Cinema

This year’s fall edition puts the population of the western Negev front and center, spotlighting the hostages and their families, as well as those who suffered losses on October 7 and during the war.

The festival’s opening-night gala will feature the West Coast Premiere of Tom Nesher’s Come Closer at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.

Their movies feature lush cinematography (whether in color or black-and-white), passionate romances that are all the more affecting because the characters are so very British.

The story’s primary focus is 12-year-old Dvir and his mother, Miri, who loves him but struggles to function, and who is considered an annoyance by most of the kibbutz members.

The series uses illustrations and animations by acclaimed Israeli artists of testimonies, which creates a vivid impression of events that were never recorded on camera.

Hot Cinema introduces sweet caramel-flavored popcorn to their menu for the first time in Israeli cinemas, costing NIS 20.

Sarah Friedland, an American-Jewish director accepting the Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for Best First Film, said, “As a Jewish American, I’m accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide."

It focuses on two guys, Zhifei a.k.a. Rabbit (Shaoxing) and Xiaojun (Dong Zijian), gifted students at a provincial art college, who are trying to figure out art, life, women, and everything else.

New VIP LIGHT concept at PLANET network's Beer Sheva and Zichron Yaakov cinemas: NIS 79.90 for unlimited free buffet and movie in luxurious VIP hall armchairs.

American Jewish director Sidney Lumet will be the subject of a tribute in Jerusalem, on what would have been his 100th birthday.