (Abdolvahed Mirzazadeh, ISNA via AP)
October 19, 2023, 11:20 am
Iran police arrest ‘main killer’ of top film director, stabbed to death with wife
Ten apprehended so far over slaying of Dariush Mehrjui at home near Tehran; investigation still ongoing to find accomplices, ‘hidden angles’
By AFP
From 'Tatami,' the first Iranian-Israeli co-production, from 'Golda' director Guy Nattiv and Iranian-born director Zar Amir Ebrahimi, shortlisted for the European Film Award (Courtesy PR)
October 3, 2023, 2:20 pm
Israeli-Iranian ‘Tatami,’ thriller ‘Vanishing Soldier’ make European Oscars shortlist
Judo drama directed by Guy Nattiv and Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi up for European Film Awards, alongside Dani Rosenberg movie about AWOL soldier in kidnapping scare
By Jessica Steinberg
From filmmaker Amos Gitai's 2000 film 'Kippur,' featured in Tel Aviv Museum of Art exhibit marking 50 years since the 1973 Yom Kippur War (Courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
September 24, 2023, 2:54 am
50 years on, filmmaker Amos Gitai remembers Yom Kippur War in museum exhibit
Controversial creator of ‘Kippur,’ ‘Kadosh’ and dozens of other works, who was shot down in battle, draws on difficult memories for ‘Kippur, War Requiem’ at Tel Aviv Museum of Art
By Jessica Steinberg
An undated photo of filmmaker Luca Barbareschi. (Federica Di Benedetto e Marco Bellucci)
September 9, 2023, 2:05 am
Filmmaker Luca Barbareschi has two films premiering at Venice — and a bone to pick
The Jewish-Uruguayan-Italian actor, director, producer and former parliamentarian expounds on cancel culture, his Judaism, and why he feels Roman Polanski isn’t getting his due
By Amy K. Rosenthal
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