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SCHEDULE
Monday, July 14
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Mishkenot Shaananim
Tuesday, July 15
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Mishkenot Shaananim
Pitch Point
index
10:00-12:30
Open Pitch of 11 in Production Projects
(Open to the general public)
13:00-18:00
First One-on-One Session
10:00-12:30
Screening & Pitch of 5 "Works in Progress" Projects
(NOT open to the general public)
13:00-18:00
Second One-on-One Session
GREETINGS 6
THE PANELISTS 12
THE GUESTS & TUTORS 18
THE 11 PITCHING PROJECTS 26
THE 5 WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECTS 50
SCHEDULE
Sunday, July 13
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Jerusalem Cinematheque
13:00-14:15
Festival Strategy: The Full Guide to Filmmakers through the World of Film
Festivalsand making the best career for your film
Claudia Landsberger, Head of EYE - Film Institute, Netherlands
14:30-16:00
The Future Tendencies of Art House Cinema: Contents, Media, Distribution
Moderator: Kelly Gordon, Curator, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum,
Washington, U.S.A
Wendy Mitchell, Editor, Screen International, U.K
Osnat Handelsman Keren, Producer (Bethlehem, the Kindergarten Teacher)
Yoram Honig, CEO the Jerusalem Film & Television Fund, Israel.
16:00-17:30
Global Vision: Making Movies for the World Stage
Bec Smith, Agent, UTA Independent Film Group and Motion Picture
Literary Department, U.S.A
The events will be held in English.
Workshops and Industry Events
12:00-13:00
Trailers: how to make the perfect trailer for your film
Yonatan Gurfinkel, Filmmaker ("Six Acts"), Israel
Yair Raveh, Film Critique ("Cinemascope" blog), Israel
The workshop will be held in Hebrew
The workshops and panels are open to the general public and are aimed for Filmmakers, the professional
members of the Film & TV industry and Film Students.
Free entrance, subject to R.S.V.P via email: JFF.Industry@gmail.com
Wednesday, July 16
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PRODUCED WITH THE
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Hansen House
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Gedaliah Alon, Jerusalem
PITCH POINT 2014
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greetings
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to welcome participants and guests of the Jerusalem Pitch Point Conference, being held for the
ninth year at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.
The Pitch Point Conference has become an annual tradition for film industry professionals around the globe who
look forward to meeting one another in Jerusalem and discovering opportunities for joint ventures. This year we
are proudly hosting more than 300 artists and filmmakers from 40 countries around the globe at the Jerusalem
International Film Festival.
Jerusalem is a spiritual and cultural center and a source of inspiration for millions of Israelis and 3 billion people
of faith around the world. The unique landscape of the city, the blend of the modern and ancient, and the
incredible human diversity make Jerusalem a hub for inspiration and creativity. The talent and creativity of the
artists and filmmakers attending the Pitch Point Conference is perfectly matched by the inspiration that the city
of Jerusalem and the film professionals that work here have to offer.
I would like to thank and congratulate the organizers of the Pitch Point Conference, as well as our partners in
Israel and abroad, for their contribution to the thriving business of film and television production in Jerusalem.
Sincerely,
Nir Barkat
Mayor of Jerusalem
Nir Barkat
On behalf of the Cinematheque I would like to greet the participants in the Jerusalem Pitch Point event, being
held for the 9th time in the framework of the Jerusalem Film Festival.
Pitch Point was started with the aim of creating a secure and fruitful environment for dialogue between
filmmakers currently working on films, film industry people and the general public. This framework reflects the
broader aim of the Festival: to promote and foster filmmaking in Israel in a variety of ways, alongside the Israeli
film competitions, special screenings outside the competition, master classes and international encounters
involving the Israeli film industry.
At Pitch Point this year 11 promising and fascinating scripts of feature-length Israeli dramas in pre-production
phases will be presented to the international jury of the competition. In addition, for the first time in the Pitch
Point framework, a separate competition will be held that will include the presentation of 5 projects in advanced
production. The Pitch Point events will close with a day of workshops and master classes conducted by our
international film industry guests.
I would like to thank our partners in Pitch PointKatriel Schori, director of the Israel Film Fund, Yoram Honig,
director of the Jerusalem Film & Television Fund, and the prize donors: Arte, CNC and the Van Leer Foundation.
Many thanks to the esteemed jury members of the competition for their participation and heartfelt gratitude to
Elad Goldman, director of Pitch Point, for his professional work, and to all the staff members involved, who seek to
provide the best possible platform for Israeli filmmakers and their works.
We invite you to take an active part in the many Festival events and wish you an enjoyable and successful Pitch
Point.
Dr. Noa Regev
Director, Jerusalem Film Festival
Noa Regev
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greetings
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are delighted to welcome the guests and participants of the 9th Jerusalem Pitch Point at the Jerusalem
International Film Festival.
In recent years, opportunities for co-productions and collaborations between Israeli and international producers
have significantly increased. We continued to see the realization of Israeli films created through co-productions,
mainly with European partners.
The aim of the Jerusalem Pitch Point is to create a forum for Israeli filmmakers to meet with key members of the
European film industry, and to encourage and promote international co-productions for Israeli initiated full-length
narrative feature films.
Over the course of two days, the Jerusalem Pitch Point will become the place where old and new friends,
colleagues, and partners, meet to discuss new ideas and initiatives from Israel and abroad.
We hope that the projects selected will raise interest and find partners, and we eagerly look forward to the
production of the films, and to their screening on the big screen. We are especially proud that a number of the
projects presented at the past Jerusalem Pitch Points have found partners, and have been co-produced. One of
them, Lebanon, won the prestigious Golden Lion Award in Venice 2009.
I wish to express my deep thanks to ARTE France and the CNC for their support and partnership. I would like to
specially thank our guests from Europe and North America who have accepted our invitation to meet the Israeli
filmmakers and get to know the Israeli film industry.
We are delighted to welcome you as members of our Pitch Point family.
Katriel Schory
Executive Director
Israel Film Fund
Katriel Schory
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Jerusalem Film and Television fund at the Jerusalem Development Authority, Im proud to greet
the participants and the producers of the 9th Pitch Point taking place in The Jerusalem Film Festival with a warm
welcome.
To us, the Pitch Point mission is vital. it is another step towards turning Jerusalem into a key venue in the
cinematic discourse in Israel and overseas and this joins the revolution on the local and international screens that
the Jerusalem Film and Television fund, the first and leading regional film fund in Israel, has created.
Over the past five years more than 50 feature films and television dramas were produced in Jerusalem and gained
worldwide recognition and prizes at leading film festivals around the world.
We do hope that soon, your screenplays will evolve into significant feature films. We are proud to support the
PitchPoint and the Jerusalem International Film Fetival and its important role in your professional and artistic
journey.
Best wishes,
Yoram Honig, Director
The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund
Yoram Honig
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greetings
The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Cinema Project greets the guests and participants of the ninth
Pitch Point at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The foundation is proud to be a partner in the production of many of
the films participating in this years Pitch Point, as it was in many of the successful participating films of past
events.
The process of fundraising for production is, on the one hand, one of the less familiar aspects of production to the
general public, and occasionally even to filmmakers themselves. At the same time, it is one of the most important
aspects, if not the most important. Fundraising is virtually impossible without personal, face to face contact and
without a direct verbal presentation of the film to potential investors. In this sense, the Pitch Point provides a
golden opportunity to Israeli full-length feature films. Moreover, aside from the aim of fundraising, the personal
encounter has the added value of enabling Israeli filmmakers to hear the views of potential investors from abroad,
thus providing them with a better understanding of the desires and needs of foreign audiences and, occasionally,
even offers a refreshing perspective on the film itself, from a new and unfamiliar point of view.
We hope that the ninth Pitch Point will continue, as it has in the past, to aid the Israeli film industry in achieving
success in Israel and abroad and wish the filmmakers taking part success and fruitful encounters.
Sincerely,
Giora Eini
Director, Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv
Giora Eini
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Panelists
G u e s t s
T u t o r s
PANELISTS 14
GUESTS & TUTORS 18
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Panelists
Roberto Olla
Roberto Olla is the executive director of Eurimages,
the European Film Fund based in Strasbourg. An
Italian national, he has a law degree in public law and
a Ph.D. in European law (thesis in audiovisual and
media law).
Roberto joined Eurimages in January 2002 as a project
manager dealing mainly with support for feature
films. In 2008, he became the head of Eurimages.
Before this, he was a researcher in media law at the
European University Institute of Florence, worked in
the distribution department of the Media Program
of the European Union and was a legal adviser on
audiovisual matters to the European Commission in
Brussels.
Roberto participates as a legal expert in several
European training initiatives in the film sector and
has often been panelist on industry seminars and
conferences concerning cinema co-productions.
Rmi Burah

After working as a banker in the audiovisual sector in
London and Paris, Rmi Burah joined Haut et Court
as a partner, managing director, and director of the
communication agency, working there for 8 years.
He joined ARTE France Cinema, the film branch of
the European TV channel, in 2001. He has collaborated
in features-film co-productions of well-known
filmmakers : Wim Wenders, Lars Von Trier, Wong Kar-
wai , Alain Cavalier, Michael Haneke, Patrice Chereau,
Aki Kaurismaki, Mathieu Amalric, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Luc
et Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Bertrand Bonello, Marjane
Satrapi, Valerie Donzelli, Maiwenn... among others.
