Oscars

March 16, 2026, 12:57 pm

Highs and lows for Jewish creatives at the 2026 Oscars

Robert Redford tribute from Barbra Streisand, Marty is not so Supreme and Mr. Nobody Against Putin wins Academy Award for Best Documentary

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)

February 19, 2026, 2:26 pm

Immanuel College alumnus wins Oscar sci-tech award for dialogue software

Marc Specter among 27 recipients honoured by the Academy for lasting technical contributions to filmmaking

By Annabel Sinclair

January 23, 2026, 3:43 pm

Timothée Chalamet and Marty Supreme net nine Oscar nominations

The actor is in line to win Best Actor for his role as Jewish ping pong player

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

Guy Pearce (Creative Commons/usbotschaftberlin)

November 27, 2025, 1:05 pm

Guy Pearce apologises to Jewish News after sharing antisemitic conspiracy posts

Oscar-nominated actor 'deeply sorry' after posting videos featuring America's most infamous far-right white nationalist along with the claim that Israel was behind 9/11 and the murder of Charlie Kirk

By Richard Ferrer and Daniel Sugarman

March 6, 2025, 3:44 pm

Israeli actor invites Kieran Culkin to visit US Holocaust Museum

Oscar winner lauded for role in film about Holocaust but doesn't mention it in acceptance speech

By Jenni Frazer

March 4, 2025, 8:29 am

Jewish actors scoop top awards at Oscars

Mikey Madison wins best actress and Adrien Brody wins award for playing a Holocaust survivor for the second time

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

March 3, 2025, 9:50 am

Israeli and Palestinian Oscar winners use speeches to call for solution to conflict

No Other Land, which chronicles demolitions in the Palestinian West Bank village of Masafer Yatta, won the Academy Award for best documentary feature

By Ben Sales (JTA)

Adrien Brody, from left, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The Brutalist," Mikey Madison, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Anora," Zoe Saldana, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Emilia Perez," and Kieran Culkin, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for "A Real Pain,"

March 3, 2025, 8:12 am

Adrien Brody speaks of antisemitism and racism as he picks up best actor Oscar

Two-time Academy Award winner, has won a slew of awards this season for his role playing Hungarian-Jewish architect Laszlo Toth

By Jewish News Reporter

Timothee Chamalet plays Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown

January 23, 2025, 4:06 pm

Jewish talent features heavily in Oscar nominations

The Brutalist picks up 10 Oscar nominations, with A Complete Unknown close behind

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

March 15, 2024, 11:27 am

The Zone of Interest exec-producer insists: ‘My support for Israel is unwavering’

EXCLUSIVE: Spokesperson for philanthropist Sir Len Blavatnik speaks to Jewish News after Oscar-winning Holocaust film director Jonathan Glazer "refutes" his Jewishness being "hijacked by an occupation".

By Michelle Rosenberg

March 13, 2024, 6:43 pm

OPINION: Unlike Jonathan Glazer I see two sides to this

Josh Glancy considers the social cost and professional implications of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

By Josh Glancy

David Schaecter and Jonathan Glazer at the Oscars.

March 12, 2024, 5:49 pm

‘Factually inaccurate and morally indefensible’: Auschwitz survivor denounces Jonathan Glazer

Film director told by 94-year-old David Schaechter he should be "ashamed" that he linked Auschwitz with Gaza in his Oscar speech.

By Jenni Frazer

January 24, 2024, 10:31 am

FILM REVIEW: The twilight zone between evil and ignorance

Our capacity to ignore what’s under our nose if it offends our eyes and ears – if it lies outside our zone of interest – is tested to breaking point and beyond in Jonathan Glazer’s unflinching new film about the commandant of Auschwitz, writes Richard Ferrer

By Richard Ferrer

June 20, 2023, 9:40 am

The Way We Were: 50 Years Later

A celebration of the greatest film about marrying out

By Brigit Grant

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