Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Israeli film pioneer and legend: Renen Schorr-Heller dies at 72

Schorr-Heller, who ran JSFS for 30 years, was a legend in the Israeli film world and raised the school to a level of excellence that was recognized around the world.

 RENEN SCHORR-HELLER
 LAWRENCE BENDER attends the 30th anniversary presentation of ‘Pulp Fiction’ last April in Hollywood.

‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Lawrence Bender to give master class at Sam Spiegel Film Lab

 All of Us Strangers, one of the films screened as part of Disney Israel's and Jerusalem Open House's collaboration for pride month.

Pride in film: Disney Israel, Jerusalem Open House collaborate on film screenings for pride month

 MOR ELDAR (left), director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Series Labs, and Dana Blankstein Cohen, executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.

Top producer to explore creativity in third Sam Spiegel Series lab


This week in Jerusalem: Is this the last of The First Station?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 A SCREENING ROOM at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.

‘Hollywood Reporter’ ranks Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel in 15 top film schools

Sam Spiegel is considered Israel’s top film school and it has recently moved to a new campus in central Jerusalem, which provides a stimulating environment for its 180 students

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Sam Spiegel Series Lab 2nd edition comes to Jerusalem, continues Netflix collab

The Lab was established last year by the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School with the support of Netflix and with the artistic collaboration of Hagai Levi.

DANA BLANKSTEIN COHEN: We didn’t stop for a minute. You can’t stop the creativity.

Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film Lab celebrates its first decade

The Lab celebration will feature 10 movies, one every year, made by graduates of the Film Lab and which give a good idea of the high level of success achieved by the Film Lab

 LAB GRADUATES Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic (left) and Abner Benaim.

Grapevine October 30, 2022: A mega performing arts campus

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ROM LEFT: Arieh Budnik and Daniel Farcas, both from Chile and who have children at Reichman University, along with head of the Raphael Recanati International School Jonathan Davis at the institution’s Orientation Day

Grapevine August 21, 2022: An embarrassing guest

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: co-producer Dan Joyce, director Celeste Geer and co-producer Gal Greenspan of ‘The Endangered Generation?’ which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival

Jerusalem Film Fest documentaries show real-life drama

The Diamond Competition for Israeli Documentary Films is particularly competitive this year, with movies that look at diverse aspects of life in Israel and Jewish history.

 ‘THE PARTISAN with a Leica Camera’

Spiegel school partners with Netflix on TV lab

The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film & Television School is partnering with Netflix to launch a television series lab that will provide support, mentoring and instruction for creators based in Israel.

 Sam Spiegel Film and Television School  in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab looks back on 10 triumphant years

“The success of the Lab, which brings together Israelis and filmmakers from around the world, shows how much Sam Spiegel has become a center for international filmmaking.”

 FROM LEFT, Dana Blankstein Cohen, director of Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School; Netali Braun, winner of the Grand Prize at the lab pitching event this summer; and Aurit Zamir, director of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab.

Sam Spiegel Film School named to top international school list by ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ 

Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film School has been included on The Hollywood Reporter's list of the top 20 international film schools. The school has made the list the past 5 consecutive years.

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Sophia Loren honored by Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Loren: “I never finished high school. I didn’t attend university. I never studied acting. Life had different plans for me. But I wish I had done all three.”

Sophia Loren during Sunday's event.