'The Sea' is an Arabic-language drama about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank who risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv The Israeli culture and sports minister Miki Zohar has vowed to cut ...

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 ...

Paramount responds to Film Workers for Palestine's boycott of the Israeli film industry. Film Workers for Palestine/Eric Thayer/Getty Images (UPDATED with Film Workers for Palestine‘s response) After ...

The Arabic-language film, Israel’s Academy Award submission this year, has ignited criticism on the left and the right. On Thursday, it opens the Other Israel Film Festival in Manhattan. Israeli film ...

The Israeli culture and sports minister Miki Zohar has vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards after its top prize was given to “The Sea,” an Arabic-language drama about a ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Israeli film director Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s latest film, “The Sea,” is about a young Palestinian boy from the West Bank who is denied a permit to visit Tel Aviv with his ...