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FRANCE ISRAEL / Newen and Keshet looking for ideas for TV series

Two production companies, Newen (France) and Keshet International (Israel), want to find French or Israeli script-writers who have ideas for a TV series. The two companies want to work together on “high-end European TV series”. Any French or Israeli writer with a TV series to their credit is invited to submit a maximum of two …

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ISRAEL / The launch of the new public broadcaster postponed to 2017

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided once again to postpone the launch date of the new public service broadcaster. The Prime Minister was finally convinced by his Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon, that the replacement will not be ready in time. The current broadcaster, the IBA, with three television and eight radio stations, was due to …

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ISRAEL / An American version of i24news being studied

In a year’s time Israel’s non-stop news channel, i24news, owned by Patrick Drahi, should have an American version. The Franco-Israeli businessman announced this to the press on June 22nd. He was in New York to sign the purchase of Cablevision System, a leader in US cable operators, for nearly $18 billion. Distributed by local operators, …

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ISRAEL / Death of the actress Ronit Elkabetz

The Israeli actress and director Ronit Elkabetz died on April 19th at the age of 51, after a long struggle with cancer. During her 25-year career, she played many roles, mainly for Israeli (Amos Gitai, Keren Yedaya) and French directors (André Téchine, Fanny Ardant). Her international career was launched when she won the Best Actress …

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ISRAEL / Candidate call for the Greenhouse Programme

The Greenhouse Film Centre has opened the 2016/2017 call for applications for its documentary development assistance programme for Middle East and North Africa film-makers. Each year 12 to 15 candidates are selected to take part in the three-stage workshop which allows young film-makers to showcase their projects and pitch them to professional buyers, producers and …

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MIDDLE EAST / Project for a film about urban planning and identity

Two Frenchmen living in Marseille, Youri Cayron, an artist and Romain Rivalan, production manager and cameraman, are currently finishing “Ask The Birds”, a feature film shot in Israel and the West Bank. Editing is now complete and a crowd-funding campaign has been launched to find finance for the post-production. During two trips in 2014 and …

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ISRAEL / i24News begins its new schedule

Since January 10th the news channel i24News, broadcasting from Israel in French, English and Arabic, has a new programme schedule, conceived and put in place by journalist Paul Amar, who since since September last year has been the channel’s Head of News. He also presents one of i24news’ new magazines, “Paris / Jaffa” every Sunday …

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