The AICE Israeli Film Festival is spreading its wings in 2012, taking the best of Israeli cinema across Australia to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Produced by Palace Cinemas and the Australia Israel Cultural Exchange, and taking place for the first time outside of Melbourne and Sydney, the ninth AICE Israeli Film Festival will screen more films over more days than even before, with an expanded program of some of the best Israeli films from the last twelve months.
'Red Dog', the celebrated film which opened the AICE Australian Film Festival in Israel a few months ago, scooped a swag of accolades at the Inside Film (IF) awards in Sydney.
The film - about a kelpie that united a remote mining community in Western Australia - won seven awards on Wednesday night at the ceremony in Luna Park.
The film - about a kelpie that united a remote mining community in Western Australia - won seven awards on Wednesday night at the ceremony in Luna Park.
An Australian film about a radical Palestinian who holds a Holocaust survivor hostage after a failed attempt to blow up a synagogue began production in Melbourne this week.
'Last Dance' - featuring Julia Blake ('Bed of Roses') and Firass Dirani ('Underbelly') - will open in cinemas in 2012.
'Last Dance' - featuring Julia Blake ('Bed of Roses') and Firass Dirani ('Underbelly') - will open in cinemas in 2012.
Award-winning Israeli film director Joseph Cedar has won another award.
Cedar, whose 2007 film Beaufort was nominated for best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards in 2008, was recognised for his work in promoting global Jewish unity at the 2011 NADAV Jewish Peoplehood Award in Jaffa.
Cedar, whose 2007 film Beaufort was nominated for best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards in 2008, was recognised for his work in promoting global Jewish unity at the 2011 NADAV Jewish Peoplehood Award in Jaffa.
A new photography exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art opened last weekend featuring the works of artists from Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Among the artists on show are Brisbane-born Tony Albert, New Zealand's Shane Cotton and Tibetan Gonkar Gyatso.
Among the artists on show are Brisbane-born Tony Albert, New Zealand's Shane Cotton and Tibetan Gonkar Gyatso.
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'Red Dog', the film that featured in this year's AICE Australian Film Festival in Israel, won another award this week as it passed the $20 million mark at the box office.
Producer Nelson Woss received the $US100,000 grand prize at the Heartland Film Festival in Indiana on Saturday.
Producer Nelson Woss received the $US100,000 grand prize at the Heartland Film Festival in Indiana on Saturday.
An acclaimed Israeli actor and an Israeli film are among the nominees for the annual Asia pacific Screen Awards.
Sasson Gabbai received a nomination for Best Performance by an actor for his role in'Restoration', and 'The Flood' was nominated as Best Children's Feature Film.
Sasson Gabbai received a nomination for Best Performance by an actor for his role in'Restoration', and 'The Flood' was nominated as Best Children's Feature Film.
'Footnote', Joseph Cedar's film which won Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival, will be Israel's official selection for best foreign film at the Academy Awards next year.
'Footnote' won a slew of Ophir Awards, including best picture, thereby becoming Israel's entry for best foreign-language film at the Oscars.
'Footnote' won a slew of Ophir Awards, including best picture, thereby becoming Israel's entry for best foreign-language film at the Oscars.
AICE Israeli Film Festival 2011 Melbourne Opening
