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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Nadav Lapid

Israeli filmmaker and jury chair Nadav Lapid, third left, being honored by Indian ministers at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India in Goa, India, Nov.28, 2022. (Press Information Bureau via AP)
November 29, 2022, 3:14 pm
Israeli ambassador slams Israeli filmmaker for comments at Indian film festival
Envoy Naor Gilon says Nadav Lapid should ‘be ashamed’ for ‘abusing Indian hospitality,’ being insensitive to Hindus after filmmaker calls ‘The Kashmir Files’ ‘vulgar propaganda’
By Tobias Siegal and AP
Illustrative: The northern West Bank settlement of Rehelim. (Samaria Regional Council)
September 7, 2022, 10:24 pm
Filmmakers trade jabs over so-called ‘settler film fund’
Israel’s top directors and actors come out strongly against West Bank-based film organization created by former culture minister Miri Regev
By Jessica Steinberg
An Israeli filmmaker named Y (Avshalom Pollak) makes a series of radical decisions in the movie 'Ahed's Knee,' written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid. (Kino Lorber/ via JTA)
March 23, 2022, 3:28 am
An Israeli director battles the country’s culture ministry in a provocative new film
Now screening in the US, director Nadav Lapid’s new film draws heavily from its maker’s experiences as it lampoons the measures taken to persuade artists to toe the party line
By Andrew Lapin
Olivia Colman stars as Leda in 'The Lost Daughter,' directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and produced by Israeli producers, Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman-Keren of Pie Films (Courtesy YANNIS RAKOULIDIS/ NETFLIX)
December 25, 2021, 8:26 am
Israeli producers put passion into movie version of Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
Pie Films’ Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman-Keren turn Maggie Gyllenhaal into a director and the Italian novel into a film
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli director Nadav Lapid give a speech after he was awarded with the Jury Prize for the film "Ha'Berech" during the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on July 17, 2021. (Christophe Simon/AFP)
July 18, 2021, 1:09 am
Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s ‘Ahed’s Knee’ wins jury prize at Cannes
Ceremony marred by jury president Spike Lee mistakenly revealing ‘Titane’ as Palme d’Or winner at start of evening; top prize goes to female director for only second time
By Agencies
(From L) Israeli actress Nur Fibak, Israeli director Nadav Lapid and Israeli actor Avshalom Pollak pose as they arrive for the screening of the film 'Ha'Berech' (Ahed's Knee) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 7, 2021. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
July 7, 2021, 9:54 pm
Israel entry at Cannes confronts ‘censorship of the soul’
Nadav Lapid, director of ‘Ahed’s Knee,’ launches blistering attack on what he claims are Israeli government attempts to silence filmmakers
By AFP and ToI Staff
'Synonyms' director Nadav Lapid on set. (Courtesy Kino Lorber)
October 25, 2019, 3:42 am
Is filmmaker Nadav Lapid Israel’s best champion — or its biggest dissident?
As semi-autobiographical absurdist film ‘Synonyms’ screens in US from October 25, director explains what is real and not in story about a demobbed Israeli soldier fleeing to Paris
By Jordan Hoffman
Filmmaker Nadav Lapid (left) accepting the Berlinale Golden Bear for his latest film, 'Synonyms' (Courtesy PR)
February 18, 2019, 5:30 pm
Berlin film fest winner Nadav Lapid brings Golden Bear home
Amid congratulations for ‘Synonyms,’ a highly autobiographical story, filmmaker urges Israelis to draw their own conclusions about the film
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 8, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Yedioth Ahronoth/Pool)
February 18, 2019, 2:42 am
Culture minister says congratulations, maybe, to Berlin Film Festival winner
Miri Regev says she has no idea what’s in the Israeli-French film ‘Synonyms, and hopes the movie will not disappoint her by being anti-Israel
By ToI Staff
Israeli director Nadav Lapid celebrates with his Golden bear for best film for 'Synonyms' during the awards ceremony of the 69th Berlinale film festival on February 16, 2019 in Berlin. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
February 16, 2019, 9:42 pm
Israeli-French drama ‘Synonyms’ wins top prize at Berlin film festival
Nadav Lapid’s absurdist film about an Israeli trying to put down roots in France first-ever movie by an Israeli filmmaker to take Golden Bear award at prestigious Berlinale
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli director Nadav Lapid poses during a photocall for his movie 'Synonyms' at the 69th Berlinale film festival on February 13, 2019, in Berlin. (John MacDougall/AFP)
February 16, 2019, 8:57 am
Israeli drama a frontrunner for top prize at Berlin film festival
Nadav Lapid’s ‘Synonyms’ contending with Chinese epic on one-child policy to take home gold at Berlinale award ceremony on Saturday
By Deborah Cole
Nadav Lapid (photo credit: courtesy Nadav Lapid/Wikimedia Creative Commons)
April 26, 2015, 8:43 pm
Israeli director takes home Argentinian film prize
Nadav Lapid wins Best Director at Buenos Aires film festival for his film ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’
By JTA
The 2014 Cannes International Film Festival's official poster (courtesy)
May 25, 2014, 8:02 pm
Was Cannes 2014 ‘good for the Jews’?
After watching 31 movies during the whirlwind festival, our film critic was blown away by Israeli Shira Geffen’s ‘Self-Made’
By Jordan Hoffman
A shot from Shira Geffen's film 'Self Made' (screen capture: YouTube)
May 12, 2014, 9:41 am
Booming Israeli cinema sends 5 films to Cannes
A marked improvement in the quality of local productions is attracting increasing interest from critics
By AFP
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