Venice

Zamir instructs MAG to open investigation into NAZA film, IDF seeks Shin Bet support in probe

IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced his intention to order a review of the film on Monday, suggesting that legal action could be taken against the directors of NAZA.

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor receive the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.
Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, and crew pose during a photocall for the documentary "Naza" in Competition, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 10, 2026.

Israeli filmmaker of 'NAZA' under scrutiny over longstanding ties to Hamas-linked activist

Yuval Abraham and Director Rachel Szor winners of the Special Jury Prize for "Naza" attend a photocall on the red carpet following the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido on September 12, 2026.

'An act of treason': Politicians clash over 'NAZA' Gaza war film, label creators 'Israel-haters'

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor pose with the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.

Israeli documentary NAZA wins Venice Jury Prize, challenges IDF Gaza civilian death claims


When politics invades art, an Israeli artist seeks common ground at the Venice Biennale

Belu-Simion Fainaru, our representative at the Venice Biennale, struts his creative stuff and rolls with the anti-Israel punches.

ITALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MATTEO SALVINI (R) took time out to visit the Israeli pavilion.

Israeli documentary 'NAZA' challenges official accounts of Gaza civilian deaths

A new Israeli documentary challenges official accounts of the Gaza war, with anonymous officers alleging that civilian casualties were built into targeting decisions.

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor pose during a photocall for the documentary "Naza" in Competition, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 10, 2026.

Venice Film Festival grapples with activist demands to exclude Israel-tied films

Venice4Palestine collective, an anti-Israel activist group, published a letter calling on the Venice International Film Festival and the rest of the film industry to condemn Israel.

A general view of the signage at the red carpet area ahead of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2026 in Venice, Italy.

Documentary about civilian casualties in Gaza to premiere at Venice International Film Festival

NAZA will have its world premiere at Venice on September 10 and will compete for the Golden Lion. It is the only documentary among the 21 films in competition this year.

ISRAELI JOURNALIST and filmmaker Yuval Abraham (right) and Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Basel Adra accept the award for Best Documentary Feature for ‘No Other Land’ during the 97th Annual Academy Awards last year.

Sam Spiegel Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival, will present 10 projects

The Venice International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world, and Israeli films have been embraced there with enthusiasm in the past.

Mor Eldar (left), the director of the Sam Spiegel International Film and Series Labs, and Dana Blankstein Cohen, the CEO and executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.

Venice art installation grapples with its Jewish history at 61st International Art Exhibition

At once playful, spiritual, and unsettling, Nabatele imagines a Jewish house of worship without ground beneath it.

Image of the Nabatele installation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

From visiting to belonging: Micol Radzik's path to aliyah

Not a sudden move but a long decision, how Israel became home through patience, purpose, and planning.

Micol Radzik on the Tayelet in Tel Aviv, 2019.

Greta Thunberg, other activists fined, banned from Venice after Grand Canal dyed green

The activist dumped dye in the Grand Canal and strung a banner from the Rialto Bridge reading “Stop Ecocide.”

People enjoy a gondola ride on the Grand Canal, where the canal's water has been dyed green in a protest organised by the "Extinction Rebellion" climate activists, in Venice, Italy, November 22, 2025.

'A serious and unacceptable act': Venetian mayor condemns antisemitic attack on Jewish tourists

The incident follows another report of a Jewish couple being attacked in Venice last month.

Hasidic Jews look at directions from a London street map in Westminster in Westminster, London, England, 18 June, 2025.

'The Voice Of Hind Rajab' wins runner-up award at Venice Film Festival

The film focuses on telephone operators from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society talking to a Gazan girl who was trapped in a car where her family already lay dead.

Kaouther Ben Hania poses with the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize for "The Voice of Hind Rajab" during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 6, 2025.