2025-2026
INTERNATIONAL PRESS
Variety: Jerusalem Film Festival Winners: Netalie Braun’s Israeli Anti-War Movie ‘Oxygen’ Takes Top Prize
The Hollywood Reporter: “I am quite proud, really, that this year our members nominated films for best picture that were critical of the war and the government,” says Assaf Amir, the chair of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, which presents the Ophir Awards.
Marianne: “A very important film… at the frontier between the intimate and the political.”
Republik: “A film that began as fiction but, after October 7 and the war, came to feel like a political and emotional document of Israeli society”
The Reel Schmooze: “formally strong, emotionally disturbing, deeply Israeli film about motherhood, militarization, and the unbearable private cost of war.”
The Forward: “A singularly Israeli film… on many fronts, a stunner”
Haaretz — Nirit Anderman: An in-depth interview with director Netalie Braun examining Oxygen through the lens of motherhood, ethics, and resistance to militarized structures, situating the film within Israel’s current social and political reality.
Haaretz - Oron Shamir: 'Oxygen' Was the Best Israeli Movie of 2025, a Targeted Torpedo About the Value of Human Life
Ynet — Shmoulik Duvdevani: Coverage of the Jerusalem Film Festival announcing Oxygen as the leading Israeli feature, highlighting the jury’s decision and the film’s impact within the national competition.
Ynet - Smadar Shiloni: An entertainment article reviewing Oxygen, addressing its performances, confined setting, and dramatic structure.
The Jerusalem Post — Hannah Brown: Reporting on Oxygen’s top award at the Jerusalem Film Festival, contextualizing the film as a contemporary anti-war drama resonating with current Israeli realities.
KAN 11 (Israeli Public Broadcasting) A cultural news feature examining Oxygen in the context of current Israeli society, highlighting the film’s themes and its reception following its festival premiere.
Walla! Culture : Festival-related coverage highlighting Oxygen’s screening and reception, with attention to audience and critical response.
103FM (Maariv Radio): A radio interview with Netalie Braun discussing Oxygen, her creative process, and the themes that shaped the film, broadcast as part of the station’s cultural programming.
Channel 13 (Reshet 13): Television coverage introducing Oxygen to a mainstream audience, featuring discussion of the film’s premise, creative team, and public reception.
Portfolio (PRTFL): Coverage of Oxygen focusing on its visual language and cultural positioning, discussing Netalie Braun’s transition into feature filmmaking and the film’s place within contemporary Israeli cinema.
Srugim: An interview with director Netalie Braun reflecting on her debut feature, her personal perspective as a filmmaker, and the motivations behind creating Oxygen.
Srita.net — Oron Shamir: A Jerusalem Film Festival roundup discussing the jury’s reasoning for awarding Oxygen, placing the film within the broader artistic and political context of the competition.
Calcalist A culture and lifestyle article analyzing Oxygen through a socio-economic lens, addressing its thematic relevance and reception within Israel’s broader cultural discourse.
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Walla! “After The Hangman, Holocaust cinema would never look the same”
THE FORWARD: ”The Forrest Gump of Israel”
Minerva / Oxford Handbook: “A film that exposes what legal and historical narratives often hide: the human, ethnic, psychological, and bodily cost of carrying out state violence in the name of justice”
Haaretz - “Touches the holocaust in a unique way”