Documentary

Docaviv 2026 opens in Tel Aviv with global documentaries, masterclasses, and retrospectives

The 28th Docaviv festival runs through June 6, featuring Israeli and international documentaries, masterclasses with Oscar winners, retrospectives, and a focus on politics, culture, and music.

MAY 27, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

A SCENE from ‘One Eye Open,’ which tells the story of a group of soldiers in reserve duty during the Israel-Hamas War.

‘One Eye Open’ documentary wins award

The prize from the Weil-Bloch Foundation and NFCT for the IDF tale is set to be presented at Tel Aviv's international documentary film festival, Docaviv.

MAY 25, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Docaviv 2026 reveals the Israeli film lineup

Twelve new films have been chosen for the Israeli competition. They include Soccer for the Soul, by Avida Livny, and Shalom, by Meital Zvieli.

MAY 11, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

A drone view shows an artist from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026.

British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts

The famed BBC broadcaster, whose family rescued Jewish sisters before the Holocaust, has never backed Israel boycotts and once praised Israel’s climate innovation.

MAY 8, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

New documentary commemorates 'Shoah' for 40th anniversary

“I do not hesitate to say that Shoah was the greatest event in the history of our festival, the Forum of the Berlinale, maybe also the greatest event of the Berlinale itself.”

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

THE 72ND BERLIN International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale.

Hostage documentary, Holding Liat, wins major award at the Berlinale

The film details the struggle of the Beinin-Atzili family after Liat was kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7

FEBRUARY 22, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

Released hostage Liat Beinin-Atzili and her father, Yehuda Beinin, at the Holding Liat premiere.

BBC slammed for featuring Gazan child with alleged Hamas connections in documentary

The documentary, titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, tells the story of four Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians seen in the city of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025

Hostage film, ‘Letter to David,’ premieres in Berlin

“There’s a great nobility of spirit and strength about the whole Cunio family. They gave me their trust and cooperation to tell their story," said Shoval.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

DAVID AND Eitan Cunio at their audition for Tom Shoval’s film ‘Youth,’ from the documentary, ‘Letter to David.’

Tom Shoval’s hostage documentary, Letter to David, premieres in Berlin

The documentary tells the story of David Cunio, a hostage abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

David and Eitan Cunio at their audition for Youth, from the documentary, Letter to David.

'The Gaza Syndrome' series looks at past failures, 80 for Brady is a fun light-hearted watch

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

KAN’S THREE-PART series, ‘The Gaza Syndrome.’

Louis Theroux to record new BBC documentary on ‘extreme’ West Bank settlers

The documentary will look at the "fundamentalists" fueling "settler expansionism up close, and the human cost it entails."

FEBRUARY 10, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Documentarian Louis Theroux attends the 25th MOBO Awards in London, Britain November 30, 2022.

Hostage documentary to tell the Nir Oz story of ‘The Cunios’

The documentary tells the harrowing story of an Argentine-Israeli family taken hostage in the October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz, with ties to Pope Francis and global efforts for their release.

FEBRUARY 1, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN