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THE PROJECTS:CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAINS
THE HOST
THE JEWISH GIRL
MAKING OF
MANDIL WADDA – THE KERCHIEF WITH THE GOLD COINS
THE OTHER WIDOW
REAL ESTATE
RUNNING ON SAND
SHE LOVES YOU
TRAINER
TRENDELENBURG
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE SUN
Arthur Abramov
The journey back home has never been more difficult and bloody as in Israel
SYNOPSISIgor 18, a new immigrant to Or Akiva, a Periphery town in Israel. A rough guy. A sun of a recovering criminal from Chechnya. In the neighborhood, he reunites with Alfred 17, a childhood friend from the Caucasus (Chechnya). Igor is exposed to racism and humiliation that immigrants experience from the descendants of Moroccan - Jews in the neighborhoods. Igor’s Caucasian spirit unwilling to endure humiliation, Igor takes on a ruthless war sweeping Alfred into the Caucasian belligerent world of values,
TRIGGERI was born in the north of the Caucasus, Dagestan. Immigrated to the city of Or- Akiva in Israel when I was 8 years old At school the natives called me “Dirty Russian” and urged me to go back to Russia. My luck was to find Igor, a rough boy with deaf-mute parents, whose father was an ex mobster.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.CHILDRENS OF THE MOUNTAINS
FILMMAKERS
Arthur Abramov2014 - Graduated of Minshar School of Arts.2016 – “CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAINS” (Short graduation film) Official selection of Cannes IFF, Short film corner and of Haifa IFF.2016 – “DINJ” A Documentary film, Official selection of Haifa IFF aired on Channel 1 Israel.
Shemi ShoenfeldA veteran producer with experience in all Genres: feature films: MAGIC MEN, WOUNDED LAND, THE ART OF WAITING (will be in Haifa 2019) shorts: DEAR GOD, SIRENS and documentaries: EXODUS THE TRUE STORY, MATI CASPI – CONFESSION,
Gesher Multicultual Film Fund Development Grant
Shemi Shoenfeld
COMEBACK FILMS, Shemi Shoenfeld, 972-50-5478927, [email protected]
Nadav Giladi Didi Lubetzky
A digital thriller about a popular vlogger with a split persona who, following his girlfriend’s disappearance, uncovers a dark secret.
SYNOPSISI always wanted to deal with psychiatric phenomenon’s in my art, as I know this condition (D.I.D) through an acquaintance. I follow the vlogging world astounded their unique way to tell a story, using hyper realism in a non-realistic situation.
TRIGGERA modern digital noir following Yuli (30), a popular daily vlogger who became famous through sharing his Split Personality Disorder online. When his girlfriend goes missing, Yuli launches a documented investigation, both in the real world and online. He finds that not only his life is not what he thought they were, but that Lee’s is in mortal danger.
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Feature film | digital thriller | 90 min.THE HOST
FILMMAKERS
Nadav GiladiCreator, Director and Producer - Owner of DREAM CATCHER Nadav made 2 films - ‘Short on Cash’ (2014) and ‘across the Line’ (2017), which went on around the world festivals. and even won first prizes.
Didi Lubetzky Writer and director of “Poisoned” (2011), a zombie horror comedy with international acclaim, Casting director (Ophir nominee for “Fire Birds”) and acting teacher. A Tel Aviv university film school alumni, currently in different stages of development for several feature scripts.
In collaboration with Hands Up France
DREAM CATCHER FX, Nadav Shlomo Giladi, [email protected], www.dreamcatcherfx.com
Sharon Bar-Ziv
Sofia 1943. A bar owner finds A 16-year-old Jewish girl who jumped off the train from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz and he is determined to save her life.
SYNOPSISMy grandfather used to own a bar in Sofia. In 1943 he hid a young Jewish-Greek man, who jumped off a train from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz. His actions were my inspiration.
TRIGGERSofia 1943. Christo (Samuel Finzi) a local bar owner, finds a wounded a Jewish girl, who jumped off the train from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz, after stabbing a Nazi officer. Meanwhile, Christo develops an intimate relationship with the Jewish psychiatrist treating his wife in a mental sanatorium. A German SS officer is coming to find the Jewish Girl.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.THE JEWISH GIRL
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Sharon Bar-ZivWriter Director. His first feature film ‘Room 514’ was screened at Cannes (2012) and won a special award for best directing at Tribeca. His second feature film ‘Good Morning Son’ (2019) is well received worldwide.