Since 2004 he is also CEO of a finance company that
he has initiated in partnership with SOFICA French tax
system.
He also participated in the development of animation
feature film as an associate producer (Persepolis, A
Monster in Paris...)
Specializes in feature films production and financing /
transmedia.
Roberto Olla Rmi Burah
Andr de Margerie
Born in 1951 in Paris, graduated with a Diploma in
Advanced Economics Studies from Paris 1 University
and a Degree in Urban Planning from Paris 8
University.
Following a post as deputy commercial adviser in the
French Embassy in Kabul (1976-1977), he worked as a
project manager in the Ministry of Environment and in
the Public Service Radio France (1982-1986).
After being in charge of corporate sponsoring for
the multimedia company Havas, he worked for the
Committee for the Celebration of the Bicentenary of
the French Revolution.
In 1991, he joined the European culture channel, ARTE,
as advisor to the president and director of cultural
development. Since April 2004, he has been the
director of International Relations of ARTE France.
In 2008, he was named to the International Board of
INPUT, for a period of three years. Since February
2011, is also in charge of the International Relations of
ARTE.
Edith Sepp

Film and TV producer, director. By the end of the
eighties, Sepp started off as an assistant director and
producer for the Estonian Film company Tallinnfilm,
where she assisted different directors, amongst others
Maximilian Schell and Marek Piestrak, during their pre-
production, shooting and post-production. She worked
six years with international film crews. Altogether she
made seven feature-length films and two shorts during
this time period.
After graduating with an MA in film and TV drama,
she worked mainly in the film industry in the UK and
Estonia as a producer and director for companies
such as Alba Films Closed Circuit Films and Bona
Broadcasting LTD. From 2010 Sepp worked as a film
adviser for the Estonian Minister of Culture and was
in charge of film development in Estonia. Since 2013,
Sepp is the CEO of the Estonian Film Institute.
Andr de Margerie Edith Sepp
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Panelists
Claudia M. Landsberger
Trained as a lawyer, Claudia has had a career for
many years in the film and media industry in the field
of production, development, acquisition, marketing
and promotion. In 1995 she joined Holland Film as
managing director. In 2010 Holland Film merged into
EYE International, the official organization responsible
for the international marketing and promotion of
Dutch films.
In 1997 she co-founded the pan-European Umbrella
organization European Film Promotion (EFP) and
has been its president for 12 years and vice president
for 4 consecutive years. EFP is working in close
collaboration with numerous film festivals and markets
to create various events which enhance the visibility
of European films and help producers access the
international market.
Over the past 12 years Landsberger has been a member
of the selection committee for the Competition
Program of the Berlin International Film Festival. She
has also been a member of the selection committee
of the Hamburg Film Fund and is a member of the
Cinemart board of the Rotterdam International Film
Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival
Advisory committee. Also, Landsberger has been a
member of the jury at many international film festivals
including Abu Dhabi, Jerusalem, Sofia, Cluj, Dortmund,
Chicago, Istanbul, San Francisco and many others.
As a script consultant she is still involved in various
European projects and is a member of the European
Film Academy.
During the Festival, Claudia Landsberger will hold
a special masterclass titled Festival Strategy: The
Full Guide to Filmmakers through the World of Film
Festivals and making the best career for your film.
Diana Elbaum

Diana Elbaum, has produced a wide range of award-
winning films since becoming a producer in 1989,
initially in advertising and then in motion pictures. Her
films span all genres and cultures and have received
critical acclaim on all continents. She is known for
masterfully bringing together international talent
and financing. Diana is deeply committed to growing
Europes film industry and, to this effect, devotes time
to EAVE training young film producers. In 2009 she
received the Eurimages Award, a prize awarded to
producers playing an active role in European
co-productions.
Diana founded her production company, Entre
Chien et Loup, in 1989 and 10 years later Sbastien
Delloye joined forces with her. Entre Chien et Loup
has produced more than 100 films, including among
others: Thomas in Love, The Rashevski Tango,
La Raison du Plus Faible, Daratt, Irina Palm, La
Marea, Les Barons, Rapt, Winds of Sand, Women
of Rock, Quartier Lointain, A Screaming Man, La
Cinquime Saison, The Congress, Bethlehem, La
Marche, etc.
Diana Elbaum is also the co-owner of the company
Liaison Cinmatographique, a Paris based production
company.
Her work and curiosity have taken her around the
world several times, enabling her to enrol cutting-
edge writers, directors and talent from all continents:
Sam Garbarski, Nabil Ben Yadir, Ari Folman, Yuval
Adler, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Nathalie Borgers,
Nic Balthazar, Raoul Peck, Diego Martinez Vignatti,
Miel Van Hoogenbemt, Peter Brosens and Jessica
Woodworth.
Her production company is headquartered in Brussels,
where she lives with her two multicultural children.
Claudia M. Landsberger Diana Elbaum
Marie-Pierre Valle
Marie, Bachelor of Arts in Literature and History of
Art, was responsible for TV films acquisitions at TF1
and Creative Director at Studio Canal. Since 2008 she
is the head of acquisitions at Wild Bunch, working
with domestic and international independent film
companies.
Wild Bunch, established in 2002, is an independent
Paris-based European film distribution and production
services company that manages a library of more than
1,200 films.
A major player in international sales, Wild Bunch is
developing a pan-European distribution network and is
active in France in theatrical distribution (Wild Bunch
Distribution) and in video distribution (Wild Side Video).
Wild Bunch is also committed to direct distribution
in Italy (BIM Distribuzione), in Germany (Wild Bunch
Germany/Central Film) and in Spain (Vertigo).
With film distribution lying at the heart of its activities,
Wild Bunch has positioned itself in the revolutionary
market of electronic distribution of films over new
media distribution platforms via its French VOD/SVOD
platform, FilmoTV.
Wild Bunch particularly looks for young directors and
new talents. Its films have been successful all over the
world and received awards at numerous important film
festivals.
Marie-Pierre Valle
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Guests & Tutors
Gabriele Brunnenmeyer
Having worked as a journalist and film critic, Gabriele
Brunnenmeyer was acting as an artistic adviser for the
Edinburgh based Moonstone International, a training
center for writers and directors. She was developing
the East-West-Coproduction Market Connecting
Cottbus at the Film Festival Cottbus, where she served
as artistic director until the end of 2010. Since 2005 she
has also worked for the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher
Film, a funding body for first and second films by
German young talents, as freelance project and script
advisor. In addition, she works as consultant for script
development, packaging and project presentation
for Berlinale and Sarajevo Talents, Robert Bosch
Coproduction Prize and others. Currently she is
managing the BLS Sdtirol Alto Adige coproduction
event Incontri. Since May 2013 she is acting as Head of
Studies for the MEDIA supported training program for
emerging producers, the Italy-based Maia workshops.
During the Festival, Gabriele Brunnenmeyer will
hold a special Pitching workshop for the Pitch Point
participants.
Bec Smith

Bec is an agent in the UTA Independent Film Group
where she formulates strategies for financing and
selling independent and international films for clients
of leading talent and literary agency UTA. She is also
an agent at the Motion Picture Literary Department,
representing directors and writers.
A former producer and film journalist, Bec joined
UTA from the Sydney office of Working Title Films
where she was head of development. She executive
produced the David Michd-directed feature Animal
Kingdom, which won the 2010 Sundance Film Festivals
Dramatic World Cinema Jury Prize. Prior to working in
development and production she was the Australasian
bureau chief of the Hollywood Reporter and the editor of
Inside Film Magazine in Australia. Bec has served on the
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) Advisory Board,
advised at the Sundance Producers Lab, and routinely
attends major international film festivals and markets
including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Sundance
and the AFM.
Bec has worked to finance and sell over 70 movies
including Can a Song Save Your Life (The Weinstein
Company), The Rover (A24), Frances Ha (IFC),
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (CBS), and Beginners
(Focus Features). Her clients include Garth Davis (Top
of the Lake), Miranda July (The Future), Anthony
Chen (Ilo Ilo), Adam Leon (Gimme the Loot), and
Julia Leigh (Sleeping Beauty) as well as Michd,
Ponsoldt, Birbiglia and Bell.
During the Festival, Bec Smith will hold a special
workshop titled Global Vision: Making Movies for the
World Stage
Gabriele Brunnenmeyer Bec Smith
Christina Bentlage
Born in Duisburg in 1968 Christina Bentlage graduated
from the University of Cologne in 1995 with a degree
in economics and political science. From 1989 to 1995
she worked with the Cologne Gemini Film Production
in Cologne subsequently moving to the Kienbaum
Management Consultancy to work in the department
of the public sector.
Since 1996 she has been working for the Film and
Medienstiftung North-Rhine-Westphalia: first as
deputy head of administration and finances, then -
from 2000 to 2010 - as deputy head of film funding.
Since September 2010 Christina Bentlage has been
in charge of the department film funding as head
of film funding. Aside from this responsibility she
takes part as a member in different jury and selection
committees: Board of Trustees for young German films
(Talent Film and Children Film), at the International
Film School Cologne, at the Medien Grnder Zentrum
NRW as well as on the jury of the Editing Award and
the German Camera Award.
Sonja Heinan
Berlinale Co-Production Market. World Cinema Fund,
Berlinale.
After studying languages and economics in Cologne,
Sonja Heinen started her career in film business in 1991
at Filmstiftung NRW in Duesseldorf.
