Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre is an essential documentary bearing witness to the barbaric attacks of October 7, 2023. The film–which previously aired on KAN in Israel–is currently playing the film festival circuit, including the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, and appears to be available through Vimeo on Demand. This film, like #NOVA, is not an easy watch but it is still important to bear witness. I had to press pause no less than three…
"Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre Is Essential Viewing"Tag: Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) brings the family drama as the Israeli Ophir Award winner opens the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema. The film is described as a comedy-drama but it plays more to the dramatic side than anything else. If you’re Jewish, you can skip the rest of this paragraph. For my non-Jewish readers, the Sheva Brachot are the seven blessings at Jewish weddings. Any meals with the bride and groom in the seven days…
"Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) – Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema"
While Closed Circuit is a documentary that is about a terrorist attack, the film manages to find the humanity when it comes to the survivors. June 8, 2016 is a date that many people will remember and likely for the rest of their lives. It is on this date that people were running and screaming at the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv, Israel. The market had only been open since 2015 prior to two gunmen…
"Closed Circuit – Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema 2023"
Honeymood, which premiered last year, is a hysterical Israeli comedy that is currently playing the Jewish and Israeli film festival circuit. We all know what happens in a romantic comedy: Couple meets, breaks up, and gets back together by the end of the film. Honeymood starts right after the happy ending. Surprisingly, this film plays along some of those similar beats! When you see so many of these films, you have somewhat of an idea…
"Honeymood: A Hysterical Israeli Comedy"