All Features articles – Page 319
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FeaturesMaking the short list
This year’s Jerusalem Film Festival hosts a bumper crop of shorts from across Israel’s film schools and industry.
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FeaturesInside The Cinema Project
The Cinema Project, which is part of the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, is having a banner year.
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FeaturesFeeding the industry
After a thrilling year at Cannes for Israeli films, Katriel Schory, head of Israel Film Fund, talks to Edna Fainaru about the new, invigorated mood among the country’s film-makers
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FeaturesPride of place
Jerusalem Film Fund is an additional source of funding for local and international projects - as long as film-makers shoot Jerusalem for Jerusalem. Edna Fainaru reports.
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FeaturesBeyond blue sky
Ritesh Batra, Talya Lavie and Nora Martirosyan are among the 13 filmmakers due to pitch their Jerusalem International Film Lab projects [July 10]. Melanie Goodfellow reports on the push to develop real-world projects.
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FeaturesLia Van Leer
Lia van Leer, the very life and soul of the Israeli film industry, talks to Edna Fainaru about forging her own path, building the national film archive and launching Jerusalem Film Festival
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FeaturesTali Shalom-Ezer, Princess
The Tel Aviv-based director said tackling sexual abuse in film meant a “long, dark journey.”
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FeaturesEfrat Corem, Ben Zaken
Sapir College graduate Efrat Corem explores the very personal universe of her hometown of Ashkelon.
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FeaturesMakram Khoury
It has been a busy two years for actor Makram Khoury, one of the recipients of Jerusalem Film Festival’s Achievement Award this year.
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FeaturesPark Chan Wook
The Korean director talks international appeal as he is being honoured at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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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