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An Israeli soldier does a mock dance with his rifle in “Foxtrot.” (Sony Pictures Classics)
March 6, 2018, 9:23 pm
Foreign ministry softens boycott of Israeli film fest in Paris
Cultural attaché, not ambassador, to attend event after organizers rebuff efforts to nix screening of critically-acclaimed movie ‘Foxtrot’
By Tamar Pileggi
Director Samuel Maoz receives the Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize for his movie "Foxtrot" during the award ceremony of the 74th Venice Film Festival on September 9, 2017 at Venice Lido. (AFP Photo/Tiziana Fabi)
January 30, 2018, 8:37 am
‘Foxtrot’ director says next film won’t be Israeli
‘There are limits to Hebrew,’ Samuel Maoz says after Oscar snub and a public tiff with Israel’s right-wing culture minister
By ToI Staff
Culture Minister Miri Regev arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 24, 2018, 7:36 pm
Israel’s culture minister welcomes Oscars’ snub of Israel’s entry ‘Foxtrot’
Miri Regev, famously critical of the movie, says lack of nomination ‘prevented untruthful worldwide representation of the Israeli army’
By AFP
A screen capture from Samuel Maoz's film 'Foxtrot.' (Courtesy)
January 23, 2018, 4:54 pm
Israeli film ‘Foxtrot’ misses out on foreign language Oscar nomination
Samuel Maoz movie about loss of son in army fails to make cut for awards; Lebanese epic ‘The Insult,’ about the country’s civil war, gets nod
By ToI Staff
Lior Ashkenazi (foreground), stars as a grieving father in Samuel Maoz's award-winning film 'Foxtrot' (Courtesy 'Foxtrot')
December 15, 2017, 4:24 am
Israeli film ‘Foxtrot’ shortlisted for foreign language Oscar
Samuel Maoz movie about loss of son in army has drawn critical acclaim, as well as condemnation from culture minister; final nominees to be announced next month
By ToI Staff
Director Samuel Maoz, center, and actors Lior Ashkenazi, left, and Sarah Adler pose during the photo call for the film "Foxtrot" at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
October 16, 2017, 1:16 am
Foxtrot’s Samuel Maoz talks fate, potted meat, ministerial controversy
Writer-director says his award-winning film is not all negative, and when he criticizes Israel, ‘I do it because I worry; I do it for love’
By Jessica Steinberg
Samuel Maoz, the director of 'Foxtrot,' the film that swept the 2017 Ophir Awards, here at the Venice Film Festival ((AFP PHOTO / Tiziana FABI)
October 15, 2017, 3:11 pm
Samuel Maoz choreographs Israel’s cycle of trauma in ‘Foxtrot’
Ahead of two TOI Presents events, a conversation with the director behind the prize-winning film that’s set to compete at the Academy Awards
By Anne Joseph
Yonatan Shiray, now an active combat soldier, in his foxtrotting scene in the award-winning film 'Foxtrot' (Courtesy 'Foxtrot')
October 10, 2017, 12:01 pm
‘Foxtrot’ director to speak at English screenings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Samuel Maoz, award-winning director of the most talked-about Israeli movie of the year, will answer questions from Times of Israel readers at English-subtitled screenings
By Matthew Kalman
Sasson Gabai, left, hands an award to film director Samuel Maoz at the 2017 Ophir Awards ceremony on September 19, 2017. (Flash90)
September 20, 2017, 1:11 am
‘Foxtrot’ film sweeps Ophir Awards as politics stay in spotlight
Movie about grief and IDF wins eight prizes, including best picture, actor and director at Israeli version of Oscars, as speakers blast absent Regev
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture Minister Miri Regev in a mock TV address posted on her Facebook page and timed to coincide with the Israel Film Academy's Ophir Film Awards to which she was not invited, September 19, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
September 20, 2017, 12:55 am
Barred from awards, minister uses Facebook pulpit to slam film industry
Miri Regev posts address taking aim at Ophir organizers for excluding her, steps up attack on big winner ‘Foxtrot’
By Sue Surkes
Lior Ashkenazi (foreground), stars as a grieving father in Samuel Maoz's award-winning film 'Foxtrot' (Courtesy 'Foxtrot')
September 17, 2017, 4:09 pm
Why Miri Regev should go see ‘Foxtrot’
Op-ed: Samuel Maoz’s award-winning film is bleak, not always fair to Israel, and marked by dissent and despair. Our culture minister would hate parts of it, but she should watch it
By David Horovitz
Lior Ashkenazi (foreground), stars as a grieving father in Samuel Maoz's award-winning film 'Foxtrot' (Courtesy 'Foxtrot')
September 11, 2017, 6:12 pm
Acclaim for controversial film puts Regev in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot situation
The culture minister is on the attack against Samuel Maoz’s ‘Foxtrot,’ which won a top prize at the Venice Film Festival and could sweep Israel’s Oscars
By Jessica Steinberg
Director Samuel Maoz receives the Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize for his movie "Foxtrot" during the award ceremony of the 74th Venice Film Festival on September 9, 2017 at Venice Lido. (AFP Photo/Tiziana Fabi)
September 10, 2017, 12:34 am
Israeli film ‘Foxtrot’ snags prize at Venice; culture minister decries win
Miri Regev slams ‘outrageous’ movie, critical of IDF, accusing it of ‘giving a tailwind to BDS’; Israeli director says his criticism comes ‘from love’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Director Samuel Maoz poses during the photo call for the film "Foxtrot" at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
September 3, 2017, 8:56 am
Venice festival favorite ‘Foxtrot’ probes family grief and Israeli trauma
New film by Samuel Maoz, who previously won the Golden Lion at the prestigious film festival, explores the scars of a family whose soldier son died in the line of duty
By AP
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