Until 2001 she was assistant to executive director Dieter
Kosslick and especially responsible for International
Contacts.
During this time she organised co-production
meetings with almost all European countries as well
as international producers delegations and developed
the International Co-Production Market Cologne which
took place in 2000 for the first time.
From March 2001 until July 2003 she worked as
producer and project coordinator for Gemini Film and
International West Pictures in Cologne.
Since 2003 she has worked at the Berlin International
Film Festival as head of the Berlinale Co-Production
Market, and since August 2004, she is additionally
Programme Manager of the Berlinale World Cinema
Fund.
She is active as decision maker for the producers
training programme EAVE, serves as a member of
several project juries at international festivals and
initiatives, and does consulting for international funds
and project labs, as well as moderating workshops and
events for international co-production events.
Christina Bentlage Sonja Heinan
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Guests & Tutors
Michel Zana
Producer/Distributor. Sophie Dulac Productions-
Distribution.
After studying cinema at ESEC School, Michel Zana
worked in Los Angeles from 1988 to 1996 successively
as a production assistant, casting director and line
producer. Upon his return to France in 1996, he was line
producer for 7 years on documentaries for television
(Artline Films and SZ Productions). In 2003, Michel
Zana joined Sophie Dulac, first as a producer and then
in 2004, as a distributor in Sophie Dulac Productions
and SD Distribution. Among his works as a producer:
El Cielito by Maria Victoria Menis, Heartbeat Detector
(La Question Humaine) by Nicolas Klotz, The Bands
Visit, by Eran Kolirin, Lenny and the Kids by Josh and
Benny Safdie, Nowhere Promise Land by Emmanuel
Finkiel, The Silence of Joan by Philippe Ramos, La
Camara Oscura by M.V Menis, Infiltration by Dover
Kossashvili, Last Days in Jerusalem by Tawfik Abu
Wael, Hannah Arendt by Margarethe Von Trotta.
SD Distribution has distributed more than 60 films in
France since its creation (including SD Productions
films) and among others: To Take a Wife by Ronit and
Shlomi Elkabetz, Avanim by Raphael Nadjari, Dernier
Maquis by Rabah Ameur Zameche, My Father,
My Lord by David Volach, Boxing Gym by Frdrick
Wiseman, The Wanderer by Avishai Sivan, Faust by
Alexander Sokourov, The Turin Horse by Bela Tarr,
The Virgin, the Copts and I by Namir Abdel Messeeh,
The Dust of Time by Theo Angelopoulos, Gods
Neighbors by Meni Yaesh, Room 514 by Sharon Bar
Ziv, and more; In coproduction with Heimat film on
Semih Kaplanoglus new feature titled Grain.
Andreas Eicher

Andreas Eicher is a producer with Iris Productions
Deutschland GmbH. He previously served as a
production consultant and freelance producer for Rat
Pack Filmproduktion GmbH, Wste Film GmbH, Cine
Plus Filmproduktion GmbH, DCM Productions GmbH
and BLS Business Location Sdtirol AG, and was the
CEO and shareholder of box! Film GmbH and box! Film
Hamburg GmbH. He is a Member of the European
Film Academy and the German Film Academy since
2007, and he is a member of the European Producers
ClubSince 2010.
Iris Productions
The companies which constitute the Iris Group
encompass Iris Productions in Luxembourg; Iris Films
in Belgium; Rezo Films, Rezo Productions and Drimage
in France; Iris Productions UK Ltd. in England; Iris
Productions Deutschland GmbH in Germany.
They finance projects through national, regional and
European funds market derived financing and their
own equity. Early in 2013, the Iris Group launched
a new financing vehicle in Belgium: Iris Finance
Services - which handles tax shelter fundraising for
Iris Films productions and co-productions. In 2010,
Iris Productions founded an animation studio in
Luxembourg - Iris Studio- focused on the creation of
feature films and animated films such as Pinocchio, a
film by dEnzo DAl.
The Iris Group produces and co-produces between 3
and 5 films a year and distributes more than a dozen
films in France and ten new films internationally.
Michel Zana Andreas Eicher
Elie Meirovitz
Elie Meirovitz entered the world of cinema in 2002,
when he founded def2shoot, a digital post production
company.
Since then, his company EZ Films has specialized in
the production of art-house films, both of debut and
established directors. The companys films have been
selected to Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Locarno,
and Karlovy Vary film festivals, among many others.
In 2010, the company started a department focused on
international sales and distribution to film festivals,
quickly establishing itself as a significant player in this
specific market.
Konstantina Stavrianou
Konstantina Stavrianou was born in Athens. She
co-founded Graal s.a. in 1999, a production and post-
production facility in Greece. Since 2005 she has been
working in film post-production as a post-production
producer focusing on short and feature films as well
as documentaries. She is now overseeing the co-
production and post-production sectors for both Greek
and international productions and is Graals managing
director.
Since 2012 she has been in the Hellenic Film Academy
organizing committee of the two-day conference
Riding the Greek Wave taking place in Athens.
She is currently the producer of three feature films
as well as co-producing four international projects.
She is a Berlinale talents alumni and an EAVE 2014
participant.
Graal Company Profile
Graal S.A. is a production and post-production facility
in Greece. The company, currently in its 15th year
of operation, is clearly focused on cinema providing
services for short, feature films and documentaries.
The company has produced three feature films and
two documentaries to date, awarded in international
festivals. In 2003 it entered international co-production
for the first time and continued with a wide selection
of projects. Graal has co-produced 41 films to date,
20 of which are international co-productions. It has a
portfolio of approx. 350 titles (170 features, shorts and
documentaries and 185 restoration features). Since
2010 it is the main sponsor of the Agora Film Market
section of Thessaloniki IFF, offering a complete image
post-production award.
Elie Meirovitz Konstantina Stavrianou
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Guests & Tutors
RANDY MANIS
Randy Manis is a producer and film executive with
over 15 years of experience in independent film.
Randy executive produced the Oscar-nominated
Margin Call and co-executive produced Oscar
nominee George Clooneys The Ides Of March. He
also executive produced Lawless and Kill Your
Darlings recently released by Sony Pictures Classics.
In addition to producing The Calling last year, he is
in post-production on the suspense thriller Big Sky
and executive produced the alien-horror film Extra
Terrestrial, which just had its world premiere at the
Tribeca Film Festival. Other recent credits include the
Oscar-nominated Murderball, Chasing Madoff, and
the drama Monogamy.
Prior to his career as a producer, Randy played an
integral role in the growth and success of two of
independent films most prominent distribution
companies. At Think Film, which he co-founded
in 2001, he headed up the companys acquisitions
including hits The Aristocrats, Before The Devil
Knows Youre Dead, Half Nelson and the Oscar-
winning documentaries Born into Brothels and Taxi
to the Dark Side. As a vice president at Lionsgate
his acquisitions included: Oscar winners Gods and
Monsters, Affliction, The Red Violin, Shadow of the
Vampire and Dogma.
Randys latest venture in distribution is The Archive,
which is releasing the Sundance hit Obvious Child
as its first release this summer. Randy also runs a
thriving consulting business where his clients include
Oscilloscope Pictures, Tribeca Film, Killer Films and
Crystal City Entertainment. He is a graduate of McGill
Law School.
RICKY TOLLMAN

Ricky Tollman is a film producer based in Toronto,
Canada, originally from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ricky most recently co-produced Big Sky, a feature
film directed by Jorge Michel Grau (Cannes Directors
Fortnight Selection We Are What We Are), starring
Kyra Sedgwick, Bella Thorne, Frank Grillo and Aaron
Tveit, as well as The Calling, directed by Jason Stone
and starring Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Ellen
Burstyn and Donald Sutherland.
His latest venture is The Archive, a distribution
company which is releasing the Sundance hit Obvious
Child as its first film this summer.
Ricky has been involved with a number of projects
including Kill Your Darlings, Lawless and The
Words. He is in active development on a number of
projects, two of which he is writing and co-writing. He
also stars in Big Sky.
Randy Manis Ricky Tollman
PITCH POINT PAST PROJECTS
9 years of pitching
self made
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The Policeman
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CHILDREN OF THE FALL (White Beach Productions, Globus Group) 28
GERNERATION 3 (TRANSFAX Film Productions) 30
MINOTAUR (Fresco Films) 32
MOSSAD (Daroma Productions) 34
MY GHOST MOM (Kishlanski Productions) 36
NILS (Yifat Prestelnik Films) 38
NO BLOOD (Atzmor Productions) 40
POPPIES IN OCTOBER (Yifat Prestelnik Films, Eran Riklis Productions) 42
SAVING NETA (United Channels Movies) 44
WHY ELEPHANT (Laila-Films) 46
YUILA'S FILM (Glikscom) 48
t - h - e
pi t chi ng
projects
THE PITCHING PROJECTS
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synopsis
Rachel Strode is a young American woman with a dark secret in her past, who comes to Israel in the Fall of 1973
to volunteer in a kibbutz and then to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members dont
seem to like strangers and foreigners, and that the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday for Jews)
will bring danger to her and her young volunteering friends. What begins as a time of fun and the celebration of
youth turns into a menacing and bloody night of terror that will give a new meaning to Yom Kippur of 1973.
