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Ali Suliman as Amin in ‘The Attack’

On ‘The Attack’: A Q&A with Writer-Director Ziad Doueiri

Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri hoped to add a little nuance and ambiguity to the debate about the Israeli occupation with his adaptation of The Attack, Yasmina Khadra's novel about a secular doctor..View More


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Film of Israeli Rape Victim Who Became Miss World, at AFI

This is not your typical beauty pageant story. In just a few short weeks in 1998, 18 year old Netanya native Linor Abargil on a lark became Miss Israel, and then was brutally stabbed and raped on a..View More


Dancing in Jaffa

Sundance Selects Picks Up Documentary 'Dancing in Jaffa'

Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights Hilla Medalia's documentary Dancing in Jaffa, which follows ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine as he returns to his hometown in Jaffa, Israel, his to..View More


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The Debt

"The Debt": American Remake of Israeli Film Opens This Week

The long awaited "The Debt" opens this Wednesday in NY, and premieres tonight at The JCC in Manhattan to a sold out crowd. This film was one of the most anticipated films that fell through the of of..View More


Miral - Lost in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict

Miral - Lost in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict For anyone familiar with the Palestinian narrative, Julian Schnabel's controversial film, Miral, is in not a shocking story. Schnabel even makes to..View More


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Boycotting Arts

From the very start, this Flotilla fiasco has been a PR war more than anything else. Israel fell straight into this trap and lost the battle quite embarrassingly. Nevertheless, the true danger in is..View More


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