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 ...

An Israeli government official has slammed and threatened to defund the Ophir Awards — the region's equivalent to the Oscars — for naming a film about a Palestinian as the best movie of 2025 and, on ...

Shai Carmeli-Pollak's anti-war drama 'The Sea,' about a Palestinian boy struggling under life in the West Bank, took best film at Israel's Ophir Awards on Tuesday night. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...

The festival, which returns to the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in November, will feature the North American premiere of Israel's official Oscar submission, "The Sea." The festival will begin with ...

A drama about a Palestinian boy who sneaks into Israel won the top prize at Israel’s version of the Oscars. The country’s culture minister called the ceremony “shameful.” By Derrick Bryson Taylor ...

Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big. On Tuesday ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The edgiest Israeli film that has come out during these last few years of war is Yes, which opened last week in select theaters in the U.S. The film begins with a pair of go-go ...