Director & Writer Eitan Gafny Producer Yariv Horowitz
Genre Horror Audience 17-55, All genders, people who love to get scared and think Production status
Pre-production Shooting Dates September 14 Time 100 min. Language Hebrew & English Estimated
budget $700,000 Existing financial arrangements & source Globus Group Films - $100,000, Private Investors -
$350,000
01 CHILDREN OF THE FALL
directors biography
Born in Israel, 33 years old. His feature film debut,
Cannon Fodder, is Israels first zombie film, and was
in 30 film festivals around the world, won 7 awards,
and is available in the US under the title Battle of
the Undead (from Screen Media), and soon in South
Korea, Germany, the UK and more. Directed several
short films during his 20s, including independent
films and music videos. During film school (Tel Aviv
University), directed several award winning genre
shorts. Eitan is also a film production teacher, teaching
underprivileged and troubled youth, helping them to
find new ways of self-expression. Believes in the power
of cinema and the importance of genre films in the
Israeli and international film industry.
directors STATMENT
Children of the Fall is not only a horror film. It is
a horror film with a strong social conscience, a film
that brings strong drama and character development
into the bloody genre, with a clear intention to give
the audience things to think about - once all the
screams and chills are over. Shooting the film on
1:2.35 Anamorphic lenses, in real old fashioned and
eerie locations, with a mixed cast of seasoned industry
veterans and young up and comers - all that will bring
a new experience to the horror genre: an original
Israeli horror film that does not hold back, both in its
horror ingredients and its social commentary about
racism, scars of war, and hope.
company & producer profile
White Beach was formed by Eitan Gafny (director),
Yafit Shalev (actress) and Tom Goldwasser
(cinematographer), with the intention of producing
high quality, fun and exciting genre films in Israel,
with a clear vision of combining commercial
and mainstream movie making with artistic
aspirations. Their first feature film, Cannon Fodder is
Israels first zombie film, and was in 30 film festivals
around the world, won 7 awards, and is available in
the US under the title Battle of the Undead (from
Screen Media), and soon in South Korea, Germany,
the UK and more. Children of the Fall is co-produced
by Globus Group, one of Israels oldest and most
respected production companies.
production
White Beach Productions, Globus Group
PO BOX 151, Hagor, Israel
+972.54.7680663
white.beach.prod@gmail.com
www.cannonfoddermovie.com
Yariv Horowitz Eitan Gafny
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synopsis
Joshua, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor, discovers one morning that a cellular antenna was installed on the roof
of his house. It turns out that his neighbor has rented his part of the rooftop to a cellular phone company. Joshua
starts believing that all his diseases and pains are caused by the antennas radiation. He obsessively starts feeling
the radiation everywhere and develops a persecution disorder that puts his life at risk. He enters a life-and-
death struggle against his neighbor. His wife Sarah and his 3 adult sons are dragged unwillingly into this vortex.
The crisis reveals the personal problems of each of his sons, and they are forced to deal with their fathers dark
shadow.
Director & Writer Arik Rotstein Producer Marek Rozenbaum
Genre Drama Audience Adult Production Status Pre production Estimated shooting date January 15
Time 90 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget $941,000 Existing financial arrangements & source
Israel Film Fund $529,000
02 Generation 3
directors biography
Arik Rotstein (47) is an Israeli TV writer and director.
He is a graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School.
He created Dakot Shel Tehila, a drama series for
channel 2, and Yeladot Raot, a daily drama for the
Israeli music channel. He wrote and directed the 3rd
season of the celebrated drama Florentine. Over 4
seasons he wrote 18 episodes of the award winning
drama Shabatot ve Hagim. He wrote and directed 11
episodes of the wildly subversive comedy 5 Men and
a Wedding for channel 10. His recent works have been
directing the first season of the TV drama Another
Life, and the pilot for the comedy series Yom haem
(mothers day), which aired last year on Israeli channel
2 (Keshet).
directors STATMENT
3G is a comic-tragic story about the unconscious
influence of the Holocaust on the second and third
generation of Israelis that, like radiation, is unseen
but whose damage can be very real. By telling an
up-to-date entertaining story, with a typical Israeli
family, easy to identify characters, and a sweeping
storyline, the movie deals with complex ideas about
intergenerational transfer. Hopefully, it will shed some
light on the unconscious post-traumatic forces that
are shaping our reality. The movie is based on a true
personal story.
Mr. Rozenbaum established Transfax Film Productions
in 1988 and produced over 50 feature films and
international co-productions, among them award-
winning films that have received worldwide acclaim.
For 10 years Mr. Rozenbaum held the position of
chairman of the Israeli Academy for Cinema and
Television, 6 years the position of chairman of Israels
Film and Television Producers Association, and today
is a member of its board, as well as member of the
board of the European Film Academy. Mr. Rozenbaum
is one of the most experienced film producers in Israel
today.
production
Transfax
3rd Yegia Kapayim st, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.3.6871202
Marek@Transfax.co.il
transfax.co.il
Marek Rozenbaum Arik Rotstein
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synopsis
A bold re-imagining of the classic Greek myth, Minotaur features a Palestinian man in a complex double-
role: he is both the hero Theseus, and his own nemesis, the threatening Minotaur. But this is a Minotaur who
speaks only in Hebrew, and the Israeli Jews within the story appear primarily as oppressors. Yet it is Ariadne,
who appears to be a Jewish woman, who uses her powerful knowledge to help Theseus overcome the Minotaur.
Combining horror, fairy tale and contemporary neo-realism and set in Jerusalems Old City as a modern day
labyrinth, Minotaur conjures a radical new vision of hope in the Middle East.
Director & Writer Nina Menkes Producer Tony Copti
Genre Drama Audience Adults Production status Financing Estimated shooting date March 15
Time 78 min. Language Arabic, Hebrew, English Estimated budget $800,000 Existing financial
arrangements & source Film Funds - $450,000, Producer Investment - $100,000
03 Minotaur
directors biography
Called brilliant, one of the most provocative artists
in film today by the Los Angeles Times, Nina Menkes
has shown her work widely in major international film
festivals including Sundance, Locarno, the Berlinale,
Toronto, Rotterdam and Cannes, as well as at La
Cinematheque Franaise, the Whitney Museum
of American Art, and MOMA in New York City. Her
many honors include a Los Angeles Film Critics
Association Award for her first feature Magdalena
Viraga, a FIPRESCI Award for Massaker at the
Berlinale, and the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Drama
at the 2010 Jerusalem International Film Festival for
her first Hebrew language feature, Dissolution. In
2012 retrospectives of her work were presented in Los
Angeles, New York City, and Berlin, Germany.
directors STATMENT
MINOTAUR, clearly, is about the political conflict:
set in Jerusalem, where the stone streets have
seen thousands of years of violence, a blood-thirsty
monster kills young men and women, spreading
terror throughout the land. The Central character
is constructed to question the accepted separation
between Arab and Jew; my radical premise: we are
one soul. Last but not least is the psychological
meaning. Alienated pain and violence resides in
each one of us - a poison which must be confronted,
struggled withand finally transformed on an internal,
individual basis. Theseuss struggle with the Minotaur
is hereby morphed into a liberating cry for an end to
violence: a cinematic prayer for peace in the tortured,
sacred Holy City.
In the year 2011, Tony and his brother Jiries joined
forces and created Fresco a company that provides
production services and finance structuring to films
with the highest line production standards. Fresco
was the executive production company of the feature
film The Attack by Ziad Doueiri and Girrafada by Rani
Massalha.
Fresco is developing the following projects to be shot
later in 2014 and 2015:
Minotaur full-length feature film by Nina Menkes
Land of the Little People full-length feature film by
Yaniv Berman
One On One documentary by Zahi Grad
The Stranger full-length feature film by Yosi Artzi
Personal Affairs full-length feature film by Maha
Assal
Always Eib full-length feature film by Scandar Copti
production
Fresco Films Ltd
Kedem 127, Jaffa, Israel
+972.722.224660/ +972.54.4822255
Tony@frescofilms.com
www.ninamenkes.com
Tony Copti Nina Menkes
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Haim, the Mossad chief, is worried. In three days, he is due to light a ceremonial Independence Day torch.
Meanwhile, a Jewish-American multi-millionaire, owner of the worlds largest Internet search and advertising
concern, is kidnapped right under the Mossads nose.
If Haim does not see to the rescue of this millionaire, his torch lighting privilege will be revoked via live TV
broadcast.
Haim calls on his boldest agent, Rami. The CIA assigns Agent Linda to join him and the two set out to battle the
cyber-terror organization and one another.
As in relations between the U.S and Israel, Linda provides the know-how, while the Israeli agent persists in acting
on his own and then taking all the credit.
Director & Writer Alon Gur Arye Producer Haggai Arad
Genre Parody Audience +15 Production Status Pre- production Estimated Shooting Date February 15
Time 90 min. Language Hebrew and English Estimated budget $1,400,000 Existing financial
arrangements & source Jerusalem Film & TV Fund - $260,000
04 Mossad
directors biography
Wrote and directed the short (40) feature Mossad,
winner of the following awards: Best Director and
Best Special Effects (Houston), Audiences Choice
(Toronto), Best Comedy (Atlanta), Best Action Movie
(Los Angeles) and Honorable Mention at the Mockfest
Film Festival of Hollywood. Alon served as chief
writer and content developer at Israels Channel
10 commercial TV station (2008-2009), chief writer
and content editor for the Israel Childrens Channel
(2009-2011) and director and script editor for the Logi
(Science and Technology for Children) Channel
(2011-2012). He has directed and written scripts for
various television series, including the Israeli version
of Sesame Street (Hop Childrens Channel), and the
sitcom Amila (HOT Cable).
directors STATMENT
Mossad belongs to the zany parody genre, like Blazing
Saddles or Airplane that target the sacred cows of
culture and film. What I believe to be common to
all successful comedies in this genre is a powerful,
complete underlying story that could also serve as the
basis for an authentic drama.
