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Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Maya Rudolph among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director’s arrest

By Grace Gilson/JTA

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

Oscar-winning Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' released after arrest

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

A SCENE from ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

Iranian thriller merges politics and suspense

By HANNAH BROWN

FROM LEFT, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham hold their Oscars for Best Documentary Feature Film for ‘No Other Land’ at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, on Sunday.

My Word: When cameras call the shots

By LIAT COLLINS

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

BDS movement criticizes 'No Other Land,' citing Israeli collaboration in film's production

By NOA FEIGENBAUM

ADRIEN BRODY wins the Best Actor Academy Award for ‘The Brutalist.’

Jewish and Israeli presence felt at Oscars

By HANNAH BROWN

FILMMAKER YUVAL ABRAHAM talks about ‘No Other Land’ with moderator Idit Avrahami at Cinema Spiegel in Jerusalem in February.

‘No Other Land’: The Israeli-Palestinian documentary at the Oscars

By HANNAH ROZENBLAT

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

‘No Other Land’ wins Best Documentary Oscar, director calls for hostages release

By HANNAH BROWN

MIKEY MADISON and Mark Edelshteyn in ‘Anora.’

‘Anora,’ a movie with heart, is likely to win big at the Oscars

By HANNAH BROWN

Gal Gadot attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

Gal Gadot to be a presenter at the 97th Academy Awards

By HANNAH BROWN

ADRIEN BRODY in ‘The Brutalist.’

‘The Brutalist’ is a pretentious, overlong Oscar-nominated mess

By HANNAH BROWN

Israeli director Yuval Abraham (l) and Palestinian director Basel Adra speak on stage after having received the documentary award for "No Other Land" during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival, Feb. 24, 2024 in Berlin.

Oscar-nominated Palestinian-Israeli doc. comes to theaters despite US distribution hurdles

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Jewish actor Timothée Chalamet portrays Bob Dylan in the new biopic "A Complete Unknown."

Jewish war epic ‘The Brutalist’ picks up 10 Oscar nominations, ‘A Complete Unknown’ close behind

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York, US, January 25, 2018

Netflix musical 'Emilia Perez' leads Oscar nominations

By REUTERS

ABOU SANGARE in ‘Souleymane’s Story.’

'Souleymane’s Story': A glance into the life of an African worker in Paris

By HANNAH BROWN

JESSE EISENBERG (right) with costar Kieran Culkin in ‘A Real Pain.’

Jesse Eisenberg explores humor, trauma, and history in 'A Real Pain'

By HANNAH BROWN

BILLIE EILISH, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, and others wore a pin of a red hand at the Oscars (left), failing to understand that the red hand is a symbol of the red hands of Aziz Salha after he killed two Jews in a lynching in Ramallah in 2000 (right.)

How media bias fuels the facade of Palestinian nationhood and ignores accountability

By DAVID CHRISTOPHER KAUFMAN

AT THE Haifa International Film Festival, ‘Longing,’ starring Richard Gere (top) and ‘I’m Still Here.’

Celebrating cinema with joy at the Haifa International Film Festival

By HANNAH BROWN