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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

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Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 12, 2009, from "The Bibi Files." (Jigsaw Pictures)
December 18, 2024, 12:39 am
‘The Bibi Files’ makes Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary
Film is one of several Israel-related movies to advance to next round of voting, including Norwegian-Palestinian documentary ‘No Other Land’ about West Bank settler violence
By Jessica Steinberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian children watch a movie at a pop-up open-air cinema at the beach in Gaza City on July 28, 2023; there are no movie theaters in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
August 3, 2023, 2:25 pm
Closely monitored by Hamas, open-air cinema offers Gazans a rare trip to the movies
2-week beach festival screens 15 films, including local Palestinian flicks and controversial movie ‘Farha’; Strip does not have permanent cinemas due to Islamist doctrine
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Footage from the Lumière brothers, capturing a train pulling into Jaffa station in 1896, is accessible on the Israel Film Archive website. (Screenshot from Israel Film Archive/via JTA)
January 8, 2022, 9:46 am
Over a century of historical Israeli footage is now online, and it’s a revelation
The Israel Film Archive opens a trove of films previously closed to the public that shows wars, elections and vintage advertisements, thanks to a yearslong $10M digitization effort
By Karen Chernick
Still from Israeli director Eran Kolirin's latest film, 'Let It Be Morning,' written by Sayed Kashua. (Courtesy Cohen Media Group)
November 14, 2021, 7:05 am
Eran Kolirin thought ‘Let It Be Morning’ was ‘career suicide.’ He was dead wrong
Recently shown at NYC’s Other Israel festival, the Israeli director’s latest film features an all-Arab cast, won an Ophir Award, and will represent the Jewish state at the Oscars
By Jordan Hoffman
From Palestinian filmmaker's Hany Abu Assad's 2013 film 'Omar,' now streaming on Netflix from October 2021 as part of the new Palestinian collection (Courtesy 'Omar' PR)
October 21, 2021, 4:59 pm
Netflix says it backs authentic storytelling in its Palestinian film collection
Streaming giant defends ‘Palestinian Stories’ as a showcase of ‘depth and diversity’ after pro-Israel watchdog group points out BDS leanings of participating Palestinian directors
By Jessica Steinberg
A scene from 'Ave Maria' by Basil Khalil. (Incognito Films)
October 15, 2021, 6:23 pm
Netflix launches film collection of 32 ‘Palestinian Stories’
Palestinians praise move as helping local cinema escape Israeli shadow; library will include several award-winning movies and documentaries
By ToI Staff
Farah Nabulsi accepts the British Short Film BAFTA award for her film, The Present, on April 10, 2021. (Screen capture: BAFTA/ Youtube)
April 12, 2021, 12:50 am
British-Palestinian filmmaker wins BAFTA award for short film on West Bank life
Farah Nabulsi dedicates award to ‘people of Palestine, for whom freedom and equality is long, long overdue’; the film will go against Israeli film at Oscars
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An image from 'Samouni Road,' a film about the 2009 Zeitoun incident in Gaza (screenshot)
February 5, 2019, 2:11 pm
Gaza film wins top documentary at Paris foreign press awards
Partly animated ‘Samouni Road’ tells story of a family killed by Israeli troops during 2009 fighting; Gaza short wins Spain’s Goya award, director slams ‘Zionist terror’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Adam, played by writer and director Shady Srour, gets the endorsement of the clergy in 'Holy Air.' (© 2017 Tree M Productions)
June 29, 2018, 11:11 pm
It will take more than BDS to stop a Christian Arab director from walking on air
Boycotters condemning Nazareth-native Shady Srour for letting his film ‘Holy Air’ appear at London’s Seret film festival can’t stifle the movie’s buoyant festival reception
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative: A Cannes Film Festival flag is seen in front of the Cannes Film Festival Palace , in Cannes, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 4, 2018, 7:26 pm
In first, Palestinian flag to be raised at Cannes film festival
Palestinian filmmakers to debut pavilion as they try to improve their image in the West
By AFP
This undated handout photo provided by Deux Beaux Garcon Films shows a scene from the movie 'In Between', the new award-winning film about Arab women battling their conservative society, (Itay Gross, Deux Beaux Garcon Films via AP)
January 4, 2018, 8:31 pm
Feminist Arab-Israeli’s film ‘In Between’ stirs up strife in and out of theaters
Maysaloun Hamoud doesn’t apologize for her opinions. As a result, her cinematic critique of Israeli racism, now playing in the US, is one of the best movies on the festival circuit
By Jordan Hoffman
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba battle the elements in 'The Mountain Between Us,' directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Courtesy 'The Mountain Between Us' official Facebook page)
October 30, 2017, 12:03 pm
Palestinian director soars to new heights with big-budget thriller
With the Canadian Rockies as a backdrop, Hany Abu-Assad’s ‘The Mountain Between Us’ portrays ‘normal people caught in an extreme situation’
By Jessica Steinberg
Kamel El Basha holds aloft the Volpi Cup for best actor for his role in 'The Insult' during the award ceremony at the 74th Venice Film Festival at the Venice Lido, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
September 11, 2017, 6:22 pm
Palestinian wins best actor award at Venice film fest
Kamel El Basha ventured from stage to the screen in Lebanese film ‘The Insult’
By Jessica Steinberg
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