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People That Are Not Me, Hadas Ben Aroya’s first feature film, shines on the international stage. Having been selected at festivals in Locarno, Haifa and Créteil, it has just won the Talents Award at Barcelona’s 2017 D’A Festival. People That Are Not Me is about a young woman, Joy, who cannot forget her former partner. …
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Kan, the new Israeli public broadcasting service, began transmitting last Monday (May 15th). After a long, expensive reform process, it replaces the IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority). Like its predecessor, Kan is a composite: one television channel, Channel 11, plus eight radio stations. Eldad Koblenz, former Director of the IETV (Israel Educational Television), has been appointed …
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“In Between”, Palestinian director Maysaloun Hamoud’s first feature film, was released in French cinemas in mid-April. Although the film has been praised by international critics and won awards at several festivals (Haifa, San Sebastian, Toronto), this has not prevented the 35-year-old Palestinian film-maker, born in Budapest and raised in Dir-Hana, Israel, from receiving death threats …
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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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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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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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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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