Marek RozenbaumOne of the leading producers in Israel. Produced over 40 international co-productions. His productions were selected for major international festivals and won many awards.
Chouchkov BrothersLeading producers in Bulgaria and winners of major European film festivals. Directed, produced and distributed dozens of films, mostly as co-productions with other countries.
Chouchkov Brothers BulgariaSophie Dulac DistributionSamuel Finzi as main character
Marek Rozenbaum
TRANSFAX, Marek Rozenbaum, [email protected], [email protected]
Doron Neeman Eitan Anner
A liberal producer joins an ultra-Orthodox film director for the production of a biblical tragedy.
SYNOPSISTo save herself from bankruptcy, Vicki (38), a Tel Aviv-based film producer, decides to collaborate with Silver (60) – who once was a legendary film director, and now is a staunch ultra-Orthodox rabbi. His comeback project is an adaptation of King Saul’s biblical tragedy, and Vicki assumes that Silver’s motivations are artistic or missionary, but when his true motive is revealed, Vicki’s life falls apart.
TRIGGERThe project was conceived in order to further explore the clash between art and faith in a polarized society, presented in the director’s previous film - A Quiet Heart (Grand Prix, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2016).
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.MAKING OF
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Doron NeemanWriter, is a theater actor and playwright
Eitan AnnerWriter/Director known for A Quiet Heart (Best Screenplay award, Haifa IFF 2016, Grand Prix and Best Actress award Tallinn IFF 2016), Love and Dance (Berlinale 2007), Poker Face (Best Television Drama award, Banff, 2001), The Shadow of Your Smile (Best Television Drama, Jerusalem IFF 1998).
Itay Akirav Itay Akirav is a graduate of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School and alumni of the Marcie Bloom Fellowship, his credits as producer “Africa” directed by Oren Gerner, Toronto Film Festival (2019) and European premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival (2019). He is currently in post-production “Neve Shaanan”, a feature film by Idan Haguel That won the Iridium Award at the cinelink (wip) at the Sarajevo film festival.
United KingIsrael Film Fund Development GrantJerusalem Film and Television Production Grant
Itay Akirav
HARBOR FILMS, Itay Akirav, 972-54-2514979, [email protected]
Abaed Shaab
Tony Copti
Haunted by emerging memories from early childhood, 70 years old Shadia embarks on a journey with his granddaughter, a carefree young art student, to discover a traumatic event from his past.
SYNOPSIS70 years old Bedouin named Shadia is forced to cope with a traumatic event from his early childhood that haunts his dreams. Finding it impossible to deal with modern Israeli bureaucracy, the only help available for him is his art student granddaughter. Having different goals in mind, they embark together on a journey, finding a story that shakes their world.
TRIGGERYoung Bedouin girl was raped and killed by a group of Israeli soldiers in 1949. For many years this story was kept secret, although shaping the tension between two societies.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.MANDIL WADDA – THE KERCHIEF WITH THE GOLD COINS
FILMMAKERS
Abaed ShaabDirector and Scriptwriter. A scholar with degrees in theater, gender studies, education and a PHD student in cinema studies at Tel-Aviv University. Abed is also a successful musician, a teacher and a film director.
Yaniv BermanProducer and Director. His films “Even kids Started Small”, “The Alpha Diaries” (documentary) and the award winning feature film “Land of the Little People”.
Tony CoptiTony Copti is a Palestinian producer and the CEO of Fresco Films. Tony produced, line-produced and managed more than 30 productions.
Fresco FilmsFresco Films is a fresh and dynamic company that specializes in developing, financing and producing feature films having in mind the general audience as well as the artistic value of the project.
Yaniv Berman
FRESCO FILMS, +972-546846666, [email protected]
Anat Gafni
Ella, 32, a theatre dresser and mistress, experiences the sudden death of her lover. She begins to frequent his Shiva and observes the life that was forbidden to her. eventually she demands her legitimate right to mourn.