In the realities of contemporary Israel, security is
paramount and Mossad agents benefit from huge
budgets and unrestricted activity. Nevertheless, believe
it or not, this intelligence agency also includes many
people who want to go home at 5:00 PM daily.
I decided to conduct an experiment and directed a
40 film as a warm-up for a full-length feature. The
award-winning result was seen by a paying audience
of 55,000.
Haggai Arad Alon Gur Arye
Daroma Productions strives to bring the individual back
to the centre and produce films that deal with social
issues. Our mission is to give a voice to the other the
ones that arent represented in the mass media. The
company, founded in 2009, already has 13 projects for
cinema and T.V.
Selected films: Red Leaves feature drama, 80 min,
Director: Bazi Getta. In post-production, funding: Israel
Film Fund, Avi-Chai Foundation, Gesher film fund,
The Israeli Cable and Satellite Council. Cinema South
Festival, Sderot, 2014.
Mossad! Feature comedy, 100 min, Director: Alon Gur
Arye. pre-production, funding: Jerusalem Film and
Television Fund in co-production with United King.
production
Daroma Productions
Hadekel st. 116, Moshav Kochav Michael, Israel
+972.57.7555805
Hagfilms@gmail.com
www.daromap.com
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synopsis
Uri, a lazy and incompetent guy in his 30s is forced to return home to his overbearing mother, Shoshi. Uri hasnt
talked to Shoshi in over a year, and Shoshi is so overwhelmed to see him that she chokes and dies right then and
there. Uri is now single, unemployed, depressed and has no one to care for him. A moment before he loses the
house and is forced to live on the streets, Shoshi reappears as a ghost and starts fixing Uris life: she helps Uri
get a job, reconnect with his brother, and start dating the girl he likes. But Uri cannot be dependent on Shoshi
forever, at some point he will have to move on and grow up.
Director & Writer Tal Goldberg Producer Ossie Kishlanski
Genre Comedy Audience 18-35 men, 18-65 women, parents, millenials Production Status Completed first
draft Estimated shooting date December 14 Time 90 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget
$300,000 Existing financial arrangements & source Private Investors - $100,000
05 My Ghost Mom
directors biography
Tal Goldberg is a professional Israeli screenwriter and
director. He has written and directed the 90 minute
action-comedy feature film OMG, Im a Robot!
and Offscreen, a TV comedy. Tal has worked with
many Israeli A-listers such as Tzahi Grad, Dror Keren,
Michael Mushonov, Yuval Segev and others. Offscreen
was bought by Hot VOD and later was adapted as
a web-series by Walla. The show has won many
awards in television and web series festivals. The
feature film OMG, Im a Robot! is currently in post-
production stages. These days Tal works as a director
and screenwriter at Srutonim, a video production
company. In addition, he dedicates his free time to
developing original ideas for film and television.
directors STATMENT
The film is about Uris attempt to fix up his life and
become independent. The majority of my generation
is in a similar situation: the financial crisis causes
young adults to abandon their big dreams, and many
return to live with their parents and are financially
dependent on them. The conflict between Uri and
Shoshi represents the eternal battle between parents
and children. The struggle is temporary, as our parents
wont live forever. Yet it is also never-ending because
even after our parents pass, we will continue to argue
with them in our minds. Ultimately, it is hard to watch
our parents growing old. The notion that one day they
will pass away adds to the anxiety many sense that
life isnt all its cracked up to be.
Ossie Kishlanski Tal Goldberg
Kishlanski Productions was founded in 2014 as an
outlet for Ossie Kishlanski creative ventures. Ossie
Kishlanski studied producing at Chapman
University in California and graduated after
producing five high-budget, award winning,
short films. Ossie worked with Grammy winning
directors and was mentored by some of the most
influential professionals in Hollywood such as Harry
Ufland, Michael Phillips, and Dawn Taubin. Ossies
experiences range from the various stages of
production to development and the business side of
the film industry. She interned with award winning
screenwriter Steve Zailian and The Gersh Agencys
literary department. Later she worked for TV
producer and manager Rob Golenberg at Scripted
World. These days Ossie is busy developing two
comedies in Israel.
production
Kishlanski Productions
20 Adam HaCohen Street, Apt. 2, Tel Aviv
+972.58.7713310
Ossie.Kishlanski@gmail.com
Tal.A.Goldberg@gmail.com
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synopsis
Neil, 27, is a gifted classical musician suffering from mental illness and undergoing rehabilitation after a
number of traumatic years in which he was in and out of a mental hospital and almost entirely cut off from
society. When his childhood friend, Alon, surprises him with an offer to join his band for a tour in Europe, Neil
suffers a manic attack. Tom, 24, is hospitalized in a closed eating disorder wing. She runs into Neil and charms
him with her winning smile, getting him to help her escape. The two embark on a nocturnal journey that
reveals their illnesses, their passions, and their dreams of going back to being the people they were, before
their minds betrayed their hearts.
Director Ram Nehari Writer Nitai Gvirtz Producer Yifat Prestelnik
Genre (Eccentric) romantic comedy Audience Youngsters Production Status Closing production package
Estimated shooting date December 14 Time 90 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget $350,000
Existing financial arrangements & source Israel Film Fund - $110,000
06 Nils
directors biography
Graduate of the Faculty of Film and Television at
Tel Aviv University. Wrote and directed (with Tamar
Marom) the series A Star Shines Over the Heart
(2001); directed and co-wrote the series Love Hurts
(2005), winner of two Israeli Film and Television
Academy Awards, and of the Haifa Festival (2004);
directed and co-wrote the series Imale (2006-2007),
winner of five Israeli Film and Television Academy
Awards, including for Best Director; Director of the
series Mekimi (2013), based on a book by Noa Yaron-
Dayan. The series participated in the Series Mania
Festival at Forum des Images, Paris, and at the Input
Television Conference (2014) in Helsinki; Script editor
on Dana Modans series Ananda, airing on Hot (first
and second seasons).
directors STATMENT
I tend towards eccentric rom-coms, though I detest
romance and am a terrible cynic. For many years I
mentored and directed short films made by mentally
ill people. Neils is based on these experiences and
encompasses all of my obsessions; the things that
bother me, and the things that make me laugh. Its
important that this film be funny. Making people
laugh is my battle for self-respect; making them
cry is begging for pity. I wanted characters that are
chemically and emotionally unbalanced. They dont
undergo any epiphanies, and the adventures they go
on are small, and occasionally pathetic. Their dreams
are bound to fail, but because I do love a good rom-
com, they do emerge. Theyve met one another.
Yifat Prestelnik Ram Nehari
Yifat Prestelnik Films (since 2003) is a boutique
production company specialized in feature films
& television series. YPF has unique and long-term
relationships with its directors and screenwriters
and has the ability to turn a rough idea into a final
product. Among its features: Three Mothers, The
Fifth Heaven, and TV series: Weeping Suzanne,
Mekimi. All participated in international festivals and
won prizes.
production
Yifat Prestelnik Films LTD
3rd Tyomkin Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.3.5663882 / +972.50.8850585
office@yifatfilms.co.il
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synopsis
Manny (35) leaves the house of his best and only friends Ronnie (35) and Didi (33). A Girl (29) passing by says
something to him and they have a short chat. The next day he is summoned by the police, shown photos of him
talking to the girl and is asked what the nature of their connection is. He says he does not know her. It turns
out she is a drug dealer who also works in the Israeli Parliament. She lures him to a vacation cabin near the
Lebanese border, drawing him out of his life on a route of self-discovery that illuminates a radical political reality
(or fantasy).
Director & Writer Joseph El Dror Producer Liran Atzmor
Genre Drama Audience Hetro Production Status Pre- production Estimated shooting date November 14
Time 90 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget $914,000 Existing financial arrangements & source
Israel Film Fund - $600,000, Channel 10 - $100,000
07 No Blood
directors biography
Writer translator and director, has created notable
works for theatre, TV and film, such as The Obvious, A
Speck on the Eyelash (co-directed with Sivan Arbel),
and the international prize winning The Chamber
Quintet (4 seasons) to name a few, and many other
published and produced writings and translations such
as Waiting for Godot and Chekhovs The Seagull.
directors STATMENT
No Blood is a story about a guy who goes after an
impossible fantasy only to find that what he was
looking for might be very near and available. In a
broader sense, though, No Blood is a story about
borders; the existence of borders, the absence of
borders, the crossing of borders; borders of the state,
of the heart, of friendship. Borders between the psyche
of the individual and the psyche of the nation.
Living in a constant state of survival, have we
internalized the national narrative so thoroughly we
can no longer distinguish?
In a totalitarian society the answer would be awful
but simple. In a thriving democracy this very question
can be unnerving, confusing, and breed fantasy and
paranoia, both personal and political.
While following the plot, the humor, the passion, the
drama, the intricate fragile stories of love and loyalty
between the characters, this fundamental dramatic
question remains open: is this a love affair or a
national security affair?
