The latest screening comes just months after a petition signed in September by some 5,000 film-industry figures calling for a boycott of Israeli films.

Mainly in Hebrew, the four-part series focuses on ordinary people facing life-or-death situations, from the terrorist slaughter at the Supernova music festival to a family’s last stand inside their home.

The festival includes not only award-winning Iranian films but also Persian music, food, talks, and cultural performances.

'It is outrageous that Sweden cannot protect Jewish film-goers,' the organizer said, adding that violent anti-Semites threaten not just Jews, but all of society.