SYNOPSISElla, 32, a theatre dresser and mistress, experiences the sudden death of her lover. She attends his Shivah while keeping her identity under wraps and dives into a world once forbidden to her. Through intimate encounters with his brother, parents, and, most especially, his wife, she examines her place in his life and eventually demands her legitimate right to mourn.
TRIGGERFollowing a breakup from a secret love I had to continue my life as if nothing happened and couldn’t share my feelings. I became preoccupied with the need to express that pain.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.THE OTHER WIDOW
FILMMAKERS
Anat GafniGraduated from the Script Writing program of Tel Aviv University Film department. Creator and Scriptwriter of the TV series Blackspace (in production). Creator and Scriptwriter of the TV series Tahrir (in development with Artza productions).
Ma’ayan RyppA Director and Screenwriter, her film “Martha Must Fly” premiered in the Cinefondation competition and won various awards worldwide among them- Promising director, Best film and more.
Lama films Located in Tel Aviv, Lama Films is one of the leading production companies in Israel, concentrating on social, political and cultural-oriented projects. Lama films produces a line of internationally acclaimed and successful films which appeal to diverse audiences around the world, among others the US box-office success “Walk on Water” (Eytan Fox 2004), the 2006 Oscar nominee for best foriegn film “Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005), the Cannes Film Festival 2007 Camera d’Or Winner “Jellyfish” (Shira Geffen & Etgar Keret, 2007), and the Annie Awards 2009 nominee for the Best Animated Feature & Best Directing, the acclaimed animated film “$9.99” (Talia Rosenthal, 2009)
Cinefondacion Residence 2014Israel Film Project - Rabinovich Foundation Development GrantIsrael Film Fund Production Grant
Ayelet Kait Amir Harel
Ma’ayan Rypp
LAMA FILMS, Ayelet Kait, Amir Harel, www.lamafilms.com, [email protected], [email protected]
Anat Maltz
Tamara and Adam, an impossible couple facing an unbearable reality, go on a semi claustrophobic journey between apartments for rent in a search for a place to call home.
SYNOPSISJust before being evacuated from their apartment in Tel Aviv due to ever rising real estate prices,Pregnant Tamara decides, despite Adam’s resentment, to look for a new home in his sleepy home town; Haifa. During one nerve wrecking, amusing and critical day of apartment hunting, their temperamental and edgy relationship is slowly revealed and comes to a boiling point.
TRIGGERAn unforgettable day of apartment searching with my husband in Haifa was the inspiration for this story. The intimate peek into the lives of complete strangers in each apartment was the base for a script dealing with the existential questions that arise while searching for a “home”.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.REAL ESTATE
FILMMAKERS
Anat MaltzAnat Maltz is a Sam Spiegel film school alumni. she is a writer, director and editor of various projects for the Israeli television and film industry. she directed several short films.Real estate is her debut feature film.
Laila filmsLaila Films was established as boutique Production Company for high quality independent cinema intended for emerging Israeli and international filmmakers. As well as providing constant support from script to screen, we believe in an intimate approach to achieve personal, innovative and distinct cinema.
Israel Film Project - Rabinovich Foundation Development Fund
Ami Livne Itai Tamir
LAILA FILMS, Itay Tamir, Ami Livne, [email protected]
Asaf Zelicovici Sarel Piterman
When a young Eritrean refugee is mistaken to be the new foreign player of a struggling soccer team, his survival depends on the teams success.
SYNOPSISAnbessa, an Eritrean refugee is deported from Israel. He manages to escape the immigration police at the airport straight into the hands of Netanya›s soccer fans that mistake him to be the new Nigerian striker supposed to land that day. Now, Anbessa›s fight for survival and the team›s fight against relegation unite. the problem is, he never played soccer. Will Anbessa›s new status help him get his freedom?
TRIGGERThe survival Journey of every refugee, is filled with a crazy absurd reality. Through a humorous, emotional human story, we hope that people will be able to see refugees not as an issue, but as human beings.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.RUNNING ON SAND
FILMMAKERS
Asaf Zelicovici and Yoav Hebel: Screenwriters. Creators and writers of the Israeli comedy thriller “Douze Points”. With years of experience in advertising and many award-winning commercials, former creative directors at Mccann Tel-Aviv.
