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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Jerusalem Cinematheque

File: Quentin Tarantino speaks onstage at a "Jackie Brown" screening during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 16, 2024, 5:40 am
Jerusalem film fest screening with Tarantino sells out in hours
Organizers announce July 18 screening of ‘The Hateful Eight’ featuring lead actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and director Tarantino, ahead of opening event
By Jessica Steinberg
The Jerusalem Film Festival always opens with a screening in Sultan's Pool, this year held on July 18, 2024 (Courtesy Tom Weintraub Lok)
June 24, 2024, 1:49 pm
Jerusalem Film Festival announces Israeli lineup for July event
The annual movie celebration will go forward in July, offering ‘comfort, inspiration’ in time of war; international participants yet to be announced
By Jessica Steinberg
From Avi Nesher's 1978 film 'The Troupe,' which will be screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque on May 14, 2024 for Independence Day (Courtesy)
April 26, 2024, 12:49 pm
Jerusalem Cinematheque plans Independence Day singalongs, trivia quiz
City’s arthouse theater offers archival footage of early Independence Day parades, with screenings of ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘The Troupe’
By Jessica Steinberg
A scene from '7 Blessings,' this year's big winner at the 2023 Ophir Awards, including Best Picture (Courtesy PR)
March 1, 2024, 11:21 am
‘7 Blessings’ lead actor and writer tells behind-the-scenes story of award-winning film
Reymonde Amsellem speaks to a sold-out Times of Israel audience about making family drama with members of her own Moroccan tribe
By ToI Staff
From the Ophir-nominated feature film '7 Blessings,' up for Best Feature at the September 10, 2023 Ophir Award ceremony (Courtesy PR)
February 14, 2024, 4:48 pm
ToI Presents: English screening of Israel’s Oscar pick ‘7 Blessings’ plus discussion
Join us on Feb. 28 in Jerusalem for an English-subtitled showing of award-winning drama and a conversation between screenwriter/lead actress and ToI’s Jessica Steinberg
By ToI Staff
Singer Tzvika Pick, who died in August 2022, is remembered in 'Days of Pick,' a documentary being screened during Jewish Film Week, December 9-14, 2023 (Courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 2:16 pm
Jerusalem’s Jewish Film Week going ahead, adjusted for war
The Jerusalem Cinematheque’s annual Hannukah-period film festival marks its 25th year; free admission for evacuees from southern and northern communities
By Jessica Steinberg
Rotem Sapir from Kfar Maimon celebrated her bat mitzvah at the Tower of David Museum, with a free photo shoot offered for evacuees from the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks; her mother, Liat Sapir, commented, 'When we put our story in the perspective of 2,000-plus years, how much hope it gives' (Courtesy Tower of David Museum/Sharon Marks Atshul)
October 26, 2023, 1:36 pm
Museums rush to offer welcome activities online and, where possible, in person
Cultural institutions in most places remain shuttered, while those in Jerusalem can reopen; all are providing online distractions geared especially to displaced Israeli families
By Jessica Steinberg
Helen Mirren in 'Golda,' opening the Jerusalem Film Festival, July 13-23, 2023. (Courtesy United King Films)
June 7, 2023, 6:55 am
Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren to open 40th Jerusalem Film Festival
French film and Cannes winner ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ to close annual festival on August 23
By Jessica Steinberg
Chaim Topol (left) in Efraim Kishon's 1964 film, 'Sallah Shabati,' now available to screen for a nominal fee from the Jerusalem Cinematheque Archives, through May 2023 (Courtesy United King Films)
April 24, 2023, 11:39 am
Cinematheque opens archive to global viewers for Israel’s 75th
For about a month, even non-Israelis can stream 75 classic films from the collection that are usually blocked outside of Israel, with both English and Hebrew subtitles
By Jessica Steinberg
Tel Aviv's LGBTQ Center is hosting Winter Pride during Hanukkah 2022, featuring major performers and queer culture on central Tel Aviv stages (Courtesy Tel Aviv LGBTQ Center)
December 16, 2022, 8:43 am
Light up Hanukkah with wintry pride, a record-breaking LEGO menorah and more
There will be more than enough performances, exhibits, screenings and concerts to last 8 days, from the EclectiQueer festival to urban park appreciation, museum tours and beyond
By Jessica Steinberg
'Il Colibrì' ("The Hummingbird) directed by Francesca Archibugi, is the opening film of the Wave Festival of Italian female directors, opening December 11, 2022 (Courtesy PR)
December 11, 2022, 12:30 pm
Movies by female Italian directors are focus of Israel’s Wave Festival
Cinematheques across the country set to show works by leading filmmakers in 10-day festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Beate and Serge Klarsfeld will be present at the upcoming Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival December 19 screening of 'Klarsfeld: A Love Story' (Courtesy PR)
December 8, 2022, 12:55 am
Nazi-hunting Klarsfelds in Jerusalem for screening of their life story
Jewish Film Festival to show documentary feature about past exploits and current activities of justice-seeking couple
By Jessica Steinberg
From Tal Kantor's Ophir-winning animated short, 'Letter to a Pig,' which will be screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque's upcoming Anination Festival, November 16-19, 2022 (Courtesy Tal Kantor)
November 15, 2022, 9:50 pm
Animator’s award-winning debut mixes mediums for a Holocaust film about a savior pig
Tal Kantor’s Ophir Prize-taking animated short ‘Letter to a Pig,’ which came from a dream she had in high school, will screen at Jerusalem’s upcoming AniNation Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Gili Yalo, one of the singers in 'Los Angeles Darom,' a new Israeli musical documentary about Kiryat Malachi, at cinematheque theaters throughout Israel through June 2022 (Courtesy 'Los Angeles Darom')
June 22, 2022, 3:55 pm
Documentary brings a musical theater twist to a sleepy Israeli backwater
‘Los Angeles Darom’ highlights real-life struggles in the development town of Kiryat Malachi, through a charismatic resident’s story and original music
By Jessica Steinberg
Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'Triangle of Sadness,' from Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund opened the 39th Jerusalem Film Festival on July 21, 2022 (Courtesy PR)
June 22, 2022, 3:03 pm
Desert island drama ‘Triangle of Sadness’ to open Jerusalem Film Fest
39th iteration of the festival to kick off July 21; Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won Cannes Palme d’Or for movie about social hierarchies
By Jessica Steinberg
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