The latest addition to the French version of Israel’s i24news promises “debates, opinions, and confrontations”. Launched at the end of January, the “Grandes Gueules Moyen-Orient” gives debating airtime to all sections of society – the basic requirement being “a strong temperament”. From Tel Aviv to Paris, via New York, Washington and Dubai, the channel tries to tackle …
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Franco-Moroccan director Jérôme Cohen Olivar has given the first details of his upcoming film “Autisto” in an interview with the Moroccan news channel Le360. “Autisto” is about Ronit, a Jewish woman from Tel Aviv, and her long fight for her autistic and epileptic child. When yet another epileptic seizure sends her son to hospital, Ronit seems …
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Israeli film-maker Ada Ushpiz has completed her latest documentary, Children, focussing on children living in the Palestinian territories. This feature-length film had its world premiere at the DOK Leipzig festival end of October. In 2015, Ada Ushpiz was working as a reporter for the Israeli daily Haaretz when the Knife Intifada broke out. Children follows …
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The Ma’aleh School of Film and Television in Jerusalem has launched an international short film competition called HaBayitah – Homeward. The idea came as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. The school said that “in a time of ‘social distancing’, this is a project for international unity, bringing together creative works on a theme relevant …
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Following the success of Fauda, Israeli screenwriter Moshe Zonder returns with a new series: Tehran. Zonder and screenwriter Omri Shenhar have created an Israeli spy of Iranian origin working for Mossad. She is sent to Tehran to deactivate a nuclear reactor. But the mission goes wrong and the spy finds herself stranded in Iran – …
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The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Docaviv, has partnered with DocuShuk, an internet marketing and streaming service which will make this year’s Festival programme accessible online. The day after their screening, 21 Israeli premieres were available internationally. The platform, which operates year-round, allows industry professionals to keep abreast of the latest releases of Israeli …
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And the Alley She Whitewashed in Light Blue is a feature film by Israeli film-maker Nili Portugali. In her film, she takes her audience on a personal journey exploring her family roots in the holy Galilean “Kabbalah” city of Safed. She shares her childhood memories spent with her grandparents, and the nostalgia they evoke. Her …
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