Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, about a Palestinian boy, will be Israel‘s entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 98th Academy Awards after it won Best Film in the country’s Ophir ...

Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, about a Palestinian boy, won Best Film at Israel’s Ophir Awards in a somber ceremony in Tel Aviv on Tuesday dominated by Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza as ...

“The Sea,” a poignant drama about a Palestinian boy who risks his life to go to the beach for the first time in Tel Aviv, will represent Israel in the international feature race at the Oscars. The ...

The Arabic-language film, Israel’s Academy Award submission this year, has ignited criticism on the left and the right. On Thursday, it opens the Other Israel Film Festival in Manhattan. Israeli film ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Israeli film director Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s latest film, “The Sea,” is about a young Palestinian boy from the West Bank who is denied a permit to visit Tel Aviv with his ...