All articles by Edna Fainaru – Page 4
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Israeli Cinematheques plan Loach retrospective
Three Israeli Cinematheques - Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa - will launch one of their most ambitious programmes in April - an extensive retrospective of the work of UK director Ken Loach.Fully supported by the British Council, the programme features some 22 titles directed by Loach, spanning his feature films, ...
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Suzhou
Dir: Lou Ye. China-Germany. 1999. 83 mins.Prod cos: The Coproduction Office, Essential Film, Dream Factory. Int'l sales: The Coproduction Office (+49 30 3277 7879). Prods: Nai An, Philippe Bober. Scr: Lou Ye. DoP: Wang Yu. Prod des: Li Zhuoyi. Ed: Karl Riegl. Music: Jorg Lemberg. Main cast: Zhou Xun, ...
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Loews, Israeli Theatres expand into Poland
Poland has become the latest hot spot for multiplex development with two international cinema chains - the US' Loews Cineplex International and Israel's IT International Theatres - unveiling plans to expand into the territory.IT, known in its home territory as Israeli Theatres, is using the proceeds from its recent IPO ...
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Israeli French Film Week unveils line-up
Bruno Dumont's L'Humanité and Michel Deville's La Maladie De Sachs are among the films that have been selected for the ninth French and Francophone Film Week, which is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv from March 25 to April 1. Put together by the French Cultural Institute and the ...
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Israeli commission calls for reform of IBA
The Rafael Vardi commission, appointed by Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, has called for an urgent overhaul of the country's public broadcasting sector.The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA), which operates Israel's First Television Channel and the Kol Israel radio network, has been suffering for some time. Its troubles include poor ratings, ...
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Audition
Dir: Miike Takashi. Japan. 1999. 115 mins.Prod co: Omega Project. Int'l sales: Omega Project (83 1 5468 1212) Scr: Tengan Daisuke, based on novel by Murakami Ryu. DoP: Yamamoto Hideo. Prod design: Ozeki Tatsuo. Ed: Shimamura Yasushi. Mus: Endo Koji. Main cast: Ishibashi Ryo, Shiina Eihi, Matsuda Miyuki, Ishibashi Renji.The ...
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Israel's Yana's Friends adds BO success to awards
Israeli film Yana's Friends, directed by Arik Kaplun, is fast becoming one of Israel's best performing movies as well as its most decorated.The bitter-sweet comedy, about Russian immigrants trying to find their bearings in Israel during the Gulf War, has racked up about 100,000 admissions since its release in October ...
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Israel's Yes threatens to return digital franchise
Israel's digital satellite franchise holder, Yes, has told the government that it will return the franchise to the ministry of communications unless the country's cable operators are forced to share their programming with the new outfit.Yes has also told its programming suppliers that all deals are off until the issue ...
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Israel sets date for TV franchise race
The tender round for Israel's proposed third free-to-air television channel will start no later than July according to Israeli communications minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer.Ben Eliezer, who is pushing legislation through the Israeli parliament in order to meet the deadline, has hinted that he'd prefer to award the franchise to a ...
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