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FeaturesBazi Gete, Red Leaves
King Lear is one inspiration for Ethiopian-Israeli director’s debut feature.
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FeaturesBenny Fredman, Suicide
Real events inspired Fredman’s first feature, an action thriller about a man pursued by a loan shark.
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FeaturesLeah Meyerhoff, I Believe In Unicorns
Meyerhoff talks about the need for more films about young women.
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FeaturesMartina Gedeck
The Lives of Others star talks about her time in Jerusalem and the need to tell second world war stories.
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FeaturesKeren Yedaya, That Lovely Girl
The Israeli director talks about her controversial third feaure, about an incestuous relationship.
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FeaturesJerusalem Pitch Point 2014
Leading Israeli directors including Dina Zvi-Riklis, Nina Menkes, Alon Gur Arye and Nir Bergman are among the film-makers presenting feature projects at Jerusalem Pitch Point.
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FeaturesMarin Karmitz looks back on 40 years
Marin Karmitz, the subject of a tribute at this week’s Jerusalem Film Festival, talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his journey from militant film-maker to building MK2, a leading exhibitor, producer and distributor in France.
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FeaturesShira Geffen, Self Made
Shira Geffen talks about how humour plays apart in her surreal tale of female identity.
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FeaturesRonit and Shlomi Elkabetz, Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem
The brother-and-sister filmmaking team talk about their drama set against the complicated divorce system in Israel.
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FeaturesEran Riklis talks Dancing Arabs
Eran Riklis — one of Israel’s foremost film-makers — talks to Screen’s Wendy Mitchell about his latest film Dancing Arabs, and his ambitions to connect with a global audience
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FeaturesNadav Lapid
The Kindergarten Teacher director talks about autobiographical inspirations, working with his mother, and his new film in Paris.
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FeaturesGett premiere at Jerusalem Film Festival
Brother and sister film-making team Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz were at the Jerusalem Film Festival Friday night for the screening of Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem, their film that world premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
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FeaturesRichie Mehta, Siddharth
In Richie Mehta’s profoundly engrossing drama Siddharth, a chain-wallah in India sends his young son to work far away on the sub-continent. When the child does not return home, the father sets off on a quest.
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FeaturesFilms Without Borders at Windsor Castle
Charity Films Without Borders celebrated its fourth anniversary with an evening at Windsor Castle on July 8.
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FeaturesSundance Institute summer labs
The June Directors and Screenwriters Labs hosted by the Sundance Institute brought together filmmakers and creators from many disciplines and diverse locales. Elle Toussi went to Park City in Utah to speak to some of the participants.
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FeaturesHafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Paris of the North
After seeing his debut feature Either Way remade into US film Prince Avalanche, director and writer Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson talks to Laurence Boyce about his second feature, which receives its world premiere in Karlovy Vary.
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FeaturesKatrin & Andres Maimik, Cherry Tobacco
Estonian film Cherry Tobacco has its World Premiere in Karlovy Vary. Laurence Boyce talks to the married director Andres and Katrin Maimik about influences, first love and dumpling faces.
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FeaturesKevin Smith, Tusk
US director Kevin Smith talks about the state of independent film, his upcoming horror Tusk, meeting Game of Thrones author George RR Martin and why the Weinsteins passed on Clerks 3.
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FeaturesGrzegorz Jaroszuk, Kebab & Horoscope
KARLOVY VARY: Grzegorz Jaroszuk’s debut feature Kebab & Horoscope is the eagerly awaited first feature from the graduate of Łódź Film School which will premiere in the East of the West Competition. Laurence Boyce asks him about his influences and improvisation.
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FeaturesSteve James, Life Itself
In Life Itself, veteran documentarian Steve James adapts Roger Ebert’s memoirs to throw a light on the life of the celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic, who died in 2013 following a long battle with thyroid cancer.