Jerusalem Film Festival

33rd Annual Jerusalem Film Festival

On May 17, 1984, Le Bal, directed by Ettore Scola, opened the first Jerusalem International Film Festival. Over the course of three weeks, about one-hundred films were screened, including Israeli premieres, alongside the year’s best selection of international films. In addition, a distinguished group of guests honored the first festival, among them, the First Lady […]

LEEDS 15 – TIKKUN

Screening Time – Thursday, Nov 19th @ 6pm A transfixing depiction of a crisis of faith that claimed the top honours at Jerusalem Film Festival. Haim-Aaron, an Ultra- Orthodox Jewish scholar lives in Jerusalem. After collapsing from a self-imposed fast he is pronounced dead by paramedics but astonishingly his father resuscitates him. Subsequently, Haim- Aaron, […]

2015 Jerusalem Film Festival Awards

2015 Jerusalem Film Festival Awards

The Haggiag Competition for Full-Length Israeli Features Best Israeli Feature Film granting 120,000 ILS: Tikkun, directed by Avishai Sivan, produced by Ronen Ben Tal, Moshe and Leon Edery. Jury: For its very impressive artistic achievement in telling a deep and delicate story with great sensitivity. Best Actor granting 10,000 ILS Khalifa Natour for his role […]

Jerusalem Film Festival 15 – LIVING IN ILLUSIONS

Festival Screening – Thursday, July 16, 2015 @ 8:30 PM Jerusalem Cinematheque In the 1980s magicians Chicko and Diko were huge stars. They were regulars on the hit TV show “Shminiyot Ba’Avir,” had hundreds of sold-out shows with Ofra Haza – Israel’s biggest pop star, won the Israeli Emmy award, received thousands of fan letters, […]

Jerusalem Film Festival 15 – 600 MILES

First Festival Screening – Saturday, July 11, 2015 @ 12:00 PM Jerusalem Cinematheque Arnulfo, a young Mexican, makes his living smuggling guns from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel. He buys a gun with unbelievable ease, crosses the border, and meets middlemen and customers. He has no idea that for some time, he and […]

Jerusalem Film Festival 15 – TIKKUN

First Festival Screening – Friday, July 10, 2015 @ 2:00 PM Jerusalem Cinematheque Haim-Aaron is an ultra-Orthodox scholar living in Jerusalem, whose talents and devotion are envied by all. One evening, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce his death, but his father takes over resuscitation efforts and, beyond all expectations, Haim-Aaron comes back […]

Jerusalem Film Festival 15 – Opening Night Film – MY MOTHER

Festival Screening – Thursday, July 9, 2015 @ 8:00 PM Sultan’s Pool Margherita, a famous Italian director, is in the midst of her new film and is attempting to contend with the main actor (John Turturro) – an annoying yet charming American with a perchance for exaggeration. Alongside the pressures on set, she must also […]