Liran Atzmor Joseph El Dror
Former managing director and senior producer at
Belfilms, Israel. Atzmor has produced programs for all
major Israeli broadcasters as well as broadcasters and
distributors in North America and Europe including the
BBC, ZDF-Arte, The History Channel, and many more.
Credits include: The Yad Vashem Films, The Inner
Tour and My Stills.
Atzmor also served as senior commissioning editor for
Israels documentary channel (Channel 8).
Produced The Law In These Parts by Raanan
Alexandrowicz winner of Sundance World Cinema Best
Documentary and Peabody 2013.
production
Atzmor Productions
86 Sokolov, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.52.8003362 / +972.52.8003362
liranatzmor@hotmail.com
www.thelawfilm.com
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synopsis
In 1977, on the eve of President Anwar Sadats visit to Jerusalem, Tirza Atar, 36, poet and author, mother of two
small children, jumped to her death from her apartment window. The daughter of Israels national poet Nathan
Alterman and actress Rachel Marcus, she spent her life trying to establish herself as a poet in her own right.
The film, set around the final day of Tirzas life, focuses on her relationship with her father, who carried on a
long, tormented affair with painter Tsila Binder. Alterman represented Israels cultural elite in the 1960s and
1970s: authors, artists, and poets responsible for Israels inalienable artistic assets, enriching the nation, but also
bringing a heavy weight to bear upon their children.
Director & Writer Dina Zvi-Riklis Producer Yifat Prestelnik / Eran Riklis
Genre Drama Audience General public Production Status Financing Estimated shooting date April 15
Time 100 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget 840,000$ Existing financial arrangements &
source United King Films - 280,000
08 Poppies in October
directors biography
Dina Zvi Riklis is a writer/ director, a graduate of the
Theatre Department of Tel Aviv University. Her feature
films: The Fifth Heaven (2012), Three Mothers (2006),
A Story That Begins With a Snake Funeral (1994)
all screened at various international films festivals.
Her short films such as Look Out (1991), Purple Lawns
(1998), The Postwoman, (2002) The Witch from
Melchet Street (2004) also screened successfully in
many international films festivals.
directors STATMENT
The English-speaking world had Sylvia Plath, and
Israel had Tirza Atar. At first there was a black and
white photo; a woman holding her beautiful face,
sadness emanating from her eyes. Then there were
the poems, wonderful and deep, happy and sad.
Long before reality stars became cultural heroes, poets
were the true celebrities. I have been intertwined
with the character of Tirza Atar for the last two years,
trying to decipher her delicate, lyrical soul, which
never found its place in the world. A woman who had
everything and nothing at the same time. A woman in
the shadow of her father, the nations poet, a woman
who could not tolerate the darkness and chose to end
her pain.
Yifat Prestelnik Eran Ri kl i s Dina Zvi-Riklis
Yifat Prestelnik Films (since 2003) is a boutique
production company specialized in feature films
& television series. YPF has unique and long-term
relationships with its directors and screenwriters and
has the ability to turn a rough idea into a final product.
Among its features: Three Mothers, The Fifth
Heaven, and TV series: Weeping Suzanne, Mekimi.
All participated in international festivals and won prizes.
Led by one of Israels most acclaimed film makers, Eran
Riklis Productions produced The Syrian Bride, Lemon
Tree, Zaytoun, Vulcan Junction, Cup Final, The
Truck (TV series), Until Tomorrow Comes, Miral and
co-produced Three Mothers, Burning Muki and more.
ERP focuses on international co-productions with an
emphasis on stories that travel and can reach a wide,
global audience.
production
Yifat Prestelnik Films Ltd / Eran Riklis Productions Ltd
3rd Tyomkin, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.3.5663882 / +972.50.8850585
office@yifatfilms.co.il
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synopsis
Shuli, Dalia, Ruti, Miri, Sharon. Five women, five protagonists, of different ages, at different stages of life, with
nothing in common except a random encounter with a man called Neta. In each story, the human body expresses
a psychological problem, and behind each story lays a mother-daughter relationship, at times covert and at
times overt. In each story, the encounter with Neta will have an impact on the female protagonists, as they will
also have an impact. Gradually Neta too assumes a lead role in the film, and we realize that we are portraying a
significant period in his life.
Director Nir Bergman Writers Nir Bergman & Eran Bar-Gil Producers Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi,
Tami Leon Genre Drama Audience +14 Production Status Fundraising Estimated shooting date
October 14 Time 90 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget $2,000,000 Existing financial
arrangements & source Israel Film Fund - 2,000,000 ILS, Jerusalem Film & TV Fund - 1,000,000 ILS
09 Saving Neta
directors biography
Nir is a leading and respected Israeli director and
writer for film and TV.
Among his works
Broken Wings (2002) writer & director, distributed
worldwide by Sony Classics, won best Writing and
Directing Awards at The Jerusalem International Film
Festival, as well as the Grand Prix Award for Best
Film, Tokyo International Film Award, the Panorama
Audience Award and more.
In Treatment (2004), Drama series, co-creator, writer
& director, the series was sold to HBO and won the
Emmy Award.
Intimate Grammar (2010), writer & director, won the
Tokyo Grand Prix for Best Film and Best Film Award at
Jerusalem Film Festival.
Yona (2014), writer & director.
directors STATMENT
The screenplay for Saving Neta was inspired by
Eran Bar-Gils book, Iron. I was moved by the
characters and the metaphors I discovered in the
stories. So I reduced the book to five stories and wrote
a screenplay. All the stories deal with the modern
family and thus, the screenplay raises questions such
as What is parenthood? What is family? What is
love?. At its finale, at a concert hall, while the parents
and children are preparing for the show, we lose our
protagonists in the crowd. Every family in the hall is
now a story, and each person a hero.
Chilik Michaeli Tami Leon Avraham Pirchi Nir Bergman
UCM was established in 2006 by the founding partners:
Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi & Tami Leon. For many
years they have been working with leading companies
in the entertainment world in Israel and abroad. UCM
films have run the major international film festival
circuits, reached a worldwide audience and sold
internationally.
Among its recent films: Yona (2014) Director: Nir
Bergman
Dancing Arabs (2014) Director: Eran Riklis
Big Bad Wolves (2013) Directors: Navot Papushado &
Aharon Keshales
The Matchmaker (2010) Director: Avi Nesher
A Matter Of Size (2009) Directors: Sharon Maymon &
Erez Tadmor.
production
United Channels Movies
76 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972-3-627-6200
info@ucm-film.com
www.ucm-film.com
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synopsis
Amnon Geffen, lives with a musician partner and is secretly in love with Hadas. Amnon is summoned to the Third
Lebanon War. At night, a Hizbollah missile hits the unit - they are all killed except Amnon. He suffers shell-shock.
He is being treated by a military psychiatrist. Amnon recreates himself as another character and become Yossi
Elephant (an Israeli rock star from the 80s). He begins performing although he does not know how to play or sing,
and becomes a local phenomenon in Tel-Aviv. Meanwhile, Amnon becomes obsessed about Hadas. When one day
she asks him if he remembers her, Amnon loses it completely. In his last concert Why Elephant? He concludes
by saying: Thank you, I was Yossi Elephant and leaves the stage.
Director & Writer Nony Geffen Producer Itai Tamir
Genre Drama Audience 18-50 Production Status Pre-shooting, received funding from IFF Estimated
shooting date November 14 Time 100 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget $600,000 Existing
financial arrangements & source Israel Film Fund - $100,000, Private investors - $50,000
10 Why Elephant
directors biography
Nony Geffen was born in 1982 in Tel-Aviv. He started
his career as an actor in television films and features,
including Its Never Too Late by Ido Fluk (2011). In 2012
Geffen made his first movie Not In Tel Aviv which he
wrote, acted in and directed. Not In Tel Aviv won the
Special Jury Prize (Silver Leopard) at the Locarno Film
Fetival.
Filmography: Why Elephant - Feature film script
development granted by the Israel Film Fund
Main actor in the award winning FIFF - Fribourg
International Film Festival
Its Never Too Late by Ido Fluk (2011). Not in Tel-Aviv
2012 (fiction) - writer, director and main actor.
Special Jury Prize (Silver Leopard Prize) in Locarno Film
Festival.
directors STATMENT
The cinematic language of my film will be integrated
in several styles of photography, which collectively
will form a unified sense of atmosphere. The general
style of the film Why Elephant is scheduled to be
shot during winter, a visual representation of the
characters state of mind. This includes the urban
landscapes as well as the vistas of the Golan Heights.
This will illustrate the level of confusion and non-
military preparedness vis--vis the Israeli macho male
ethic. By the end of the film, Amnon becomes an 80s
rockstar. This part will be filmed with a lot of shots
with motion and a strong flavor of rock-n-roll. At the
same time I shall strive to represent an alternative
picture of reality in Israel in the 2000s.
Itai Tamir Nony Geffen
Laila 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.