Sarel Piterman:Screenwriter and script editor. With years of experience in writing features and TV series, such as: “The Electrifiers״, "What Could Possibly Go Wrong”and “Magen David Darom”.
Adar Shafran:Owner and main producer at Firma Films 2008-2019 Firma produces feature films, Tv Series and short films. Among this projects: “Maktub”, “Forgiveness”, “Douse Point”
Yoav Hebel Adar Shafran
FIRMA FILMS, Adar Shafran, 972-54-45238687, [email protected], www.firma-films.com
Edan Alterman Bar Ben-Yossef
A teenager from Haifa rebels against his dominant mother, and discovers his true voice through Rock & Roll music, in the wake of the infamous cancelation of the Beatles concert in Israel in 1964.
SYNOPSISA coming of age dramedy centered on the relationship between Ilan, a shorter than average teenager, and Ruth, his controlling, compulsive mother, an orchestra conductor. Inspired by “Beatlemania” Ilan goes through a mental growth spurt, falls in love for the first time, discovers the electric guitar and proves to both his mother and the Israeli government that no matter what, personal liberation cannot be suppressed.
TRIGGERAs an avid Beatles’ fan, I always wondered - if I was a teenager during the 60’s when our government banned the Beatles from performing in Israel fearing Rock & Roll music might dissolute the local youth, would I have stood up and fight against it? With this in mind, I plunged into a story which made me realize that I would have probably had to overcome a much bigger hurdle than the Israeli government - my own mother…
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.She Loves You
FILMMAKERS
Edan AltermanComedian, actor, screenwriter and director. Directed the documentary “Short” (2005), which was aired on Channel 2, and participated in the Jerusalem Film Festival and other festivals around the world, receiving great reviews.
Miri Fry-CohenPlayright, screenwriter. An alumnus of the school of film and television Tel Aviv University. Winner of the Bernstein Prize Award 2015 for her play “Pinui Binui.”
Bar Ben-YossefAuthor, screenwriter, editor. Published four books (Keter Publishing House). Wrote and edited hundreds of scripts both in Hebrew and in English for TV shows in Israel, UK (BBC) and the USA.
Danna EdenExecutive director of “Danna Eden & Shula Spiegel Productions”. Producer of scripted and documentary TV series and films for over 20 years.
Miri Fry-Cohen Danna Eden
Edan Alterman: [email protected], Bar Ben-Yossef: [email protected]
Keren Ben Rafael Dita Guery
As a Russian immigrant in Israel, I am constantly torn between my origins and reality. As a trainer, I aim for Olympic gold, my way, for Israel.
SYNOPSISJean (56) is Israel’s Moscow born rhythmic gymnastics trainer - and she’s close to Olympic gold. A patriot, she is proud to bring medals to Israel. When the young athletes she trains object to her harsh but effective ‘Soviet era’ coaching methods, Jean finds herself ousted from her role, losing not only her job, but also her connection to her country too.
TRIGGERWe wanted to write a lead role for Evgenia Dodina, that like the trainer, is a famous Israeli Russian artist. Both had a strict artistic education background, both needed to find a path into the Israeli (non) method. This film is our tribute to any immigrant that is torn between her background and our reality.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.TRAINER
FILMMAKERS
Dita Guery A graduate of the Tel Aviv University’s Film Department focused on writing feature film screenplays: Igor & the Cranes’ Journey, Yona, An Israeli Love Story, The Shabbat Checkpoint (animation).
Keren Ben Rafael An Israeli director, studied in La Femis in Paris. Her first feature film “Virgins” won the actress prize at Tribeca, the Fipresci prize in Jerusalem, directing and acting prize in Montenegro. Her second feature “The End of Love” premiered in Venise 2019 as part of the Venice Biennale College.
Stav Morag-MeronPadres film was founded in 2015 by producer Stav Meron, graduated with honors from the Sam Spiegel film school, Jerusalem. Meron produced dozens of short films that reached international film festivals abroad such as the Berlinale, Locarno and more.Today Pardes Films focuses on the production Documentary and feature films, that captures the Israeli reality as it unfolds before our eyes. Among her previous work “Pepe’s last battle”, “The voice of Ahmad” and “shooting my father”.
