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Sundance 2021: This Grand Jury Prize winner uses animation to tell a story haunted by memory in a way live-action never could

AMSTERDAM (JTA) - A disoriented teenage girl lies on Anne Franks bed as people swarm the family house. But these people are not Nazis; theyre

A still from director Ari Folmans Where is Anne Frank. (Purple Whale Films) CANNES, France (AFP) — After making one of the most successful adult animated films of all time in “Waltz With Bashir,” Israeli director Ari Folman vowed never to tackle the mind-bending complexity of such projects again. But when he got the chance to bring the iconic story of Anne Frank to the big screen for children, he couldn’t resist — even though it ended up taking over his life for eight years. “Where ...

After 10 consecutive days of violence, the renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict is already considered the worst clash since 2014. For a film community known to be fiercely opposed to the politics led by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers and producers fear the escalation of violence will cause irreparable damage. There have

40 Movies We Hope to See at Cannes 2021, from Jane Campion to Claire Denis IndieWire 5 days ago Sorry, Oscars: For decades, the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival has been the ultimate source of anticipation by movie lovers worldwide. No festival on Earth has commanded the same blend of cinephilia and red carpet glamour, as films from some of the most revered directors working today announce their arrival in front of the world’s most discerning audience. But will that audience s...

If you haven’t seen ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ (2018) yet, you should. Same goes for ‘Paddington 2’ (2018).

Cast Availability Virtual theaters and VOD January 19 As the first Lebanese film to address Israel’s invasion of the Middle Eastern country and the escalation of the Lebanese Civil War, 1982 shows us the other side of the conflict already explored from the Israeli perspective in 2008’s Lebanon. Those films specifically focused on the experiences of Israeli soldiers who took part in invading south Lebanon and laying siege to Beirut while fighting the Palestinian Liberation Organization. T...