Since its founding in 2010 Laila Film produced:
Policeman directed by Nadav Lapid, Not in Tel
Aviv directed by Nony Geffen, Sharqiya directed by
Ami Livne, Alice directed by Dana Goldberg, Closed
Season directed by Franziska Schlotterer, Arabani
directed by Adi Aduan;
Laila also produced the documentary films Translation
and Annonces directed by Nurith Aviv.
production
Laila-Films
Ben Avigdor 20 POB 57511, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.72.2224660 / +972.54.4564144
iwww.laila-films.com
tai@laila-films.com
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synopsis
Yulia, 34, a Jewish Hungarian just released from Bergen Belsen, lives in a DP camp. She lost her two boys and her
husband. She is trying to become a woman again. Skinny, without hair, she meets Charlie, 35, an attractive,
anti-Semitic American intelligence officer. Charlie needs someone to film the Jews: Yulia, a cinematographers
widow, is perfect for the task, with her both ironic and sad humor. They are attracted to but hurt one another.
Charlie uses her for intelligence purposes while she becomes engaged to a Jewish man who kills former SS
soldiers. Finally, attempting to escape from Charlie, she decides to sail to Palestine. The end of the film will
choose between chaotic, cruel reality and romantic comedy.
Directors Naftaly Gliksberg, Yuval Granot Writers Yuval Granot, Original idea by Naftaly Gliksberg
Producer Naftaly Gliksberg Genre Alleged documentary, romantic comedy Audience Adults
Production Status Completed script and raising funds Estimated shooting date April 15 Time 90 min.
Language English, Hungarian, Yiddish Estimated budget $1,200,000 Existing financial arrangements &
source Keshet TV - $134,280
11 Yuilas Film
directors biography
Naftaly Gliksberg Director & producer. Among his
works, I am Shimon Peres, a film that tries to decode
the image of the ninth President of Israel through
monologues and archival materials (in final editing).
Under-lying anti-Semitism incisive film that
examines the contemporary Anti-Semitism in Europe
and the U.S. Fashion Order a TV series that examines
historical processes in Israel through fashion.
Naftalys works participated in more than forty
festivals around the world.
Yuval Granot Director & writer, his film Julia Mia, won
the Haifa Film Festival, 2007. Also wrote & directed
several TV series like The Good Guys, Reds. Nowadays
he is raising funds for Karny, a historic, ironic comedy
that is based on the true story of his father, Shmuel
Katz, Irgun headquarters member and advisor to Prime
Minister Menahem Begin.
directors STATMENT
A DP camp in Germany is not the most comic and
romantic place, but it is where Yulias Film, a romantic
comedy, takes place. After the war, concentration camp
refugees rose from the ashes and loss. Yulia is one of
these survivors. Created from many stories, newsreels
and testimonies of residents of the DP camps. Yulia is
making a documentary while trying to become a woman
again: the film is that documentary, accompanied by her
voice over because she cannot record. The sounds and
dialogues emerge when her imagination works, not her
camera. The film floats between a lens, real footage and
the fictive - imagined- scenes inspired by Hollywood in
the 40s. Captured is every drop of sarcasm and pain of
this elusive story and history.
Naftaly Gliksberg Yuval Granot
Glkscom Ltd. was founded in Tel Aviv in 2010. The
company produces documentaries, television
dramas, and fiction film. Glikscom works with most
broadcasters in Israel and has produced five series
documentaries and five films. Currently the company
is ahead of the photographs of the first scripted TV
series, writing a screenplay for a feature supported by
the Rabinowitz Film Fund, and developing two other
drama series. For the production of Yulias Film the
company plans to take a partner with experience in
producing feature films.
production
Glkscom Ltd.
Levy Issac 11, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.3.5224583 / +972.54.521.2766
naftalyg@gmail.com
www.glikscom.com/
AMAL (HOPE) (Daroma Productions) 52
MADAME YANKELOVAS FINE LITERATURE CLUB (TRANSFAX Film Productions) 54
OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION (Sprio Films) 56
WEDDING DULL (Gilady Nitzan Films) 58
WOUNDED LAND (ComeBack Films) 60
wo r k i n
progress
projects
THE WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECTS
55
synopsis
Bina (46), a religious woman from Jerusalem, arrives panic-stricken at the hospital after her son Oliel (25) was
severely injured in a stabbing attack. This is the first time she sees him since he became secular and lost contact
with the family. Her husband, Meir (50) arrives later, only at their daughter Esters (28) insistence. At the hospital,
Bina meets Amal (24). While Meir searches for answers to revive Oliel, the two despondent women bond with one
another. However, Amal hides from Bina and Meir that she is an Arab and that she is their sons lover.
While waiting for Oliels revival, they will learn about truth, faith, understanding, acceptance, and love that can
and perhaps should replace fear of the unknown.
Director & Writer Miya Hatav Producer Elad Peleg
Genre Drama Audience +15 Production Status Post-production Time 80 min. Language Hebrew and
Arabic Estimated budget $430,000 Needed budget $150,000
12 Amal (Hope)
directors biography
Graduate of The Maaleh School of TV, Film & The Arts,
Jerusalem. Selected films as a scriptwriter, editor and
director: Mika, 2009, fiction, 27 min
Awards: Best Fictional Film, Maaleh Graduation
Awards 2008
Festivals:
Jerusalem Film Festival (Wolgin) Summer 2008
Panda Bear Film Festival, Sichuan TV Festival 2009
Di Frost Culture Film Festival Jerusalem 2010
Labor Film Festival, Haifa Cinemateque 2010
The Doll, fiction, 10 min
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
directors STATMENT
Jerusalem is a city where historical nations and people
battle. Yet the hospital there is a space where people
only want to recover and where conflicts are set
aside. It is the natural setting for a plot exploring the
question of what is so important about our religious or
national identity.
As a filmmaker who grew up in a conservative,
religious household, I chose to tell the story through
the eyes of Bina, Meir, and Amal, with the closed eyes
of Oliel connecting them. The closed, nonjudgmental
eyes succeed in bringing the parents closer to one
another and to their son and opening up their eyes
through Amal, a young Arab woman who just wants to
be free and loved.
Elad Peleg Miya Hatav
Daroma Productions strives to bring the individual back
to the centre and produce films that deal with social
issues. Our mission is to give a voice to the other,
those who are not represented in the mass media. The
company, founded in 2009, already has 13 projects for
cinema and TV.
Selected films: Red Leaves feature drama, 80 min,
Director: Bazi Getta. In post-production, funding: Israel
Film Fund, Avi-Chai foundation, Gesher Film Fund,
The Israeli Cable and Satellite Council. Cinema South
Festival, Sderot, 2014.
Mossad! feature comedy, 100 min, Director: Alon Gur
Arye. pre-production, funding: Jerusalem Film and
Television Fund in co-production with United King.
production
Daroma Productions
116 Hadekel St. Moshav Kochav Michael, Israel
+972.57.7555805
va.elad@gmail.com
www.daromap.com
57
synopsis
Inspired by the Israeli Nobel-laureate writer Shmuel Yosef Agnons novella The Mistress and the Peddler,
Madam Yankelovas Fine Literature Club portrays the story of Sophie, an aging member of Madam Yankelovas
Club, a belles-lettres club for women only. The clubs weekly competition meeting is about who succeeds to bring
the most beautiful, young and attractive man, who is subsequently executed and eaten at the festive meal that
ends the evening. All official female club members despise men and have lost their faith in love a very long
time ago. Their motto, There is no true love, confronts Sophie when she meets beautiful, gentle and young
Joseph who falls in love with her and rocks her world. Now Sophie must decide between Madam Yankelovas Fine
Literature Club - the center of her life - and her last chance of true love.
Director Guilhad Emilio Schenker Writers Guilhad Emilio Schenker and Yossi Meiri
Producer Marek Rozenbaum Genre Drama, thriller, romance Audience +14 Production Status Post-
production Time 90 min. Language Hebrew Estimated budget $735,000 Needed budget $126,280
13 Madame Yankelovas Fine Literature Club
directors biography
Guilhad Emilio Schenker is the director of the film
Lavan (white) that was screened at over 70 film
festivals around the world, won 12 international awards
and was broadcast in 10 countries. Mr. Schenker
is a MFA Graduate of Tel Aviv University Faculty
of the Arts - Film & TV Department and scholar
at the German Bursary program. Former head of
programming at G.L.Z Radio, the most popular radio
station in Israel. His previous short films Shum and
Schatz were screened at many film festivals around
the world.
Madam Yankelovas fine literature club, supported
by the Yehoshua Rabinowitz film fund is his first full
length feature film.
directors STATMENT
Inspired by Nobel laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon
novellas The Mistress and the Peddler, the original
script was inspired by dark stories and canonical films.
Our cinematic language takes its inspiration from Tim
Burtons colorful fantasy worlds, Roman Polanskis
mixed drama-horror genres and Pedro Almodovars
female characters complexity.
Marek Rozenbaum Guilhad Emilio Schenker
Mr. Rozenbaum established Transfax Film Productions
in 1988 and produced over 50 feature films and
international co-productions, among them award-
winning films that have received worldwide acclaim.
For 10 years Mr. Rozenbaum held the position of
chairman of the Israeli Academy for Cinema and
Television, 6 years the position of chairman of Israels
Film and Television Producers Association, and today
is a member of its board, as well as member of the
board of the European Film Academy. Mr. Rozenbaum
is one of the most experienced film producers in Israel
today.
production
Transfax Film Productions
3 Yagia Kapayim St. Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.36871202 / +972.50.6902409
gs.emilio@gmail.com
www@transfax.co.il
59
synopsis
Haifa, the downtown area. The old Carmel Mountain side. The port.