Israel Film Fund Development GrantWritten for Evgenia Dodina
Stav Morag-Meron
PARDES FILMS, Stav Meron, 972-52-6509971,[email protected]
Avishag Leibovich Iftach Leibovich
In a high-risk pregnancy ward, four women share the load of their predicament in a funny, sad, urgent and ultimately rousing ode to motherhood and friendship.
SYNOPSISDramedy. Room 2 at the high-risk pregnancy ward has four beds, one bathroom, one window and four women on the verge of hormonal breakdown. Scary words like “early contractions” and “placental bleeding” keep them restricted to the ward. It becomes their prison and their hair salon, where life and death decisions mix with quarrels about toilet hygiene and air conditioning and where they’ll come to understand the sacrifices that motherhood requires.
TRIGGERWhen I was in the high risk pregnancy ward, I saw a woman lying down at 45º, feet up, head down, literally turning her world upside down to become a mother. With this unique visual point of view, we try to confront the difficulties of motherhood and the de-romanization of pregnancy.
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Feature film | dramedy | 90 min.TRENDELENBURG
FILMMAKERS
Avishag LeibovichGraduated with honors from the JSFS. Her diploma film, “Point of View”, participated at the Berlinale, following its premiere at the Haifa International Film Festival. Her documentaries, “Diet Leibovich” and “Local story” screened at numerous festivals including HotDocs, Palm Springs, Munich and JFF. Iftach LeibovichActor, director, and playwright, Iftach Leibovich is one of the founding members of the renowned Incubator Theater in Jerusalem. He is the head of the Jerusalem Theater Lab and an art director at the Jerusalem Fringe Theater Center.“Trendelenburg” is their first feature film.
Asaf Nawi Asaf Nawi is the owner of Nawipro LTD, a production and content house for television and film. The company focuses on social content and looks for stories with a unique approach and an Israeli voice, while preserving universal stories that will be able to touch and excite viewers around the world.
The Jerusalem International Film Lab
Asaf Nawi
NAWI-PRO CREATIVE, Asaf Nawi, 972-54-5552364, [email protected]
Beyne Getahun Shalom Hager
“Without fathers we are exposed to the winds and roam the earth without shelter”(Aharon Appelfeld)
SYNOPSISMatko, a 42-year-old Ethiopian man, is released from prison 17 years after murdering his wife in a fit of rage, and sets out on a search for his only son Mesgenaw, who was two at the time of the murder
TRIGGEREvery year in Israel, about twenty women are murdered by those closest to them. Half of these women are Ethiopian.The film In the Shadow of the Sun is not about the reasons for the murder or its characteristics, and neither is it a voyeuristic peek at the murder itself; rather, it focuses on the deed’s consequences. Its point of departure is human and global. A man who has sinned and been punished is now haunted by guilt, seeking to make amends.This is not a story about “the Ethiopians” – an alien group with problems of their own. It is an Israeli story – a reflection of our society. As the makers of the film we don’t see ourselves as different from its protagonists.
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Feature film | drama | 90 min.UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE SUN
FILMMAKERS
Beyne GetahunActor and screenplay writer. Graduate of the Department of Theater at the University of Haifa.Winner of first prize at the Akko Festival for his role in Mitoko’s Home. Winner of the Yuri Stern prize for Oleh Artists in Theatre. Actor in various current and popular TV series.
Shalom HagerScreenplay writer and film director. Graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School, where he won a prize for best thesis film for his film True Grace. Graduate of the Tel Aviv University Film Department, MA track. His feature film Shrouds (2010) won first prize for Best Debut Film at the Hamburg Film Festival.
Sigalit LiphshitzDirector, screenwriter and Lecturer at the Sam Spiegel Film School. Graduate with honors of the Sam Spiegel Film School. Made several shirt films which were awarded worldwide.
Itay AkiravProducer, born in Tel-Aviv in 1984, is a graduate of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School and alumni of the Marcie Bloom Fellowship. His first feature film as a producer “Africa” directed by Oren Gerner was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival (2019) and European premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival (2019).
Sigalit Liphshitz Itay Akirav
HARBOR FILMS, Itay Akirav, 972-54-2514979, [email protected]
Israel Film FundJerusalem International Film Lab
