Volker Schlöndorff and Michael Rapaport to Appear at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival

The 28th edition of the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival will take place from December 5 to 10, 2026, at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, featuring over 40 films from 15 countries. Director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Michael Rapaport will be guests at major events.

The 28th edition of the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival will take place from December 5 to 10, 2026, at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. The festival will include over 40 films from 15 countries, along with meetings with filmmakers, lectures, panels, and special events. The festival will open with the screening of the film "The House by the Lake" by German director Volker Schlöndorff, who will attend and receive an honorary award. The closing event will be dedicated to the documentary "Have They Canceled Me Yet?" followed by a conversation with actor Michael Rapaport. The international competition will feature films such as "The Wild West of the East" with Itay Tiran, "An Unknown Woman" by Mai Al-Touki, and "I Want to Tell My Story" by Tomer Heymann. Alongside the competition, documentaries will be screened about Theodor Herzl, the Camondo family, the YIVO archive in Vilna, and the war diaries of Astrid Lindgren. In the Israeli cinema section, a short film competition will be held, and final films from the ultra-Orthodox branch of the "Ma'aleh" school will be presented. The classics section will feature a restored print of "Tevye and His Seven Daughters" (1968).