"Yossi & Jagger" director Eytan Fox's gay romance opens theaters on June 11.
Contents:
- THE GAY-THEMED ISRAELI DRAMA ‘15 YEARS’ HAS BYPASSED THE THEATRIL WDOW, BUT THAT’S NOT NECSARILY BAD NEWS
- A LANDMARK FOR GAY CEMA — AND ONE OF THE BT JEWISH FILMS YEARS
THE GAY-THEMED ISRAELI DRAMA ‘15 YEARS’ HAS BYPASSED THE THEATRIL WDOW, BUT THAT’S NOT NECSARILY BAD NEWS
Take a peak to some of the most ntroversial and celebrated gay films wrten, directed and produced Israel. * gay themed movie israel *
A gay Orthodox love story set 1980s Brooklyn, the film navigat the emotnal terra of relign and sexualy exquisely.
Recently released to rave reviews, s subtlety speaks volum to the gay Orthodox experience. Another Israeli film by teemed LGBT Israeli director Eytan Fox, “Yossi & Jagger” follows a gay relatnship wh the nfements of the Israeli Defense Forc.
An LGBT classic for Israelis, this film expertly navigat gay romance wh the limatns of the IDF.
A LANDMARK FOR GAY CEMA — AND ONE OF THE BT JEWISH FILMS YEARS
As Jewish arts centre JW3 celebrat the bt of LGBT culture, and the release of BFI-backed documentary Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? draws closer, we remember some of the bt Jewish and Israeli gay and lbian films. * gay themed movie israel *
As JW3, the Jewish muny centre north London, lnch GayW3, celebratg the liv of the LGBTQ muny throughout history to the prent day through film, theatre, mic and discsn, and upliftg Brish-Israeli documentary Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, backed by the BFI, prepar for s cema release, now is a great time to look back at the bt of Jewish and Israeli LGBT cema.
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Gay Jewish characters have been the subject of great films om around the world, and the list below featur films om the UK, France, Germany, the US, and, of urse, Israel. A number of Brish films jt missed the list, cludg Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), which Jewish doctor Peter Fch enjoyed Brish cema’s first male-on-male kiss; award-wng short film Sidney Turtlebm (2008), starrg Derek Jabi as an elrly gay Jewish pickpocket and nman; and Lisa Gornick’s latt film, The Book of Gabrielle (2016), a funny and sharp study of a Jewish lbian whose sexualy is thrown to turmoil.