Joseph Cedar's Israeli Film Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) is Nominated for Oscar 2012

Joseph Cedar’s Israeli Film Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) is Nominated for Oscar 2012

The Israeli film Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) is a comedic-drama that won Best Screenplay at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and took home 9 Ophir Awards (the Israeli Oscar). It was also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category. This is the 10th Israeli film to be nominated for an Academ

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The Last Decade in Israeli Cinema: Israeli Films that You Should Know

The Last Decade in Israeli Cinema: Israeli Films that You Should Know

The relationship between the Israeli people and Israeli cinema has always been a complex and unstable one, but in the last decade Israeli films have come into a new era. Israeli cinema was virtually nonexistent at the country's inception. Since then cinema gained support from government laws and the

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Locarno Festivals Honors Israeli film “Hashoter” (The Policeman)

Locarno Festivals Honors Israeli film “Hashoter” (The Policeman)

In recent years Israeli films enjoy international recognition. Israeli films have even picked prestigious prizes. According to Ynet, “Hashoter”, a film by director Nadav Lapid, recently won a special jury prize for being the second best film, at the annual Locarno Film Festival. 20 films tota

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Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar wins Screenplay award at Cannes

Joseph Cedar is a talented  Orthodox Jewish Film Director that recently won the Best Screenplay award at the Cannes film festival in France for a movie called “Footnote ( He'arat Shulaim)” . Cedar has also done writing for movies.  He has won several significant awards in the past for other fi

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Who hasn't seen Israeli film Lost Islands?

Who hasn’t seen Israeli film Lost Islands?

Well, if you haven't - you should!  Lost Islands is a great mix of humor and drama, just like we Israelis like. Set in the 80's, Lost Islands |( Iim Avudim)  tells the story of two teen brothers who live in a small Israeli town. The cool younger twin Ofer aspires to join an elite commando uni

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No Oscar for Israel - again...

No Oscar for Israel – again…

Israel was nominated for the Oscars for the third year in a row. Unfortunately, the prestigious award slipped from our hands one more time. The film Ajami has represented in Israel in best foreign film category. Watch the trailer:

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