31.1.2010

Ma'aleh in Los Angeles! The Ma'aleh Film School will be sending a delegation to Los Angeles for a series of communal screenings and presentations February 6-16. Neta Ariel, the school's director, will be joined by Ma'aleh graduates Katie Green and Pazit Lichtman to present and discuss the films at Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, American Jewish University, LA Bureau of Jewish Education, Ohr HaTorah Reform Synagogue, Beth Jacob Congregation, Shalhevet High School, and Limmud LA, among others. The week will be crowned by a special evening for supporters and friends at the Beverly Hills Music Hall Theater on Thursday, February 11th. For further details about screenings and tickets please contact tali@eventsenchanted.com

31.1.2010

Ma'aleh in London The Ma'aleh Film School and Emunah are proud to present a joint screening event on Wednesday night, March 3rd 2010, in London, England. For more details contact rrichards@emunah.org.uk

8.12.2009

Ma'aleh Films in Boston. Are you a Boston resident? The New Center for Arts & Culture in Boston will be showing "And Thou Shalt Love" (Chaim Elbaum), "Willingly" (Pazit Lichtman) and "The Orthodox Way" (Ilan Eshkoli) on January 27th, 2010. For details and tickets see http://www.ncacboston.org/index.php/programs/current_upcoming/category/prism/reel_love

3.12.2009

Producer, Scriptwriter and Creator of the top rated sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" Philip Rosenthal and his actress wife Monica took time out of their busy schedule to visit the Ma'aleh Film School this week. Mr. Rosenthal is here in Israel to promote his upcoming documentary series on the Shaarei Tzedek Hospital.

To view a clip from Mr. Rosenthal's talk with students and graduatees:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCpue_l883U

19.11.2009

This year's brand new Ma'aleh films will be premiered one week after the graduation ceremony at Cinemateque Jerusalem, Monday December 21st at 7:15 pm.

19.11.2009

Save the date! Ma'aleh's graduation ceremony and 20th anniversary celebration will take place December 14th 2009, 4th night Hannuka, at the Cinemateque Jerusalem, as part of the Jewish Film Festival Jerusalem 2009.

19.11.2009

The films "Thy Face"by Orit Rosenberg and "Persian Lullaby" by Keren Hakak will be screened at the Jewish Film festival, Jerusalem, December 2009

17.11.2009

"Tiri Tiri Pom Pom" (dir. Noam Demsky) and "Angels in the Jerusalem Skies" (dir. Yitzchak Sverdlov) will be screened at the Opus film festival at Jerusalem Cinemateque, 29 November 2009

17.11.2009

The film "A Shabbos Mother" by Inbar Namdar won the prize for Best Drama and the film "House 103" by Ohad Domb won the prize for Best Documentary at the Gold Panda Films for Television Festival in Swechan, China. The films "Mika" by Meirav Hatav and "Separation" by Tzofnat David Levi were also screened at the festival.

8.11.2009

Mr. George Eldred of the acclaimed AspenShorts film festival arrived at Ma'aleh for a visit today. Mr. Eldred presented a number of prizewinning Aspen shorts at Cinemateque Jerusalem on Thursday night, November 5th.

16.10.2009

The director Anat Tzuira, a Ma'aleh graduate, won first prize for Best Documentary Film at the Haifa Film Festival for her new documentary, "Sorreret"

15.10.2009

The film "And Thou Shalt Love" by Chaim Elbaum will be screened at the Medfilm Festival in Rome, November 2009.

14.9.2009

The films "Luz", by Yale Kaniel and "Rosenzweig, Born to Dance" by Keren Hakak will be screened at an international documentary film festival in China, December 2009

13.9.2009

The Film "And Thou Shalt Love", by Chaim Elbaum, will be screened at the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival in December 2009.

10.9.2009

A "Tribute to Ma'aleh" at Cinemateque Paris: In December 2009 the Cinemateque Paris will be showing a selection of Ma'aleh Films as part of their Israel Film Festival. The films "Rosenzweig, Born to Dance", "Willingly", "Shira", "And Thou Shalt Love" and Cohen's Wife" will be screened.

