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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 618

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Zar Amir Ebrahimi as coach Maryam and Arienne Mandi as judoka Leila Hosseini in 'Tatami,' making the rounds of 2023 film festivals (Courtesy PR)
‘We speak judo, not hatred,’ say Israeli and Iranian co-directors of film ‘Tatami’
By Jessica Steinberg
Inspired by real-life political dilemmas faced by athletes from Islamic Republic, movie about female Iranian judoka and Israeli competitor, set to reach US theaters June 13
Zar Amir Ebrahimi as coach Maryam and Arienne Mandi as judoka Leila Hosseini in 'Tatami,' making the rounds of 2023 film festivals (Courtesy PR)
June 13, 2025, 2:46 pm
‘We speak judo, not hatred,’ say Israeli and Iranian co-directors of film ‘Tatami’
Inspired by real-life political dilemmas faced by athletes from Islamic Republic, movie about female Iranian judoka and Israeli competitor, set to reach US theaters June 13
By Jessica Steinberg
Award-winning German director Wim Wenders revisits the French school in Reims where WWII ended, in the short film 'The Keys to Freedom,' released May 5, 2025. (YouTube screenshot)
May 5, 2025, 11:42 pm
Award-winning German filmmaker Wim Wenders shoots documentary at Nazi surrender site
Filmed at the school in Reims where WWII ended, ‘The Keys to Freedom’ shows how peace was reached; referring to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Wenders laments today’s ‘war against Europe’
By AFP
From 'Chris Marker: The Lost Photographs of Israel,' at the Israel Museum through October 2025 (Courtesy)
May 3, 2025, 7:05 am
Israel of yore seen in Jerusalem exhibit of French photographer’s works
Stills from New Wave director Chris Marker’s award-winning 1961 film, missing until now, are currently exhibited at the Israel Museum in ‘Chris Marker: The Lost Photographs of Israel’
By Jessica Steinberg
Gal Gadot poses with her new star at a ceremony honoring her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
May 2, 2025, 12:00 pm
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Gal Gadot film set in London
Production of ‘The Runner’ halted as anti-Israel demonstrators chant slogans, bang drums, wave Palestinian flags; conflicting reports on whether Israeli actress was present on set
By ToI Staff
Director Roman Polanski on stage after the preview of his movie "J'accuse" (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
March 5, 2024, 10:23 am
Roman Polanski on trial in France on charge of defaming accuser
British actress Charlotte Lewis accused Polanski in 2010 of assaulting her when she was a minor; filmmaker dismissed accusations as ‘heinous lie’
By Marie DHUMIERES and Alice Hackman
File: Alec Baldwin watches the men's singles final of the US Open tennis championships in New York on September 12, 2021. (John Minchillo/AP)
April 21, 2023, 10:18 am
Alec Baldwin charge to be dropped in fatal film set shooting as probe carries on
Prosecutors say actor not vindicated yet, but they will no longer pursue involuntary manslaughter accusation over accidental killing of cinematographer
By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE
Oren Levy filming with his video camera in a still from 'I am Not.' (Courtesy/ Itai Raziel)
March 21, 2023, 3:37 pm
What’s in a name? Poignant documentary plumbs identity of complex Israeli young man
Screening in Boston on March 21, Tomer Heymann’s award-winning film ‘I am Not’ follows Oren, an adopted Guatemala-born Israeli, on a journey beyond his multiple diagnoses
By Rich Tenorio
Jordanian film director Darin J. Sallam (center) accepting an award for 'Farha' at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2021. (AFP)
November 30, 2022, 5:20 pm
Ministers condemn ‘terrible’ Jordanian film about 1948 war slated to hit Netflix
Avigdor Liberman suggests withholding funding from Jaffa theater set to screen ‘Farha,’ which he says ‘incites against Israeli soldiers’
By AFP and ToI Staff
American television host, comedian and producer Conan O’Brien filmed an episode of his travel series 'Conan Without Borders' in Israel in 2017, working with local Israel producer Asaf Nawi. (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
August 22, 2022, 11:32 am
Seeking to woo TV and filmmakers, Israel offers 30% rebate to sweeten the deal
Producers say long-sought effort coordinated by several government ministries will bring in big budgets from foreign production companies
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Cinema Sabaya,' about eight Arab and Jewish women in a film workshop, now up for 12 Ophir Awards in the upcoming September 18 ceremony (Courtesy Ella Barak)
August 11, 2022, 9:12 am
Anne Frank, Arab-Jewish relations, karaoke in focus at upcoming Israeli film awards
Israeli Academy of Film and Television will award ‘Israeli Oscars’ to movies in 18 different categories on September 18
By Jessica Steinberg
Oded Turgeman (left) and Gal Yissar, two of the New Legend co-founders (Courtesy)
August 5, 2022, 1:00 pm
Podcast: Film accelerator turns Israel from high-tech to content nation
New Legend finances Israeli film and television content with backing from major Israeli investment house
By ToI Staff
Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter, at home in Los Angeles, California, September 2016. (Graeme Mitchell - Redux/ Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
July 1, 2022, 3:16 am
Documentary tracks many artistic reincarnations of Leonard Cohen and his iconic song
Out on July 1, ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song’ looks into the star’s life and his creative process – which sometimes clashed with a profit-driven music industry
By Jordan Hoffman
Hedy Lamarr in the 1941 film 'Ziegfeld Girl.' (Courtesy Alexandra Dean)
March 26, 2022, 4:21 pm
Film museum to add exhibit on Hollywood’s historic Jews – but why were they omitted?
The ‘radically inclusive’ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces the addition amid a larger conversation about Jewish marginalization in the industry
By Andrew Lapin
The exterior of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures appears in Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2021. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
January 18, 2022, 12:31 pm
Absence of Jewish legacy at LA’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures spurs outcry
Patrons threaten to pull their support if mention isn’t made of Hollywood’s ‘founding fathers,’ immigrant Jews who laid foundations for the filmmaking industry
By ToI Staff
Adrienne Shelly and her daughter Sophie Ostroy in a still from the new HBO documentary 'Adrienne.' (Courtesy Warner Media/ HBO)
December 11, 2021, 4:23 am
HBO doc ‘Adrienne’ is a husband’s loving tribute to murdered wife and rising star
When Adrienne Shelly was victim of a high-profile murder in 2006, Andy Ostroy and daughter Sophie were left to pick up the pieces; the new exploration of her life premiered Dec. 1
By Cathryn J. Prince
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