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October 14, 2026, 9:27 pm
Our pick of what to see at the UK Jewish Film Festival
As the UK Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary, these are the stars and storytellers bringing laughter, drama and extraordinary Jewish lives to the screen
By Louisa Walters
Daniel Auteuil in When The Night Falls
October 14, 2026, 9:07 pm
Daniel Auteuil’s new film is a powerful true story of Jewish rescue
When The Night Falls recounts dark chapter of French history
By Brigit Grant
Patrick Radden Keefe was speaking at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire
October 12, 2026, 4:40 pm
Rabbi Hugo Gryn’s grandson’s tragic story to become TV mini-series
Patrick Radden Keefe discusses adaptation of his hit book London Falling at Cliveden Literary Festival
By Beatrice Sayers
Eytan Schwartz. Photo: Kfir Ziv
October 2, 2026, 4:25 pm
New project to preserve 7 October stories through films and theatre
A play about former hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel will lead an international effort to keep survivors’ stories alive
By Annabel Sinclair
September 14, 2026, 5:29 pm
Elliott Gould talks faith, family, Barbra Streisand and his new movie
The actor lends his voice to new animated film Legend of Destruction about the destruction of the Second Temple
By Brigit Grant
September 9, 2026, 5:06 pm
New documentary tells of annual pilgrimage to thank the last surviving Righteous
Jonny Daniels plays Father Christmas as he travels across Eastern Europe thank those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
By Etan Smallman
A scene from Avi Nesher’s 7 October drama Our Loves. Photo Credit: YouTube/UnitedKingFilms
August 10, 2026, 5:11 pm
7 October film gets Toronto festival premiere amid boycott pressure on Israeli cinema
Avi Nesher’s drama Our Loves will make its international debut at TIFF before competing for Israel’s top film awards
By Annabel Sinclair
Steven Spielberg
June 30, 2026, 5:23 pm
The Steven Spielberg grudge I carried for three decades
An autograph refusal once felt unforgettable. Looking back, one of cinema’s greatest careers has put everything into perspective
By Darren Richman
Yael and Ada
June 2, 2026, 4:08 pm
New film about Israel’s most famous architect and her daughter
ADA - My Mother The Architect is a beautiful, fascinating love letter to filmmaker Yael Melamede's award-winning mum
By Anthea Gerrie
May 8, 2026, 4:01 pm
‘No closed door will shut us down’
Comedy and courage set the tone at the opening gala of the 15th Seret Israeli Film Festival
By Brigit Grant
Cuz You're Ugly
April 30, 2026, 4:25 pm
Being shut out of UK cinemas has not stopped Seret
The Israeli Film Festival is showing movies and talent that demand to be seen
By Brigit Grant
Astor Film Lounge
April 7, 2026, 12:57 pm
Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash
The Jewish community of Frankfurt called the decision a 'devastating societal signal'
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Anton Lesser and Kit Rakusen form an unlikely friendship in Beshert. Photo: Joanne Davidson
March 26, 2026, 3:54 pm
Another chance to see Anton Lesser and Kit Rakusen in Beshert
Three special short films are being screened in one evening at JW3 next month
By Louisa Walters
Debra Messing, actress, activist and Will's flatmate (photography and makeup Gita Bass)
March 25, 2026, 5:26 pm
Debra Messing on Will & Grace, Jewish identity and finding her voice after October 7
Sitcom icon and outspoken advocate, Life cover star talks faith, fractured politics and exploring dual citizenship in Israel
By Brigit Grant
Artem 'Alfred' Nakache (inset), a Jew who swam for France at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, is depicted in lane 4 in the animated short film 'Papillon.' (Wikimedia Commons; Sacrebleu Productions and XBO Films)
March 15, 2026, 12:01 pm
The Holocaust history behind Oscar-nominated film about a star Jewish swimmer
A painterly animated film revives the memory of French Olympic hero Alfred Nakache, a survivor of Auschwitz
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA)
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