4.9.2009

The series "Srugim", created by Maaleh graduates Layzie Shapira and Chava Dibon, received Best Series of the Year, Best Script of the Year, Best Actress and Best Wardrobe Design from the Israel Academy of Television at the 2009 awards ceremony this week.

3.9.2009

The films "Separation" (Tzofnat David), "Cracks" (Erez Hadad) and "And Thou Shalt Love" (by Chaim Elbaum) will be shown at the Festival of Religion in Rome this October.

3.9.2009

The films "Talking with my Father" by Noa Natan and "Cracks" by Erez Hadad will be screened at the Haifa Film Festival during the Sukkot holiday.

1.9.2009

Ma'aleh graduates Layzie Shapira and Chava Dibon, the creators of the top rated TV series "Srugim", received the prize for Best TV Drama of the Year at this year's Israel Academy of Television Awards. The series, watched by hundreds of thousands of Israelis, also received other prizes...

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13.8.2009

Amelia Baron, a 1st year student scriptwriter at Ma'aleh, wrote the script for "John Doe", a short film which won the audience favorite award and producer's choice, at the Jerusalem film festival.

13.8.2009

The Film "And Thou Shalt Love" has been accepted to festivals in Strasbourg, London, Hong Kong and Rome. The director Chaim Elbaum will be present at the "Religion Today" Festival in Rome in October and will be participating in artist workshops. At the end of October he will be participating in the Israeli film festival in New York.

23.7.2009

Read about the outstanding achievements of some of our women directors in "Tablet" magazine. http://www.tabletmag.com/life-and-religion/11193/chick-flicks/

23.7.2009

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival celebrates 20 years of creativity at Ma'aleh.

Four Ma'aleh films will be shown at 3 screenings on July 26th, August 3rd and August 4th in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Berkeley.

http://fest.sfjff.org/film/group?id=3537

7.6.2009

The films "I'm Ready" (Esther Siton), "Rosenzweig, Born to Dance" (Keren Hakkak), and "And Thou Shalt Love" (Chaim Elbaum) have been accepted to the Israeli Film Festival LA.

7.6.2009

The last Open Day for Ma'aleh before the new Academic Year 2009-2010 is Tuesday 30th June at commencing at 10 am. For further details click here.

5.6.2009

The Film "And Thou Shalt Love" by Chaim Elbaum is to be screened at the Lisbon Film Festival, Portugal in September

3.6.2009

The 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Ma'aleh Film School were opened last night with the Israel premier screening of "The Children of the Silk Road", by award winning producer Mr. Arthur Cohn.

26.5.2009

Ma'aleh director Chaim Elbaum travelled to Warsaw and Amsterdam this month to take first prize for his film "And Thou Shalt Love" at both festivals.

21.5.2009

Tonight Thursday May 21st! Our yearly marathon of all night film screenings in honor of Yom Yerushalayim will be taking place at the school, 20 Shivtei Yaisrael St, behind the Jerusalem Municipality. Further details...

3.5.2009

Entrance Examinations to apply to the school will take place this week Thursday May 7th 2009 13th Iyyar at 10:00 am. All applicants who have arranged registration and given in a work protfolio are eligible to take the exam. For more details...

3.5.2009

Ma'aleh has brought out a Hebrew magazine to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Packed with photographs and articles by academics, filmmakers, educators, students and graduates, this is a must-read! You can download the magazine in pdf form here.

To receive a printed copy or to download th magazine read on...

3.4.2009

Motzei Shabbat screenings will resume after Pesach beginning with a special Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day) program on April 18th. For the full program of summer screenings click here

1.4.2009

Chaim Elbaum's film "And Thou Shalt Love" has been accepted to the Stockholm Jewish Film Festival in Sweden, May 9-12 2009.

3.3.2009

The film "Willingly" by Pazit Lichtman has been accepted to the Barcelona Jewish Film Festival in May. This unusual film depicts a young woman receiving her "get" (bill of divorce)...

3.3.2009

"Rosenzweig Born to Dance" by Keren Hakkak and "and "And Thou Shalt Love" by Chaim Elbaum have been accepted to the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival