Israel’s foremost documentary market CoPro has unveiled its main slate ahead of the event next month.
CoPro Israel, which takes place from Jun 3 to 6 in a hybrid in-person/online format, will welcome over 80 representatives from broadcasting networks, production companies, and sales agents to Tel Aviv for a variety of industry events.
Strands include Rough-Cut, in which six documentaries in post-production will be exclusively screened to a handpicked group of decision makers and programmers, Pitch Forum, which will showcase 10 outstanding projects, and The Impact Lab, which will connect filmmakers with third sector, private sector and policy makers and honor one project with a grant.
Student Film Labs– Fiction and Documentary will showcase 16 student projects and include a pitching forum to spotlight young talent while the Screening Room catalogue will present 6 newly completed films set to premier at the 2024 Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival. This year’s selection includes “Sapir” by...
CoPro Israel, which takes place from Jun 3 to 6 in a hybrid in-person/online format, will welcome over 80 representatives from broadcasting networks, production companies, and sales agents to Tel Aviv for a variety of industry events.
Strands include Rough-Cut, in which six documentaries in post-production will be exclusively screened to a handpicked group of decision makers and programmers, Pitch Forum, which will showcase 10 outstanding projects, and The Impact Lab, which will connect filmmakers with third sector, private sector and policy makers and honor one project with a grant.
Student Film Labs– Fiction and Documentary will showcase 16 student projects and include a pitching forum to spotlight young talent while the Screening Room catalogue will present 6 newly completed films set to premier at the 2024 Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival. This year’s selection includes “Sapir” by...
- 5/15/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Pride
“Trixie Motel,” starring drag legend and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” winner Trixie Mattel, “Book of Queer,” “Generation Drag” and “Control” are among the new Discovery+ originals commemorating U.K. Pride Month in June. 2022 marks 50 years of Pride in the U.K. and a dedicated content collection celebrating the Lgbtqia+ community is available via Discovery+ in the U.K. and Ireland from June 1.
Eight-parter “Trixie Motel” follows Mattel and her partner and property co-owner, David Silver, as they tackle the massive overhaul of a mid-century motel in Palm Springs, California and secures “free labour” from friends including Lisa Vanderpump, Zooey Deschanel, Iggy Azalea and Belinda Carlisle. Six-parter “Generation Drag” is a documentary series, executive produced by Tyra Banks, that follows five teen and tween drag performers from across the U.S. A as they prepare for drag ball Dragutante.
Five-parter “The Book of Queer” highlights some of history’s...
“Trixie Motel,” starring drag legend and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” winner Trixie Mattel, “Book of Queer,” “Generation Drag” and “Control” are among the new Discovery+ originals commemorating U.K. Pride Month in June. 2022 marks 50 years of Pride in the U.K. and a dedicated content collection celebrating the Lgbtqia+ community is available via Discovery+ in the U.K. and Ireland from June 1.
Eight-parter “Trixie Motel” follows Mattel and her partner and property co-owner, David Silver, as they tackle the massive overhaul of a mid-century motel in Palm Springs, California and secures “free labour” from friends including Lisa Vanderpump, Zooey Deschanel, Iggy Azalea and Belinda Carlisle. Six-parter “Generation Drag” is a documentary series, executive produced by Tyra Banks, that follows five teen and tween drag performers from across the U.S. A as they prepare for drag ball Dragutante.
Five-parter “The Book of Queer” highlights some of history’s...
- 6/1/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Tel Aviv’s CoPro 24 — The Israeli Coproduction Market will welcome back the international doc community for the first time in two years later this month. The event, which has over the years unveiled award-winning features such as The Gatekeepers and Advocate, has also unveiled an initial slate of 13 projects.
CoPro 24, organised by CoPro – Israeli Content Marketing Foundation, will run between May 31-June 3 in Israel’s second city, the first time it has been held in person since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. The event aims to expose Israeli projects to the international market at early stage and includes pitches, screenings and meetings.
Decision makers attending including Discovery+ VP of Documentaries Igal Svet, France Télévisions Commissioning Editor Renaud Allilaire and BBC Storyville Commissioning Editor Philippa Kowarsky, along with the likes of Arte G.E.I.E. Commissioning Editor Catherine Le Goff, Deckert Distribution Sales Agent Patrizia Mancini...
CoPro 24, organised by CoPro – Israeli Content Marketing Foundation, will run between May 31-June 3 in Israel’s second city, the first time it has been held in person since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. The event aims to expose Israeli projects to the international market at early stage and includes pitches, screenings and meetings.
Decision makers attending including Discovery+ VP of Documentaries Igal Svet, France Télévisions Commissioning Editor Renaud Allilaire and BBC Storyville Commissioning Editor Philippa Kowarsky, along with the likes of Arte G.E.I.E. Commissioning Editor Catherine Le Goff, Deckert Distribution Sales Agent Patrizia Mancini...
- 5/4/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Pandastorm Pictures has taken German rights on Roman Shumunov’s Second World War doc-fiction.
Jerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has closed a slew of EFM deals for Israeli director Roman Shumunov’s Second World War doc-fiction Berenshtein.
