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While he was alive, Amos Guttman remained a red flag for the notoriously conservative Israeli film establishment. As he was a Romanian migrant, he never truly found his place in his new home. As a gay artist, he made the nation's first movies on the subject. He was an artist who wanted to make films not for the masses but for the few. Conversely, he wanted to make movies that connected with the rest of the world and not only Israel - works that maybe Derek Jarman or Pedro Almodóvar could watch by chance and feel understood, and painted even the most sacred moments in Israel's histor...

The International Tel Aviv LBGTQ+ Film Festival will be running at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from December 21-31 at a number of venues around the city. 

The festival will open with a screening of Guy Nattiv’s Golda which stars Helen Mirren as Israel’s only female prime minister, at the Sultan’s Pool Amphitheater on July 13.

The Israeli Feature Film Category Has Nine Entries, and the Documentary Film Competition Will Include Films About the Anti-occupation Group Machsom Watch and the Suicide of a Mossad Agent

Israel is often described as a country of paradox. Opposing war and peace with a great welcoming and open culture as well as traditions that could sometimes be heavy and difficult to accept for a booming and modern population. Despite the abundance of its directors and cinematographers, it was not much anticipated that one day Israel could become an incredible land of creation for LGBT cinema. The last decades have seen a generation of authors as Amos Guttman, Eytan Fox, Dan Wolman, Tomer Heymann who have been real pioneers trying to change mentalities and religious conservatism. This « new Â...