The film festival showcased diverse stories, refusing to back down in the face of international boycotts. Sirens warning of a ...

"The Sea," a drama about a Palestinian boy who risks his life to go to the beach for the first time in Tel Aviv, will represent Israel at the Oscars.

Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar is threatening to pull funding from the Ophir Awards, Israel’s version of the Oscars, after a film critiquing Israel won the top prize. The Sea, helmed by Israeli ...

Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, about a Palestinian boy, won Best Film at Israel’s Ophir Awards in a somber ceremony in Tel Aviv on Tuesday dominated by Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza as ...

Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has announced he is pulling state funding for the country’s Ophir Awards after drama The Sea, which focuses on the struggles of a Palestinian boy living under ...

Shaike Ophir (Hebrew: שייקה אופיר; November 4, 1928 – August 17, 1987) was an Israeli film and theater actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director, and the country's first mime. Yeshayahu ...

Two years into the war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, filmmakers who tackle the crisis in their works struggle to find distribution, while the Israeli government also aims to silence critical ...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s culture minister has cut funding for the country’s most prestigious film awards ceremony, saying this year’s best feature winner “spits” on Israeli soldiers. Miki Zohar said he ...