From the film movie 'In the Basement'
Lights up on Jerusalem Film Festival
Ten-day festival to screen movies from Berlin and Cannes movie festivals in wake of culture minister's funding threats.
Final preparations were underway for the 32nd Jerusalem International Film Festival on Thursday afternoon before a lineup of the year's most important movies were set to seek the favor of a crowd of fans and critics from around the world.
The festival will last for ten days, showcasing Israeli films as well as those screened at acclaimed forums in Berlin and Cannes. Subjects vary from documentaries to animations and deep ponderings on the history of water. These are five of the films set to screen starting Thursday.
The first Jerusalem Film Festival was held in 1984,
including the screening of some 100 international films. The festival faced oppostion earlier this year from Culture Minister Miri Regev who said she would review government support for the event after discovering that a documentary about Yigal Amir, the assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, would be screened