Uri grabs a chance of catching a freight-ship, he wants to set out for the unknown. He is going down-hill, to
the harbor. Leaving his hometown, his memories. He is reflecting on his life, re-running some of his strongest
memories of his life and his times. Moshe is out looking for a lost cause, unwinding the time out of his loom.
Moshe is going up-hill. They are on a collision course. They once knew each other. Moshe was Uris civics teacher.
Will they meet? Will it change anything? Both of them and some others as well, are traversing the dozens of
unique staircases of historic Mt. Carmel.
Director & Writer Elad Keidan Producers Eitan Mansuri, Elie Meirovitz
Genre Epic chamber Audience All Production Status Rouch-cut Time 110 min. Language Hebrew
Estimated budget $500,000 Needed budget $50,000
14 Our Economic Situation
directors biography
Born in Haifa, works as a high-school teacher.
Anthem a short by Keidan won the first prize in the
Cinefundacion- Cannes. He was part of the Atalier
program- Cannes. His first feature is in editing.
directors STATMENT
Our Economic Situation. An urban, existential fantasy
describing the old neighborhoods of Haifa on the
slopes of Mt. Carmel from the port upward. The film
does this via two characters, an ex-teacher and his ex-
pupil, who move toward each other. One from the top
down, the other from the foot of the mountain upward.
The main spaces of the film are dozens of stairs built
into the mountain slope. Some are ancient, others
are newer. The atmosphere and magic, urbanism and
nature, the co-existence or lack thereof, the sunset,
the decay, the existential forces in this area all serve
as a point of departure and inspiration. It draws upon
the approaches and inspiration of Altman, Kurosawa,
Kiarostami, Perlov, Kishon and the non-cinematic
inspiration of E. Hillel, Dylan Thomas, Beckett.
Eitan Mansuri Elad Keidan
Spiro Films is an Israeli based Production Company
dedicated to producing artistically ambitious films
and aims to promote expressive voices of the new
emerging generation of Israeli writers and directors.
EZ Films is specialized in the production of art-house
films by new and veteran directors. The companys
films have been selected to Cannes, Berlin, Venice,
Toronto, Locarno, Karlovy Vary film festivals, among
many others.
production
Spiro films - Israel, EZ films- France
94 Alenby St. Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.52.8605360
eitanmansuri@gmail.com
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synopsis
Hagit is a young woman with mental retardation who has a part time job in a toilet paper factory located in a
deserted industrial area. Hagit lives with her protective mother and longs to be independent. Her biggest dream
is to get married. Hagit is in love with the infamous son of the factory owner. She does not understand that he is
taking advantage of her love, sexually using her in secret, while promising her that they will get married. To her
great disappointment, her wedding will become an event she will never forget.
Director & Writer Nitzan Gilady Producer Nitzan Gilady
Genre Drama Audience 12+ Production Status Post production Time 90 min. Language Hebrew
Estimated budget $600,000
15 Wedding Dull
directors biography
Nitzan Gilady is a director/producer/scriptwriter of the
documentary films Jerusalem Is Proud to Present, In
Satmar Custody and The Last Enemy. His films have
received 13 international awards, participated in over
120 international film festivals and been broadcast over
prestigious TV channels around the world, including:
Sundance channel and ZDF-ARTE. The short fiction
drama Queens Up directed by Gilady participated in
the international Jerusalem Film Festival and received
an Audience Award at Sedicicorto - Forli International
Film Festival. Mr. Gilady is a graduate of the Academy
of arts Circle in the Square (New York). He received
a grant for the Art of Cinema 2004 initiated by the
Ministry of Education, given to outstanding Israeli
filmmakers.
directors STATMENT
Being different is a subject that has concerned
me for as long as I can remember. It has followed
me from a young age and I know it inside-out. 17
years ago my brother was diagnosed with a post-
trauma disorder, resulting from his military service
in Lebanon. This created a major crisis in my family.
All of us, and especially my parents had to deal
with a new and unfamiliar reality. Their beloved
son returned from the army broken and now they
have to care for him like a small child. Since then,
my brother has had difficulty coming to terms with
his disability. This is the story from which the script
evolved.
Nitzan Gilady
Gilady Nitzan Films LTD is a young and innovative
independent production company established by
Nitzan Gilady in 1998 which produced his previous
films. The company has brought all of Giladys
work to the commercial channels in Israel and to
prestigious TV stations all over the world. The company
works together with the New Israel Foundation for
Cinema and TV, Soros Documentary Fund and Makor
Foundation.
production
Gilady Nitzan Films LTD
Hamehoga St. 5, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.3.6826152 / +972.52.2319829
nitzangilady@gmail.com
www.nitzangiladyfilms.com
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synopsis
A brutal terror attack. A suicide bomber detonates a bomb on a Saturday night in the heart of Haifa. The bomber
is injured and rushed to the nearby hospital in critical condition, and with him many of the wounded attack
victims. The burdensome situation that night leads to an intensive chain of events, serious doubts and bursts of
emotion for many of the characters: the four police officers responsible for guarding the attacker at the hospital,
the doctor who happened to be on duty that turbulent night, the efficient nurse working beside him, the group
of injured people hospitalized in such close proximity to the terrorist and their family members who are naturally
caught in the deep turmoil.
Director Erez Tadmor Writers Erez Tadmor, Shlomo Efrati Producers Shemi Shoenfeld, Amitan Menelzon
Genre Drama Audience All audience from age 12 upward Production Status Post-production Time 100
min. Language Hebrew and Arabic Estimated budget $1,000,000
16 Wounded Land
directors biography
Erez Tadmor studied film at the Camera Obscura
School of Art. His first short film, Moosh won awards
at festivals worldwide. He and director Guy Nattiv
directed a short Strangers which won over 30 awards.
They directed Offside which won the 2006 Manhattan
Short Film Festival. They directed a full length version
of their short Strangers which participated in dozens
of festivals. In 2009 Tadmor directed A Matter of Size
with Sharon Maymon. In 2012 he directed with Guy
Nattiv Magic Men a full length film starring Makram
Khoury who won Best Actor at the Israeli Academy
Film Awards. Wounded Land his new film is in
production.
directors STATMENT
Wounded Land is a mosaic of Israeli society during
a terror attack. The movie takes place in Israel in 2014,
but tells of a difficult period Israel endured at the
onset of the 21st century; the most brutal period of
terror attacks in the countrys history. But the terror
attack is just the backdrop of the decay in Israeli
society caused by corruption, the police, criminal
weapons dealers (who may sell weapons to our
enemies), the populations impatience, racism and
violence.
Shemi Shoenfeld Amitan Menelzon Erez Tadmor
Shemi Shoenfeld and Amitan Menelzon are both
industry veterans, developing & producing feature films
& TV since the 90s.
production
ComeBack Films
30 Ehad Aam, Tel Aviv, Israel
+972.35049440 / +972.54.2132111
comebackf@gmail.com
amitan1@netvision.net.il
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PITCH POINT 2014
acknowledgements
The ARTE International Prize International Relations ARTE will grant its prize to a
project presented by a filmmaker within the Jerusalem Pitch Point. With this Award
ARTE would like to show its commitment and support to productions from this part
of the world.
The grant will be awarded to a project/filmmaker whose originality, personal writing
style and motivation are exceptional.
The CNC International Prize A Special Award will be granted to the Most Promising
Film Project, Courtesy of CNC France, with the support of Centre National du
Cinma et de lImage Anime
The Van Leer Award
Thank You
Special Thanks to Our Panelists, Guests & Tutors: Roberto Olla, Rmi Burah,
Andr de Margerie, Edith Sepp-Dallas, Claudia Landsberger, Diana Elbaum,
Marie-Pierre Valle, Gabriele Brunnenmeyer, Bec Smith, Christina Bentlage,
Sonja Heinan, Michel Zana, Andreas Eicher, Elie Meirovitz, Konstantina
Stavrianou, Randy Manis, Ricky Tollman
Special Thanks to The Israeli Presenters, Producers & Directors
Israel Film Council: David Alexander, Eti Cohen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Raphael Gamzu, Ofra Ben-Yaakov, Vered Heller,
Uri Amitai, Pnina Elal
Jerusalem Foundation: Mark Sofer, Eyal Sher, Hedva Foguel, Daniel Mimran
Jerusalem Film & Television Fund: Yoram Honig, Director. Galia Altaratz,
Project Manager
The Van Leer Foundation: Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker,Rien Van Ghent,
Trude Maas, Andre Betting
ARTE France: Olivier Pre, Rmi Burah, Andr de Margerie, Annamaria
Lodato, Sylvie Bousselet, Fiona Herry
CNC: Frdrique Bredin, Pierre-Emmanuel Lecerf, Michel Plazanet, Batrice
Rodenbour
The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem, The Jerusalem
International Film Lab: Rennen Schorr, Ifat Tubi
Institut Francais de Tel Aviv: Olivier Tournaud
And a last and very special thanks to our partners
The Israel Film Fund: Katriel Schory, David Lipkind, Haya Nastovic
The winning projects will be awarded with these special prizes
STAFF
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Cinematheque & Festival Director Noa Regev
Deputy Director Nir Becher
Artistic Director Elad Samorzik
Head of Guests department Eti Tsicko
Pitch Point & Industry Meeting Director Elad Goldman
Pitch Point & Industry Meeting Producer Moran Arzi
Pitch Point Jury Coordinator Ayellet Beck, Maya Katzir
Industry Events Coordinator Rotem Shochat
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