The 12th edition of the annual Anthropological Film Festival will take place at the Jerusalem Cinematheque from February 13-15.
The festival, which has a long history of welcoming Israeli filmmakers, as well as spotlighting films of Jewish interest and movies that focus on Jewish history, will continue to do so.
Several Sundance panels focused on Jewish and Israeli issues, as well as events held in response to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Israel-Gaza war.
Deadline Hollywood reported that the protesters likely wanted to gain as much attention as possible from Sundance's huge media presence.
This year’s Aki-no Festival features movies by some of the most acclaimed Japanese directors and will be held at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Tel Aviv Cinematheque in January.
Leading directors of cinema call for an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid in Gaza, and the release of hostages.
The International Tel Aviv LBGTQ+ Film Festival will be running at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from December 21-31 at a number of venues around the city.
“Jack and Sam” premiered at Provincetown International Film Festival in June and has since been shown at six film festivals across the globe including at DocNYC last month.
Due to the security situation in the north, the Docaviv Galilee Film Festival in Ma’alot Tarshiha cannot hold physical screenings, but there will be an online edition of the festival November 22-25.
The incident comes after a 'river to the sea' banner was raised at another film festival there.
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