Best International Feature Film Submissions from Israel to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Foreign Language Film Category

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1. Come Closer
20241h 47m
7.0 (270)
When Eden's brother tragically dies, her grief spirals into obsession after discovering his secret girlfriend. A haunting exploration of love, loss and fixation with stunning visuals.
DirectorTom NesherStarsLia ElaloufDarya RosennNetta Garti
97th ACADEMY AWARDS (2024) ░░░░ Status: submitted
2. Seven Blessings
20231h 48m
7.9 (306)
Marie travels from France to Israel, where her family now lives, to marry her one true love. "Seven Blessings"is a week of festive meals in honor of the bride. This week turns into a sad comedy about family crimes, forgiveness and loss.
DirectorAyelet MenahemiStarsReymonde AmsellemTikva DayanRivka Bahar
96th ACADEMY AWARDS (2023) ░░░░ Status: submitted
3. Cinema Sabaya
20211h 31m75Metascore
7.1 (433)
Eight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, a young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.
DirectorOrit Fouks RotemStarsLiora LeviAseel FarhatOrit Samuel
95th ACADEMY AWARDS (2022) ░░░░ Status: submitted
4. Let It Be Morning
20211h 41m77Metascore
6.8 (437)
A gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel.
DirectorEran KolirinStarsAlex BakriJuna SuleimanSalim Daw
94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
5. Asia
20201h 25m77Metascore
6.7 (761)
Despite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs
DirectorRuthy PribarStarsAlena YivShira HaasTamir Mula
93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
6. Incitement
20192h 3m77Metascore
7.1 (860)
Details the year leading to the assassination of Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), from the point of view of the assassin.
DirectorYaron ZilbermanStarsYehuda Nahari HaleviAmitay Yaish Ben OusilioAnat Ravnitzki
92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
7. The Cakemaker
20171h 53mNot Rated74Metascore
7.3 (5.3K)
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
DirectorOfir Raul GraizerStarsTim KalkhofSarah AdlerRoi Miller
91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
8. Foxtrot
20171h 53mR88Metascore
7.2 (8.2K)
A troubled family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post.
DirectorSamuel MaozStarsLior AshkenaziSarah AdlerYonatan Shiray
90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ▒▒▒▒ Status: shortlisted
9. Sand Storm
20161h 27m74Metascore
6.8 (4K)
When their entire lives shatter, two Bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way.
DirectorElite ZexerStarsLamis AmmarRuba BlalHitham Omari
89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) ░░░░ Status: submitted
10. Baba Joon
20151h 31mNot Rated
6.7 (419)
The son of a family of Iranian farmers in Israel rebels against his strong-willed father.
DirectorYuval DelshadStarsNavid NegahbanAsher AvrahamiDavid Diaan
88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) ░░░░ Status: submitted
11. Gett
20141h 55mNot Rated90Metascore
7.7 (7K)
After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.
DirectorsRonit ElkabetzShlomi ElkabetzStarsRonit ElkabetzSimon AbkarianGabi Amrani
87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) ░░░░ Status: submitted
12. Bethlehem
20131h 39m68Metascore
7.1 (2.3K)
Tells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.
DirectorYuval AdlerStarsShadi Mar'iTsahi HaleviHitham Omari
86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) ░░░░ Status: submitted
13. Fill the Void
20121h 30mPG79Metascore
6.7 (4K)
When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.
DirectorRama BurshteinStarsHadas YaronYiftach KleinIrit Sheleg
85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
14. Footnote
20111h 47mPG83Metascore
7.1 (6.5K)
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
DirectorJoseph CedarStarsShlomo Bar-AbaLior AshkenaziAliza Rosen
84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
15. The Human Resources Manager
20101h 43mNot Rated62Metascore
6.6 (1.5K)
A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
DirectorEran RiklisStarsMark IvanirGuri AlfiNoah Silver
83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) ░░░░ Status: submitted
16. Ajami
20092h 4mNot Rated82Metascore
7.2 (6.7K)
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
DirectorsScandar CoptiYaron ShaniStarsFouad HabashNisrin SiksikElias Saba
82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
17. Waltz with Bashir
20081h 30mR91Metascore
8.0 (62K)
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny Dayag
81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
18. Beaufort
20072h 11mUnrated
6.7 (5K)
The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces of 2000.
DirectorJoseph CedarStarsOshri CohenItay TiranEli Eltonyo
80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated (2nd choice)
19. The Band's Visit
20071h 27mPG-1380Metascore
7.5 (14K)
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.
DirectorEran KolirinStarsSasson GabayRonit ElkabetzSaleh Bakri
80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) ░░░░ Status: submitted (1st choice), but withdrawn and replaced
20. Sweet Mud
20061h 30m
7.1 (785)
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
DirectorDror ShaulStarsTomer SteinhofRonit YudkevitzShai Avivi
79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) ░░░░ Status: submitted
21. What a Wonderful Place
20051h 44m
7.1 (153)
Sergey works for Franko and is responsible for the girls, Franko pays him to watch the girls. Sergey does not treat them very well.
DirectorEyal HalfonStarsUri GavrielEvelyn KaplunAvi Oriah
78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) ░░░░ Status: submitted
22. Campfire
20041h 36mNot Rated51Metascore
7.0 (693)
The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.
DirectorJoseph CedarStarsMichaela EshetHani FurstenbergMoshe Ivgy
77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) ░░░░ Status: submitted
23. Nina's Tragedies
20031h 50m61Metascore
6.9 (823)
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
DirectorSavi GabizonStarsAyelet ZurerYoram HattabAlon Aboutboul
76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) ░░░░ Status: submitted
24. Broken Wings
20021h 27mR75Metascore
7.4 (2.6K)
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
DirectorNir BergmanStarsOrly SilbersatzMaya MaronNitai Gvirtz
75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) ░░░░ Status: submitted
25. Late Marriage
20011h 42mUnrated82Metascore
7.1 (3.6K)
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.
DirectorDover KoshashviliStarsLior AshkenaziRonit ElkabetzMoni Moshonov
74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) ░░░░ Status: submitted