Exclusive: Netflix has unveiled the winner of the 20,000 Israeli Series Development Award following a week in which it has deepened ties with the nation.
At a ceremony last night to mark the end of the Scripted Israel event in LA, which has been attended by Netflix top brass and senior Israeli talent, Mindi Ehrlich’s Insignificant was crowned winner by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and her team will now receive Netflix mentoring as well as the money.
The show was described as “a powerful story with an inspiring protagonist” by a jury comprised of Andrew McQuinn, Samantha Blanco, Gregory Noveck and Max Hollman (HBO VP Drama Programing).
“The project balances a compelling personal story with an engaging narrative and a global appeal, while bringing an untold story to light,” they added. Efrat Dror is producer.
At a ceremony last night to mark the end of the Scripted Israel event in LA, which has been attended by Netflix top brass and senior Israeli talent, Mindi Ehrlich’s Insignificant was crowned winner by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and her team will now receive Netflix mentoring as well as the money.
The show was described as “a powerful story with an inspiring protagonist” by a jury comprised of Andrew McQuinn, Samantha Blanco, Gregory Noveck and Max Hollman (HBO VP Drama Programing).
“The project balances a compelling personal story with an engaging narrative and a global appeal, while bringing an untold story to light,” they added. Efrat Dror is producer.
- 9/23/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Full list of 15 projects from emerging filmmakers seeking completion funding revealed.
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev’s drama project Made In EU and Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi Saleh’s Hamlet From The Slums are among 15 projects selected for the 2022 L’Atelier co-production forum, set to be held during the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Part of Cannes’ Cinefondation film development initiative, L’Atelier was launched in 2005 to support emerging filmmakers, from newcomers to high-profile names, who are offered expert advice and the opportunity to meet potential co-production partners and funding sources during the festival.
This year’s projects include Made In EU, a...
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev’s drama project Made In EU and Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi Saleh’s Hamlet From The Slums are among 15 projects selected for the 2022 L’Atelier co-production forum, set to be held during the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Part of Cannes’ Cinefondation film development initiative, L’Atelier was launched in 2005 to support emerging filmmakers, from newcomers to high-profile names, who are offered expert advice and the opportunity to meet potential co-production partners and funding sources during the festival.
This year’s projects include Made In EU, a...
- 3/22/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Past participants have included ‘Son Of Saul’, ‘The Death Of Cinema and My Father Too’ and ‘Beginning’.
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jsfl) has unveiled the 12 projects selected for its 9th edition, which is running online for now due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Founded in 2011 under the auspices of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School (Jsfs), the lab traditionally selects six international and six Israeli projects.
The lab usually combines residential workshops and remote support but this year most of the programme is expected to take place online.
The first writing session will take place in December, followed...
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jsfl) has unveiled the 12 projects selected for its 9th edition, which is running online for now due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Founded in 2011 under the auspices of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School (Jsfs), the lab traditionally selects six international and six Israeli projects.
The lab usually combines residential workshops and remote support but this year most of the programme is expected to take place online.
The first writing session will take place in December, followed...
- 11/16/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Past participants have included ‘Son Of Saul’, ‘The Death Of Cinema and My Father Too’ and ‘Beginning’.
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jsfl) has unveiled the 12 projects selected for its 9th edition, which is running online for now due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Founded in 2011 under the auspices of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School (Jsfs), the lab traditionally selects six international and six Israeli projects.
The lab usually combines residential workshops and remote support but this year most of the programme is expected to take place online.
Participants include UK director Claire Oakley with English Animals, her...
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jsfl) has unveiled the 12 projects selected for its 9th edition, which is running online for now due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Founded in 2011 under the auspices of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School (Jsfs), the lab traditionally selects six international and six Israeli projects.
The lab usually combines residential workshops and remote support but this year most of the programme is expected to take place online.
Participants include UK director Claire Oakley with English Animals, her...
- 11/16/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Institute has announced the projects that have been invited to the 2019 Directors and Screenwriters Labs. At the Directors Lab (May 27-June 18), filmmakers will rehearse, shoot, and edit key scenes from their scripts. The Screenwriters Lab (June 20-24) immediately follows and provides the opportunity for one-on-one story sessions with screenwriter advisors. The labs are overseen by Sundance’s Feature Film Program director Michelle Satter and Labs director Ilyse McKimmie.