Pandastorm Pictures has taken German rights on the title while Fidelity Entertainment has swooped to nab the film for Poland.
Berenshtein is based on the true story of Leonid Berenshtein, the last surviving member of the great partisans who located Hitler’s secret weapon, the V2 missile development facility, as he revisits his past as a soldier in World War II. The film was produced for Kan 11,...
Jerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has closed a slew of EFM deals for Israeli director Roman Shumunov’s Second World War doc-fiction Berenshtein.
Pandastorm Pictures has taken German rights on the title while Fidelity Entertainment has swooped to nab the film for Poland.
Berenshtein is based on the true story of Leonid Berenshtein, the last surviving member of the great partisans who located Hitler’s secret weapon, the V2 missile development facility, as he revisits his past as a soldier in World War II. The film was produced for Kan 11,...
- 2/14/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
13 feature-length films will participate in the two Israeli Film Competitions.
Ari Folman’s animated title Where Is Anne Frank will open the 38th Jerusalem Film Festival (August 24-September 4), which has also selected 13 feature films for its two Israeli Film Competitions.
Where Is Anne Frank premiered as an out of competition title at Cannes last month. It follows the imaginary friend to whom Second World War diarist Anne Frank dedicated her writing, as she embarks on a journey across Europe to find Anne, who she believes is still alive.
Wild Bunch holds worldwide sales rights on the title; it will play...
Ari Folman’s animated title Where Is Anne Frank will open the 38th Jerusalem Film Festival (August 24-September 4), which has also selected 13 feature films for its two Israeli Film Competitions.
Where Is Anne Frank premiered as an out of competition title at Cannes last month. It follows the imaginary friend to whom Second World War diarist Anne Frank dedicated her writing, as she embarks on a journey across Europe to find Anne, who she believes is still alive.
Wild Bunch holds worldwide sales rights on the title; it will play...
- 8/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Oscar-qualifying festival will run in cinemas from July 1-10.
Israeli documentary festival Docaviv will run as a hybrid event from July 1-10, with screenings both in Tel Aviv’s cinemas and online.
It will play over 100 Israeli and international documentaries in both on-site and online screenings. All on-site screenings will run in compliance with local regulations at the time.
Scroll down for a list of the Israeli titles in the festival
Cinemas in Israel are currently allowed to open with a maximum capacity of 75%, or 300 people per room. Cinemagoers are required to present a ‘green pass’ showing they have...
Israeli documentary festival Docaviv will run as a hybrid event from July 1-10, with screenings both in Tel Aviv’s cinemas and online.
It will play over 100 Israeli and international documentaries in both on-site and online screenings. All on-site screenings will run in compliance with local regulations at the time.
Scroll down for a list of the Israeli titles in the festival
Cinemas in Israel are currently allowed to open with a maximum capacity of 75%, or 300 people per room. Cinemagoers are required to present a ‘green pass’ showing they have...
- 5/4/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Festival’s Mix Programme $65,000 production grant was awarded to Rony and Riyad.
The 32nd Haifa International Film Festival came to a close with Maha Haj’s Personal Affairs winning the Haifa Cultural Fund Award for the Best Feature Film in the Israeli feature competition. It comes with a $26,000 prize.
Haj’s feature debut – which screened in Cannes Un Certain Regard – is about a Palestinian family coming to grips with their different circumstances.
Best debut feature with $13,000 is awarded to the film Bar Bahar-In Between by Maysaloun Hamoud.
Best script went to writer/director Eitan Anner’s A Quiet Heart.
Best Actor was awarded to Norman Issa and Moshe Ivgy for The 90 Minute War; Best Actress was Noa Koler for Through The Wall.
The Cinematography prize went to Ziv Berkovich for Home Port.
In the Israeli documentary competition, the Rozalia Katz Award for Best Documentary Film with $7,800 went to Lillian. Poetess, directed...
The 32nd Haifa International Film Festival came to a close with Maha Haj’s Personal Affairs winning the Haifa Cultural Fund Award for the Best Feature Film in the Israeli feature competition. It comes with a $26,000 prize.
Haj’s feature debut – which screened in Cannes Un Certain Regard – is about a Palestinian family coming to grips with their different circumstances.
Best debut feature with $13,000 is awarded to the film Bar Bahar-In Between by Maysaloun Hamoud.
Best script went to writer/director Eitan Anner’s A Quiet Heart.
Best Actor was awarded to Norman Issa and Moshe Ivgy for The 90 Minute War; Best Actress was Noa Koler for Through The Wall.
The Cinematography prize went to Ziv Berkovich for Home Port.
In the Israeli documentary competition, the Rozalia Katz Award for Best Documentary Film with $7,800 went to Lillian. Poetess, directed...
- 10/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
There are 27 features and documentaries amongst this year’s festival selection.
Haifa International Film Festival (Oct 15-24) has revealed the line-up of Israeli titles for its 32nd edition.
The programme will include 13 Israeli feature films, 14 Israeli documentary films, 48 shorts and animated films and 10 student and recent graduate films.
See the full list below, including synopses.
