Yaron Zilberman talks about his latest narrative film, "Incitement," winner of the 2019 Ophir Award for Best Picture. His narrative follows the events that led to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as seen through the eyes of the killer, Yigal Amir. With a great performance by Yehuda Nahari Halevi.
Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis has directed over a dozen classic Israeli movies, including "Cup Final," "Lemon Tree," "The Syrian Bride," and "A Borrowed Identity." Riklis speaks about his work, his career, and his latest film, "Spider in the Web," starring Sir Ben Kingsley.
Dror Moreh ("The Gatekeepers") discusses "The Human Factor," his documentary that tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the U.S. came within reach of securing peace between Israel and its neighbors over the last 25 years
"Speer Goes to Hollywood" garnered Israel’s 2021 Ophir Award for best documentary film. The movie studies Albert Speer, the highest-ranking Nazi to avoid execution at the Nuremberg Trials. Director Vanessa Lapa and producer Tomer Eliav talk about what they discovered about Speer and how his dream to have his best-selling memoir become a motion picture almost became reality.
Acclaimed Israeli writer/director Nadav Lapid discusses "Ahed’s Knee," his imaginative psychodrama about an Israeli filmmaker who finds himself fighting for his freedoms and his mother’s life in a remote desert village where he’s presenting one of his films. The film won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Filmmaker Daniel Raim discusses “Fiddlers Journey to the Big Screen,” his documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews and more, about the making of the beloved musical film “Fiddler on the Roof.”
Actor Meir Gerner discusses his son Oren Gerner’s movie “Africa,” a docu-fictional drama based on the real-life experiences of family and friends in the Israeli community settlement of Nirit. The movie is centered around the struggle of an aging father, played by Meir Gerner, to find meaning in life.
Documentary filmmaker Dennis Scholl's latest documentary takes us on a journey to Miami Beach of the 1970s and 1980s through the photographic lens of two young photographers.
"Tango Shalom" is a heartfelt family comedy/dance movie involving a group filmmaking effort mainly from the Laniado brothers, Jos and Claudio, and the Bologna family. Heart-pumping and heartwarming, the film tests the bonds of family and community, and the bounds of tolerance and faith. Joining the Laniados are Golden Globe nominee Lainie Kazan (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Karina Smirnoff (Dancing with the Stars) and the film's director, Gabriel Bologna.
Veteran editor and director Manfred Kirchheimer, whose work includes "We Were So Beloved" (1987), looks at issues related to Jewish identity in “My Coffee with Friends”
"Golden Voices" is about two older immigrants making aliyah to Israel in 1990 from the collapsing USSR, trying to find their place in Israeli society. Writer-Director Evgeny Ruman drew on his personal experience as an immigrant to Israel to make this film.
Dana Modan, creator, writer, and starring actress of "Significant Other," speaks about her award-winning, sophisticated, romantic comedic drama series about two lonely apartment neighbors, set in Tel Aviv.
Keith Thomas and lead actor Dave Davis talk about the new Jewish-themed horror movie, "The Vigil." Based on the Jewish ritual of keeping "vigil" with a corpse overnight, the film features Yiddish as the primary language spoken and is a first for the horror film genre.
Eric is joined by Sandra Schulberg, producer of “Filmmakers for the Prosecution,” a riveting documentary adapted from Schulberg’s eponymous monograph which retraces the hunt for film evidence that was carried out by her father and uncle, Budd and Stuart Schulberg in order to convict Nazi leadership at the Nuremberg Trials.
Max Lewkowicz speaks about his film, "Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles," in which he explores the many manifestations of Sholom Aleichem's classic "Tevye stories." The stories became the basis on Broadway for "Fiddler on the Roof," and continues to be staged today across the world in a multitude of languages.
Director/actor Gur Bentwich and actor Alon Aboutboul discuss their dark comedy about a neurotic film director whose numerous fears and inferiority complex all surface the night of his new film's premiere.
Aviva Kempner has made a variety of films that include "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg." She speaks about her work and her most recent film, "The Spy Behind Home Plate," a film about MLB catcher Moe Berg, who also spied on behalf of the United States before and during World War II.
Filmmaker Jonathan Gruber ("Follow Me: The Yonatan Netanyahu Story") talks about his new documentary, "Upheaval," detailing the life of the iconic former Prime Minister of Israel. The film looks at Begin's transition from opposition leader to peacemaker.
Jeremy Newberger shares his adventure in making this film with Seth Kramer and Dennis A. Miller. It's a documentary about how Team Israel, composed largely of Jewish American Major League players, fought its way to the finals of the World Baseball Classic in Japan.
Writer-director Boaz Yehonatan Yacov discusses becoming religious late in life and his directorial debut "Redemption," about a religious rock star who returns to music. Yacov was nominated for an 2019 Israeli Ophir Award for Best Director.