2025 Fall
FILM 145 003 - LEC 003
Global Media
Israeli Cinema and Media Cultures
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
21
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 1
Capacity: 45
Waitlist Max: 15
Open Reserved Seats:
10 reserved for New Letters & Sciences Transfer Students
11 reserved for Film Majors
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 6 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
Course Catalog Description
This course will focus on topics in national, transnational, and global cinema, television, photography, and/or new media.
Class Description
Aner Preminger, 2025–2026 Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute; Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Professor, Department of Film and Television, Sapir Academic College
This course will examine the evolution of Israeli cinema in the context of global cinema history and Israeli culture. In the global context, we will discuss the nature of the interaction between Israeli cinematic developments and cinematic developments worldwide. In the domestic context, we will explore Israeli cinema as a mirror reflecting social and political developments within Israeli society and as a source of influence on Israeli culture and society. Beginning with the 1960s and the introduction of modernism into Israeli cinema, we will focus on film images and narratives that grapple with the paradoxes of a polarized society in search of its identity, including the perception and representation of marginalized communities, particularly women, ethnic minorities, and Palestinian citizens of Israel. We will also examine representations within Israeli films of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and Arab citizens of other countries.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
10 reserved for New Letters & Sciences Transfer Students
11 reserved for Film Majors
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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