All Israel articles – Page 5
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NewsPalestine activists disrupt Berlin’s European Film Market with protest inside Gropius Bau
Activists unfurled banners and threw leaflets inside the venue.
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NewsElad Samorzik to depart as Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director; Orr Sigoli to take over
Samorzik and Sigoli will work together on the 2024 edition of the festival.
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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