Star Helen Mirren says legendary former PM 'would have been utterly horrified' at legal overhaul, calls it 'the rise of dictatorship'

At Berlin film festival for biopic's premiere, British actress says government's efforts to upend Israel's judicial system mark 'the rise of dictatorship'

Ahead of premiere at Berlin film festival, Guy Nattiv says he was 'surprised' by uproar over decision to pick non-Jewish actress for star role

Berlinale, long a champion of Iran's embattled directors, features several documentaries from country this year, including pair of movies exposing brutal jail conditions

'I want people to see how Helen adds a brilliant layer of soul, wisdom, humor and courage to the character of Golda,' says director Guy Nattiv amid controversy over casting

'Golda' to be screened to audience for first time next month, after decision to cast non-Jewish actress in lead role generated controversy

Director Mohammad Rasoulof blasts 'illegal' campaign, identifies two detainees as Firouzeh Khosravani and Mina Keshavarz

In Radu Jude's 'Bad Luck Banging,' a teacher's online sex clip gets parents riled up, and they soon let the worst fly in a cartoonish indictment of society

The Berlinale, one of Europe's top cinema showcases, says Alfred Bauer, who ran the festival for its first 25 years, was a high-ranking Nazi propagandist during WWII

In 'Broken Bird,' novice filmmaker Rachel Harrison Gordon returns to her family synagogue to capture liminal time as a rare black Jewish bat mitzvah