Founded in 1981, the Sundance labs have been a launching pad for directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Miranda July, Dee Rees, Boots Riley, Ryan Coogler, and Marielle Heller, among other names. At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, breakout titles such as Joe Talbot’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” were supported by the labs.
The 2019 Sundance Institute Directors Lab Projects and Fellows are:
“The American Society of Magical Negroes” (U.
Founded in 1981, the Sundance labs have been a launching pad for directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Miranda July, Dee Rees, Boots Riley, Ryan Coogler, and Marielle Heller, among other names. At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, breakout titles such as Joe Talbot’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” were supported by the labs.
The 2019 Sundance Institute Directors Lab Projects and Fellows are:
“The American Society of Magical Negroes” (U.
- 5/10/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Panel discussed the challenges of making different kinds of films in Palestine.
Film-makers discussed the extreme challenges of making movies in Palestine cinema at Iffr’s Picture Palestine programme - part of the overarching Perspectives section.
Jumana Manna’s music documentary A Magical Substance Flows Into Me (pictured), Ihab Jadallah’s shorts Flower Seller and The Shooter and Reem Shilleh’s archive collective Perpetual Recurrences were showcased at the event.
Film programmer Nat Muller told Screen the work of Palestinian film-makers is more important than ever with today’s complex political realities, and was pleased that there are more women and men, living both in and out of Palestine, making films within the region.
Shilleh, Manna and Jadallah highlighted in a panel, however, that there is also a need to move on from the region’s ongoing upheaval.
“Because of this unwillingness to fix certain stereotypes in Palestinian cinema, there seems to be this regression in film-making...
Film-makers discussed the extreme challenges of making movies in Palestine cinema at Iffr’s Picture Palestine programme - part of the overarching Perspectives section.
Jumana Manna’s music documentary A Magical Substance Flows Into Me (pictured), Ihab Jadallah’s shorts Flower Seller and The Shooter and Reem Shilleh’s archive collective Perpetual Recurrences were showcased at the event.
Film programmer Nat Muller told Screen the work of Palestinian film-makers is more important than ever with today’s complex political realities, and was pleased that there are more women and men, living both in and out of Palestine, making films within the region.
Shilleh, Manna and Jadallah highlighted in a panel, however, that there is also a need to move on from the region’s ongoing upheaval.
“Because of this unwillingness to fix certain stereotypes in Palestinian cinema, there seems to be this regression in film-making...
- 2/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
Films Without Borders intern Raya Darwish talks about her experience at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Cinematheque.
One of the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Jerusalem Film Festival’s indispensible interns is Raya Darwish, a 17-year old girl from the Arab village of Beit Safafa, a few miles out of Jerusalem. She has just graduated high school and, among her many talents, she speaks fluently three languages and is a gifted violinist.
She comes to the festival and cinematheque as part of the work of UK-headquartered Films Without Borders, founded by British documentary filmmaker Jill Samuels as a non-political organisation working with teenagers in areas of conflict.
“When Jill Samuels visited our school and asked who would be interested to make movies, it sounded very intriguing,” says Darwish. “Though my ambition is to study engineering I thought I would give it a try. I started as a producer, working with a friend, Ihab Jadallah, on a short...
One of the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Jerusalem Film Festival’s indispensible interns is Raya Darwish, a 17-year old girl from the Arab village of Beit Safafa, a few miles out of Jerusalem. She has just graduated high school and, among her many talents, she speaks fluently three languages and is a gifted violinist.
She comes to the festival and cinematheque as part of the work of UK-headquartered Films Without Borders, founded by British documentary filmmaker Jill Samuels as a non-political organisation working with teenagers in areas of conflict.
“When Jill Samuels visited our school and asked who would be interested to make movies, it sounded very intriguing,” says Darwish. “Though my ambition is to study engineering I thought I would give it a try. I started as a producer, working with a friend, Ihab Jadallah, on a short...
- 7/17/2014
- by dfainaru@netvision.net.il (Edna Fainaru)
- ScreenDaily
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