אל על | אטמוספירה

The long-standing annual art festival returns this month, featuring dozens of exhibitions in galleries and cultural centers, music and dance performances, multidisciplinary premieres in unexpected locations, art tours, World Cup screenings, activities for families and children, and more. This year, the festival aims to transform the concept of “recognition” into a living laboratory of conscious awareness. The diverse events taking place across Jerusalem. Guided tours will be available, offering a unique Jerusalem experience, including gallery hops and exclusive glimpses into artists’ studios. July 14–18, manofim.org Art Manofim Festival I Jerusalem

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A family-friendly exhibition dedicated to the investigation of how light interacts with matter. Visitors (adults and children aged 4-12) are invited on a fascinating journey exploring various phenomena through interactive installations, scientific demonstrations, and multisensory experiences such as leading a laser beam through a special maze, examining what the blackest black in the world looks like, becoming transparent in a special video clip, and more. The exhibition seeks to create a space where imagination and science join forces, and where the questions are just as important as the answers. The exhibition installations and exhibits were created collaboratively by a team of creators from the worlds of science, art, and design. Until end of August, gan-hamada.davidson.org.il Exhibition Does Light Matter? | The Clore Garden of Science at the Davidson Institute of Science Education, Rehovot

Artwork by Michal Shatz

Film The International Film Festival | Jerusalem

The 43rd edition of Israel’s biggest film festival promises to be a rich cinema celebration, with dozens of premieres, the best of Israeli cinema, screenings of recent international releases that have won awards at international festivals including in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Tribeca and more. The festival will open with the much-anticipated new film by Moshe Rosenthal, “Tell me Everything”, starring Assi Cohen, with an open air screening at the Sultan’s Pool with the cast in attendance. The movie (produced by Green Productions and United King Films) was recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and was the first Israeli movie to have held its world premiere there in ten years. July 9-19, jff.org.il

Photo: Vered Adir

The movie “Tell Me Everything”

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