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Fast Forward Drama about Palestinian boy stopped by IDF soldiers is Israel’s Oscar entry
After “The Sea” won Israel’s top award on Tuesday, the country’s culture minister said he would cut funding to the Ophir Awards
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Culture Zealotry is dividing Israel — and a groundbreaking film shows it’s not the first time
'Legend of Destruction' details the Jewish civil war that ultimately led to the destruction of the Temple.
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Film & TV Critically acclaimed Israeli film offers great performances, family tension, and nostalgia for an unsavory past
Ayelet Menahemi’s 'Seven Blessings' won 10 Israeli Oscars, including best picture
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Film & TV In Israel’s Oscar submission, a vibrant story of family, betrayal and forgiveness
‘Seven Blessings’ tells a human story about a tragic custom long-overlooked
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Culture It won the Israeli Oscar. But one of its subjects calls it a ‘pseudo-documentary.’
The man who provided the source material for an Ophir-award winning documentary about Nazi architect Albert Speer is challenging the film’s accuracy, claiming the filmmakers put words in his — and Speer’s — mouth. Screenwriter Andrew Birkin, who tape-recorded over 40 hours of conversation with Speer while developing a film adaptation of Speer’s memoir “Inside…
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The Schmooze After ‘Unorthodox,’ Shira Haas is headed to the Oscars
Over the summer, “Unorthodox” star Shira Haas went viral for her jubilant reaction to the miniseries’ multiple Emmy nominations. Now the actress, who snagged a nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series, is headed to the Oscars. On Friday, “Asia,” a mother-daughter drama starring Haas and fellow Israeli actress Alena Yiv, won Best…
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Culture Film About Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassin Takes Israel’s Top Prize
JTA — A film about the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as seen through the eyes of his murderer won Israel’s Ophir Award for Best Picture and will be the county’s nomination for an Oscar. “Incitement” won Israel’s top prize on Sunday night at the Ophir Awards of the Israel Academy of Film…
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