Avi Nesher

Israeli film about October 7 selected for Toronto International Film Festival despite boycott

The inclusion of this film is a significant step in breaking through an unofficial but real international boycott of Israeli cinema.

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AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshwilli and Magi Azarzar in ‘Our Loves.’
AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshvili and Magi Azarzar in Our Loves.

FOX Entertainment Studios, Access Entertainment sign on to Avi Nesher’s 'Our Lives'

Inspired by true events, Nesher’s film is an emotionally gripping story about the enduring strength of the human spirit and the transformative power of love in the face of the horror of October 7.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Avi Nesher on the set of Image of Victory with Amir Khoury

Director Avi Nesher discusses upcoming film, ‘Sons and Soldiers’

Sons and Soldiers tells the amazing true story about a group of young Jewish refugees from Germany and surrounding countries, who made it to the US in the 1930s just before the Nazis closed in.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
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Israeli modern classic film ‘Turn Left at the End of the World’ turns 20

The movie was the first Nesher made after returning to Israel following a decade-long stint in Hollywood.

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Lights, camera, Kotel

Thanks to the Jerusalem Film Fund, a magic capital lights up the silver screen.

APRIL 28, 2013ByHANNAH BROWN
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Knesset marks decade since passage of Cinema Law

Law effectively tripled the funding the government gave to the country’s film industry.

NOVEMBER 16, 2011ByHANNAH BROWN
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Worth seeing at least ‘Once’

In the shadow of the Holocaust, a boy, a matchmaker and a quirky cast of characters light up Avi Nesher’s coming-of-age story.

JUNE 25, 2010ByHANNAH BROWN
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Once I was Avi Nesher

Celebrated director discusses emotional new film.

JUNE 25, 2010ByHANNAH BROWN
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