history
In 1973 George Ostrovsky dreamt of creating a cinematheque in Israel. For years, Wim and Lia Van Leer had been running regular screenings in Haifa, Tel-Aviv and then Jerusalem, of films from the IsraelFilm Archives
.Aware of their enthusiasm and knowledge of film, George approached the van Leers. After a year and together with Teddy Kollek the Jerusalem Cinematheque was established. Read more>>