Full line-up of Israeli titles:
Israeli feature film competition:
(Synopses provided by festival)
Antenna, dir. Arik Rotstein (Wp)
On a bright morning, Joshua, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor, discovers that a cellular communications antenna has been installed on the roof of his home. It turns out that his neighbor has leased his part of the roof to a cellular company. Joshua feels that a terrible injustice was done. The radiation must be the cause for all his aches and pains. There is nothing for it - Joshua declares war on the offending neighbor and drags his wife Sarah and three adult sons with...
Haifa International Film Festival (Oct 15-24) has revealed the line-up of Israeli titles for its 32nd edition.
The programme will include 13 Israeli feature films, 14 Israeli documentary films, 48 shorts and animated films and 10 student and recent graduate films.
See the full list below, including synopses.
Full line-up of Israeli titles:
Israeli feature film competition:
(Synopses provided by festival)
Antenna, dir. Arik Rotstein (Wp)
On a bright morning, Joshua, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor, discovers that a cellular communications antenna has been installed on the roof of his home. It turns out that his neighbor has leased his part of the roof to a cellular company. Joshua feels that a terrible injustice was done. The radiation must be the cause for all his aches and pains. There is nothing for it - Joshua declares war on the offending neighbor and drags his wife Sarah and three adult sons with...
- 9/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Avishai Sivan’s religious drama wins Best Israeli Feature while Hotline scoops Van Leer award for Best Documentary.Scroll down for full list of winners
Avishai Sivan’s drama Tikkun has won Best Israeli Feature at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, which held its awards ceremony last night [July 16] and closes on Sunday.
Tikkun, which follows a committed Hassidic student who begins to doubt himself after a life-changing experience, won the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature Film, which comes with a $31,500 (Ils 120,000) prize.
The film also won the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Script, which comes with a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, the Haggiag Award for Best Actor for lead Khalifa Natour, also accompanied by a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, and the Van Leer Award for Best Cinematography, which scoops $2,400 (Ils 9,000).
The film was directed by Avishai Sivan and produced by Ronen Ben-Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery of Plan B Productions.
Tikkun will also...
Avishai Sivan’s drama Tikkun has won Best Israeli Feature at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, which held its awards ceremony last night [July 16] and closes on Sunday.
Tikkun, which follows a committed Hassidic student who begins to doubt himself after a life-changing experience, won the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature Film, which comes with a $31,500 (Ils 120,000) prize.
The film also won the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Script, which comes with a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, the Haggiag Award for Best Actor for lead Khalifa Natour, also accompanied by a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, and the Van Leer Award for Best Cinematography, which scoops $2,400 (Ils 9,000).
The film was directed by Avishai Sivan and produced by Ronen Ben-Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery of Plan B Productions.
Tikkun will also...
- 7/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
Yair Qedar‘s Gay Days Role/Play, Out In Silence, Open: Outfest 2010 The synopses below are from the Outfest 2010 website: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Fans of Sarah Waters‘ ("Tipping the Velvet," "Fingersmith") period drama will adore this film based on the life and loves of Anne Lister. Set in 19th century England, this deeply engaging film follows the true story of the heiress and landowner who, in her courage to defy convention, became known as "the first modern lesbian." Pieced together from Anne’s encrypted, four-million-word diary, the film recounts her scandalous affairs with two women and the heartbreak over her one true love. The Evening Dress Like many of her male classmates, 12-year-old tomboy Juliette has a crush on Mrs. Solenska, a teacher distinguished by stylish attire and an uninhibited, provocative classroom demeanor. Juliette’s fascination turns into all-consuming obsession, forcing revelations from both the girl and her teacher.
- 7/11/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Berlin -- Brit director Mat Whitecross, who shook up the Berlin film festival with his last two documentaries, "The Shock Doctrine" (2009) and "Road to Guantanamo" (2006) is returning this year with "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll," a biopic of British punk icon Ian Dury starring Andy Serkis.
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" is certain to be one of the highlights of this year's Panorama lineup, which was announced Friday.
Other returning veterans include French filmmakers Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel, whose new drama "Family Tree" will have its world premiere in Berlin; Hong Kong helmer Skud, coming to town with "Amphetamine" and Austrian director Peter Kern, whose "Initiation" looks at the relationship between an octogenarian and a 16-year-old boy.
Art and gay cinema have always had pride of place at the Panorama, and are well represented in the 2010 lineup. Panorama's non-fiction section, the Dokumente, includes "Waste Land," Lucy Walker's portrait of artist...
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" is certain to be one of the highlights of this year's Panorama lineup, which was announced Friday.
Other returning veterans include French filmmakers Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel, whose new drama "Family Tree" will have its world premiere in Berlin; Hong Kong helmer Skud, coming to town with "Amphetamine" and Austrian director Peter Kern, whose "Initiation" looks at the relationship between an octogenarian and a 16-year-old boy.
Art and gay cinema have always had pride of place at the Panorama, and are well represented in the 2010 lineup. Panorama's non-fiction section, the Dokumente, includes "Waste Land," Lucy Walker's portrait of artist...
- 1/8/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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