An Israeli graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem received the top student film award at Cannes last week. Or Sinai won first place for her short film, ANNA. She was one...
Tag - Film
What’s Hot at Sundance 2016
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival started Thursday, and already a film has been purchased… by Amazon. One can say that this is representative of the market for indie films… that Amazon and Netflix and...
JewliciousReels: What We Missed at Recent Fests – Boston
I wasn’t able to make it to Boston for the annual Boston Jewish Film Festival – November 4-16. Out of over 400 submissions, they fest screen 62 films at 17 venues in Boston. It was the...
JewliciousReels: Sundance and Hong Kong Fests
The Sundance Film Festival 2015 announced its main selections last week, and the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival wrapped up its 2014 festival. The 15th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival had the theme of...
JewliciousReels: This is Where I Leave You
The premise of “This is Where I Leave You” is that four diverse siblings and their sexually adventurous mother must sit shiva for a full seven days, sitting on low chairs, and dealing...
Gambling Mensch Wins Student International Jewish Film Competition
Gambling Mensch, a nine-minute film from San Francisco State University Student filmmaker Jason Zavaleta, was announced today as the winner of the Best Picture, of the The Student International...
Spielberg, Can You Hear Me?
Dear Mr. Spielberg, It’s time to take back the Jewish film. With the announcement that Mel Gibson aims to helm a Judah Maccabee picture and the immediate hell-no-we-won’t-go-response of...
LA Events: Socalled, Zeek Launch Party, Hip Hop Israel, Beach Bonfire
Oy Vey LA! So much Jewlicious goodness this May and lot’s to celebrate with Yom Haatzmaut and Lag B’Omer. Check it out Socalled FIlm @ LA Jewish FIlm Fest opens today and runs til 5/12...