Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s biopic Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s iconic Prime Minister Golda Meir, will open the 40th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival, running from July 13 to 23.
The festival has also announced that Justine Triet’s Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall will be the closing film.
Golda, which world premiered at the Berlinale in February, explores Meir’s life, character and achievements as Israel’s first and only female prime minister, through her handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Watch a clip here. As per JFF tradition, the opening night gala will unfold against the backdrop of the city’s open-air, 6,000-person capacity, Sultan’s Pool amphitheatre.
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