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ISRAEL / Lior Raz again on Netflix

At the end of 2016 the streaming platform Netflix purchased the broadcasting rights for Season 1 then Season 2 of the Israeli series Fauda. One of the series’ creators and screenwriters, and also one of its lead actors, is Lior Raz. He was brought up in Jerusalem’s eastern suburbs, then when he left school did …

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ISRAEL / Adaptation of the series Kvodo

The Israeli series Kvodo by Shlomo Moshiah and Ron Ninio, was aired on television in 2017. The series is about “the life and brilliant career of a judge, Micha Alkoby, [which] was turned upside down the day his son was found guilty of a hit-and-run offence involving a member of the mafia.” Federation Entertainment and …

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ISRAEL / The Jerusalem International Film Festival in full swing!

The Jerusalem Cinematheque is hosting the 36th International Film Festival from July 25th to August 4th. The festivities opened with a screening of Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho’s South Korean film which received the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May. Numerous sections make up the programme, including competitive categories – both international and national – tributes to …

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ISRAEL / 130 films shown during the 21st Docaviv

The Docaviv festival is being held from May 23rd to June 1st in Tel Aviv. With 130 films and nearly 300 screenings scheduled, Docaviv is Israel’s largest festival specifically for documentaries. For its 21st edition, programming is geared particularly towards the dialogue between humans and nature. The festival, which takes over the Cinematheque and other …

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PORTUGAL / Co-production agreements signed with Morocco and Israel

Portugal has signed separate agreements with Morocco and Israel to develop co-productions, improve each country’s broadcast offer and strengthen their cultural ties. The agreement signed with Israel applies to films of all kinds and any length. Both co-producing countries have to bring a minimum of 20% of the film’s total budget. This contribution is capped …

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ISRAEL / Celebration of Italian films at Cinema Italia 2019

The 6th Cinema Italia festival was held from April 4th to 11th in 6 Israeli towns. For a week, the cinematheques in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Herzliva, Rosh Pina and Sderot welcomed the best of Italian cinema. The programme was in two sections: Contemporary Cinema and Heritage Cinema. The first category featured 10 films, including …

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PALESTINE ISRAEL FRANCE / Only a few days left to help finance the documentary “Hakawati, les derniers conteurs”

Hakawati

Directors Karim Dridi and Julien Gaertner have launched a call for participatory funding for their next documentary Hakawati, les derniers conteurs, on the platform Kiskissbankbank. If the amount reaches €10,000, that sum will be handed over to the production company Mirak Film to complete post-production and translate the dialogue from Arabic into French. The film …

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