News & Updates: Rabin Assassination ‘Incitement’ Premieres at Israel Film Festival
When Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in November 1995, his hope of a lasting peace between the Jewish state and the Palestinians died with him. The events leading up to his murder unfold in “Incitement,” told from the point of view of assassin Yigal Amir, an Orthodox Jewish law student who believed in a nationalist divine right.
The winner of the Ophir Award for Israel’s best feature film of 2019 and Israel’s entry for the 92nd Academy Awards next February for best international feature film, “Incitement” will have its U.S. premiere on the opening night of the 33rd Israel Film Festival on Nov. 12.
