All Israel articles
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NewsStars fired, dropped as Hollywood wrestles with ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict
Susan Sarandon dropped by UTA, Melissa Barrera fired from upcoming ‘Scream VII’.
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NewsIDFA head Orwa Nyrabia to organise symposium to help festivals navigate turbulent political times
The documentary festival has experienced protests, open letters and film withdrawals this week.
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NewsPalestine Film Institute welcomes latest statement from IDFA
Festival statement followed a PFI statement lambasting IDFA’s earlier statement.
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News‘Fauda’ crew member Matan Meir reported dead in Gaza
Meir was killed in battle while serving in the Israeli army.
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NewsPalestine Film Institute urges withdrawal of films from IDFA following response to opening-night protest
The PFI has issued a petition demanding IDFA acknowledge the festival’s earlier statement ”unjustly criminalises Palestinian voices and narratives”.
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NewsIsraeli film and TV industry pens open letter urging global industry support and hostage release
More than 2,000 Israeli film and TV industry figures have signed the letter.
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NewsEntertainment community calls for Gaza-Israel ceasefire
‘We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith or ethnicity’
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News“We are trying to rent a bomb shelter”: How Israeli film production is re-starting under wartime protocols
United King Films has started shooting Yohanan Weller’s comedy My Private Telenovela as cinemas tentatively reopen.
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NewsAri Folman spearheads video initiative to urge the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza (exclusive)
The ‘Waltz With Bashir’ director is working with a collective of Israeli filmmakers to keep up global awareness of the hostages’ situation.
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NewsHollywood open letter condemns Hamas attacks as relief efforts continue
Gal Gadot, Jerry Seinfeld, Antoine Fuqua, Michael Douglas, Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer among signatories.
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NewsHollywood directors guild issues statement condemning Hamas attacks on Israel
“The DGA unequivocally condemns terrorism.”
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NewsIsraeli filmmaker Yahav Winner found dead following Hamas attack
Winner went missing on Saturday after Hamas terrorists invaded his home.
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NewsIsrael shuts down cinemas, halts production as local industry rallies behind relief efforts
Filmmakers helping get provisions to impacted Israelis, some have signed up to fight.
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NewsMenemsha Films, FireGlory Pictures postpone ‘Kiss Me Kosher’ release amid Israel-Hamas crisis
Producers eye spring 2024 release, note “tragic unfolding in the region overall”.
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NewsIsraeli filmmaker Yahav Winner missing after defending wife and newborn baby during Hamas attack
Yahav Winner is understood to have been protecting wife and filmmaker Shaylee Atary and newborn baby.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom talks ‘Shoshana’; reveals more cast for Carlos Ghosn series
’Shoshana’ world premiered at Toronto, ahead of screenings at Dinard film festival and BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsLatin American private equity vehicle Screen Capital launches second investment fund
Fund is run by former Chile Film Commissioner and former heads of Chile’s development fund, Argentina’s INCAA.
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Reviews‘The Vanishing Soldier’: Hamburg Review
A reluctant member of the Israeli Defence Force goes AWOL in Dani Rosenberg’s accomplished second feature
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FeaturesWhat impact is Israel’s political turmoil having on the country’s film industry?
As protests continue against the government, Ari Folman, Nadav Lapid and other film professionals consider what it could mean for local filmmakers.
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Reviews‘Shoshana’: Toronto Review
Michael Winterbottom carefully recreates Tel Aviv in the 1930s, where much of the tensions that affect Israel today are starting to bubble over