The Jerusalem Film Festival attracted 70,000 people this year after Film Workers for Palestine launched a pledge naming it as an Israeli institution that it would refuse to work with.

“This country is full of remarkable talent… Israel has everything a major film industry needs: great film schools, a strong tradition, outstanding artists," said Israeli director Avi Nesher.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE TROUPE (photo credit: YONI HAMENACHEM) Comedy has always been an important part of Israeli cinema. From well-known classics to ...

Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has escalated his campaign against the country's film industry with a new Likud primary spot that mocks Israeli filmmakers as anti-Israel profiteers and vows to ...

“Riverbend” invites a reappraisal of a genre-defying career that gave us “American Ninja” and “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.” Sam Firstenberg, the Israeli-raised director behind cult B-movie staples ...