Orit Fouks Rotem’s award-winning drama follows a group of Arab and Jewish women taking part in a documentary filmmaking workshop. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The film is a portrait of a ...

This intrepid, immersive documentary follows the men and women who rescue Yazidi girls kidnapped and held by Islamic State fighters in a Syrian refugee camp. By Devika Girish When you purchase a ...

(JTA) — Years ago, the Israeli filmmaker Orit Fouks Rotem took a class led by director Eran Kolirin, best known as the maker of “The Band’s Visit.” This month, movies by both filmmakers are getting ...

When an Israeli director rounds up a group of Arabs and Jews for an introductory filmmaking class, it isn’t long before a Jew admits she doesn’t really know any Arabs because she’s afraid of suicide ...

Orit Fouks Rotem’s Cinema Sabaya will be Israel’s entry to the best international film category in this year’s Oscar race, following its best picture win at the country’s Ophir national cinema awards ...

Israel’s Oscar entry is a documentary-style chamber piece about a video workshop for Arab and Jewish women whose conclusions feel, well, tired. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an ...

TO RECRUIT young men to join its ranks, Islamic State (IS) offered unique inducements. Not only would they have a chance to kill God’s enemies; they would also have sex slaves. Rape is common during ...

Depression-era photojournalist once said that “the camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera,” a sentiment presciently expressed in the latest film by Israeli filmmaker ...

MTV Documentary Films has acquired North American rights to “Sabaya,” the story of volunteers of the Yazidi Home Center, who risk their lives in order to save women and girls held by ISIS as sex ...

MTV Documentary Films has set set July 30 as the theatrical release date for “Sabaya.” The documentary that generated strong reviews at Sundance this year follows the sexual exploitation of women in ...

Filmmakers behind the documentary Sabaya are rebutting a published report claiming they failed to properly obtain consent from some of the victims of sexual enslavement who appear in the award-winning ...