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A still from the short film 'Sorry Cinema' by Ahmed Hassouna, part of a film project produced by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi. (Courtesy of Rashid Masharawi)
‘Film was the best way to convey our art amid the suffering in Gaza’
Shunned by the Cannes Festival, Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi organized a protest screening of short films made by Gazans during the war.
By Ruwaida Amer July 2, 2024
A still from the film "Let It Be Morning," directed by Eran Kolirin, based on the book by Sayed Kashua. (Courtesy of Dori Media/Les Films Du Poisson)
The dilemma of Palestinian representation in Israeli cinema
The cast of Israel's Oscars pick, ‘Let It Be Morning,’ open up about the conflict of sharing a Palestinian story in a country that erases their identity.
By Natalie Alz October 21, 2021
Mira Awad speaking at the Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival. (Screenshot)
WATCH: Human rights film festival held in Israel amid censorship fears
The Solidarity Human Rights Festival, which screens films focused on human rights and activism, recently took place in Tel Aviv. It was held amid increasing concerns around censorship of culture and the arts. Read more: The cultural terrorism of Miri Regev For Palestinian artists, freedom of speech is anything but guaranteed
By Social TV May 29, 2017
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Image from the Israeli film Policeman (© 2014 Corinth Films)
Film Review: ‘Policeman,’ a study of the Israeli alpha male
By leaving the Palestinian conflict in the background, filmmaker Lapid manages to skip over the common ‘shooting-and-crying’ formula, in which Israeli protagonists are portrayed more as victims than perpetrators of the conflict. The timing of the release of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s debut, “Policeman,” was very unique in Israel: October 2011, right after that summer’s…
By Noam Sheizaf June 21, 2014
The fall of the house of Herzl: Israel as a horror flick
Horror films are often centered around a house: a safe haven. But they are also a place of danger and sometimes a monster in and of themselves. To Israelis, the Jewish state can play all three roles.   Last week my girlfriend Ruthie came up with a scary idea: “Why don’t we start watching classic…
By Yuval Ben-Ami June 24, 2013
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