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 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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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.
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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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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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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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