SHALOM PATRICK, What a responsibility you gave me to tell about the israeli film industry. but I'll give it the old college try. First try the book by Ella Shohat. ISRAELI CINEMA; EAST/WEST AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION for a very good introduction. The Israeli film industry is relatively small but has produced over 350 films in the last 45 years. One of the earliest ones was THEY WERE TEN by Baruch Agati relating the attemp to settle palestine around 19l0. As a result one genre has been the SETTLING OF THE LAND and the IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. Another of course has been the WAR DRAMA not in the tradtion of THE LONGEST DAY but rather more personalized small accounts relating to morale,ethics, politics, battle trauma. The ARAB-ISRALI CONFLICT both civilian and military has had its fair share as well as ADAPATIONS from contemporary Hebrew literature. A very popular series of films called LEMON POPSICLE and made under MENACHEM GOLAN'S film country was a huge success-teen flicks in short.A unique genre to israel is the BOREKAS FILMS coming from the name of the puff pastry filled with cheese and sold everywhere (mainly for breakfast). They usually revolve around the lower strata in the tel aviv area and tell of day to day life. some are hilarious but are very peculiar to the specific site and in my opinion would not travel well. one such is PEEPING TOMS (not the Powell film) by Uri Zohar who did several films in this genre. The level if film culture in israel is enormous. A few years ago in Jerusalem,a city of 400,000 of which 50% comprise a religious non- movie going public)one could see 16 different films on any given day. You must keep in mind that American films are considered foreign films and as many movies are brought in from Europe, U.S. and Far East. There will b 9 new Israeli films represented at the Jerusalem film Festival being held from June 30-July ll. A record output. All films have hebrew and if necessary English subtitles. However, on Tv non-english speaking films have only Hebrew subtitles. The following films have been playing for a month or more: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,SHADOWLANDS, FAREWELL THE CONCUBINE, BLUE (POLAND), SCHINDLER'S LIST,PHILADELPHIA. The HORROR GENRE is not very popular here and neither is the BASEBALL film. I have to watch these on video. I hope I answered some of the questions. Shalom Harriet Kasow Video Librarian Hebrew University, Jerusalem