Israel Sends 'Tell Me Everything' to Oscars as Sales Spread
Israel has picked Tell Me Everything as its entry for the international feature Oscar.
The family drama, directed by Moshe Rosenthal, will contend for a nomination in the Academy's category for films made outside the United States, Variety reported on 15 September 2026. That selection puts it on the long road through the Academy's shortlist process later this year.
It arrives with weight at home. The film earned 16 nominations for the Ophir Awards, Israel's national film prizes, described as record-breaking, and won 10, including best picture, best director and best screenplay, according to the same report.
The story follows 12-year-old Boaz, who discovers a devastating secret about the father he idolises. It is set during the late-1980s pop culture boom and the growing HIV epidemic.
Newcomer Yair Mazor plays Boaz opposite Ido Tako. Assi Cohen plays the father and Keren Tzur plays the mother, with Mor Dimri and Neta Orbach also in the cast.
The film began its run in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance. It has since screened at nearly 30 international festivals.
Sales are already spreading. Distributors have picked up the film in France for Maverick, in Australia and New Zealand for Moving Story, and in Indonesia for PT Falcon, while HBO CEE has taken digital rights across Central and Eastern Europe, Variety reported.
International sales are being handled by Paradise City Sales, a company that represents director-led independent films. The company, formerly known as Memento International, boarded the film ahead of its Sundance premiere, Variety reported in December 2025.
Tell Me Everything is Rosenthal's second feature after Karaoke. That earlier film premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and earned 14 Ophir nominations, including best film and best director.
The new film is produced by Alona Refua, Maya Fischer, Roi Kurland and Gal Greenspan at Green Productions, Ben Giladi at Liminal Content, and Moshe Edery and Leon Edery at United King Films. Émilie Georges and Naima Abed of Paradise City are co-producers, with Jonathan Margolis, Isaac Zablocki, Fred Toczek, Sharon Chazin Lieblein and Limor Gott Ronen credited as executive producers.
What makes this stand out is the combination. A record nominations haul, a big Ophir night and a long festival run rarely line up on one title. For audiences outside Israel, the next chance to catch up will be wherever those new distributors place it.
