"Cologne 75" director Ido Fluk, left, and actress Mala Emde posing before the film's screening at the Berlinale film festival in February 2025. Credit: Soeren Stache/DPA/ReutersPlus, don't miss 'Toy Story 5' – especially if you think you're too old – or 'I Swear,' based on the real experiences of a Scottish man with Tourette syndrome04:02 PM • June 21 2026 IDTFew people embark on a career in filmmaking expecting a steady career. But when Tel Aviv-born director Ido Fluk made the first crowdfunded Israeli movie ("Never Too Late") in 2011, following it five years later with the Dan Stevens-starring U.S. drama "The Ticket," he couldn't have believed it would be another decade before his third movie would be released in his native land.In the NewsYaacov Agam, Israeli Artist Who Pioneered Kinetic Art Worldwide, Dies at 98Roger Waters to Haaretz: 'My Songs Are About Truth, Love. Israel's the Opposite'Meet Al Shami, the Syrian Singer Giving Voice to Arab Gen ZBen and Jerry's Has a New Zionist Ice Cream'Disclosure Day' Is a Far Cry From the Glory of Spielberg's Early Alien MoviesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That