Jeers for Israel and a top award for a doc about hostages at Berlin film festival “Holding Liat,” about a hostage’s family, wins best documentary, while Tilda Swinton denounces “state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder” from the stage. By Toby Axelrod February 24, 2025 3:47 pm
Idina Menzel, antisemitic theories and terror: Your guide to Jewish films at the DOC NYC festival Several Jewish-themed documentaries are screening online and in person this month as part of the annual celebration of nonfiction filmmaking. November 11, 2022 1:47 pm
Violent scenes cause some viewers to walk out of Holocaust film at Venice festival Incest, bestiality, rape, mutilation, murder and animal abuse are depicted in “The Painted Bird,” an adaptation of the book by Jerzy Kosinski. September 6, 2019 12:37 pm
Film about Polish director of ‘The Dybbuk’ wins best documentary at Venice Film Festival September 12, 2017 6:18 am
Bar mitzvah boy raises money for Parkinson’s — by hosting international kids film festival By Josefin Dolsten September 9, 2016 10:56 am