Israeli film Advocate won best documentary during Wednesday’s 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche for PBS, the story follows the work of human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel as she represents political prisoners.
Filmmaker and comedian Cj Hunt was a presenter during the evening, handing an award to the team behind Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool for best arts and culture documentary. The project was later awarded best sound.
The award for best writing went to The Story of Plastic, from director Deia Schlosberg; while Rick Rowley’s Jamal Khashoggi-centered film Kingdom of Silence was recognized ...
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche for PBS, the story follows the work of human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel as she represents political prisoners.
Filmmaker and comedian Cj Hunt was a presenter during the evening, handing an award to the team behind Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool for best arts and culture documentary. The project was later awarded best sound.
The award for best writing went to The Story of Plastic, from director Deia Schlosberg; while Rick Rowley’s Jamal Khashoggi-centered film Kingdom of Silence was recognized ...
- 9/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Israeli film Advocate won best documentary during Wednesday’s 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche for PBS, the story follows the work of human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel as she represents political prisoners.
Filmmaker and comedian Cj Hunt was a presenter during the evening, handing an award to the team behind Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool for best arts and culture documentary. The project was later awarded best sound.
The award for best writing went to The Story of Plastic, from director Deia Schlosberg; while Rick Rowley’s Jamal Khashoggi-centered film Kingdom of Silence was recognized ...
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche for PBS, the story follows the work of human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel as she represents political prisoners.
Filmmaker and comedian Cj Hunt was a presenter during the evening, handing an award to the team behind Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool for best arts and culture documentary. The project was later awarded best sound.
The award for best writing went to The Story of Plastic, from director Deia Schlosberg; while Rick Rowley’s Jamal Khashoggi-centered film Kingdom of Silence was recognized ...
- 9/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Ophir Awards, Israel’s top film awards, have crowned Ruthy Pribar’s Asia as Best Picture, per The Jerusalem Post. The film now automatically becomes the country’s entry for the 2021 International Oscar race.
The year’s ceremony was held via a special broadcaster of the show Culture Agent, hosted by Kobi Meidan, replacing the traditional live event, which was cancelled due to pandemic disruption.
Asia was selected for Tribeca this year and won the virtual fest’s Best Actress Award for Shira Haas. It follows a young mother who lives with her now teenage daughter. When the daughter falls ill, her mother must step in and become the parent her daughter desperately needs.
The film also scooped the Ophirs for Best Actress (Alena Yiv), Best Supporting Actress (Shira Haas) and Best Cinematography (Daniella Nowitz).
Further winners at today’s ceremony included Nir Bergman’s Here We Are, which took Best Director,...
The year’s ceremony was held via a special broadcaster of the show Culture Agent, hosted by Kobi Meidan, replacing the traditional live event, which was cancelled due to pandemic disruption.
Asia was selected for Tribeca this year and won the virtual fest’s Best Actress Award for Shira Haas. It follows a young mother who lives with her now teenage daughter. When the daughter falls ill, her mother must step in and become the parent her daughter desperately needs.
The film also scooped the Ophirs for Best Actress (Alena Yiv), Best Supporting Actress (Shira Haas) and Best Cinematography (Daniella Nowitz).
Further winners at today’s ceremony included Nir Bergman’s Here We Are, which took Best Director,...
- 11/13/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The 33rd season of PBS’ documentary series Pov will launch July 20 with the broadcast premiere of Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s We Are The Radical Monarchs. The film which premiered at SXSW 2019, follows a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice in Oakland, and kicks off a lineup of 13 docs that focus on stories of hope and shared humanity.
Pov’s season premiere will be preceded in June by Pov’s first-ever miniseries, And She Could Be Next. The multi-part documentary, to air June 29-30 a a special presentation, follows a defiant movement of women of color fighting to transform American politics from the ground up. It is produced by and all-women-of-color crew.
The pubcaster said Wednesday in announcing the lineup that 80% of the new season’s films were directed by women, and more than two thirds by filmmakers of color. More than half of the...
Pov’s season premiere will be preceded in June by Pov’s first-ever miniseries, And She Could Be Next. The multi-part documentary, to air June 29-30 a a special presentation, follows a defiant movement of women of color fighting to transform American politics from the ground up. It is produced by and all-women-of-color crew.
The pubcaster said Wednesday in announcing the lineup that 80% of the new season’s films were directed by women, and more than two thirds by filmmakers of color. More than half of the...
- 4/29/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
For female filmmakers in the industry, this year’s round of Oscar nominations – in which acclaimed female-helmed films such as “Hustlers” and “The Farewell” were shut out in place of male-directed Best Picture nominees predominantly centred on stories of white men – told a frustratingly familiar story. But in the Academy’s non-fiction branch, a different narrative was being written.
Not only did the Best Documentary Feature category achieve directorial gender parity, with four female and four male nominees, but female filmmakers led men overall, with 13 nominees to 12 across both feature and doc short categories.
The branch celebrated newcomers such as Waad al-Kateab (“For Sama”), Tamara Kotevska (“Honeyland”) and Smriti Mundhra (“St. Louis Superman”); mid-career filmmakers such as Sigrid Dyekjær (“The Cave”) and Joanna Natasegara (“The Edge of Democracy”); and established documentarians such as Julia Reichert (“American Factory”).
The latter duo both achieved remarkable feats that garnered little mainstream press coverage:...
Not only did the Best Documentary Feature category achieve directorial gender parity, with four female and four male nominees, but female filmmakers led men overall, with 13 nominees to 12 across both feature and doc short categories.
The branch celebrated newcomers such as Waad al-Kateab (“For Sama”), Tamara Kotevska (“Honeyland”) and Smriti Mundhra (“St. Louis Superman”); mid-career filmmakers such as Sigrid Dyekjær (“The Cave”) and Joanna Natasegara (“The Edge of Democracy”); and established documentarians such as Julia Reichert (“American Factory”).
The latter duo both achieved remarkable feats that garnered little mainstream press coverage:...
- 2/4/2020
- by Adam Benzine
- Variety Film + TV
“American Factory” has been named the best documentary of 2019 at the 13th annual Cinema Eye Honors ceremony, which were presented on Monday evening in New York City.
The film, executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, and distributed by Netflix, is an examination of an Ohio glass factory that was taken over by a Chinese company in an uneasy cultural alliance. It prevailed in a category in which all six nominees — “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “For Sama,” “Honeyland,” “Midnight Family” and “One Child Nation” — are also on the Oscars shortlist for documentary features.
The “American Factory” directors, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, also won the award for Outstanding Direction. The Outstanding Production category resulted in a tie between two films set in Syria, “The Cave” and “For Sama.”
Also Read: 'For Sama' Is Named Top Doc at Ida Documentary Awards
“Honeyland” won for cinematography,...
The film, executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, and distributed by Netflix, is an examination of an Ohio glass factory that was taken over by a Chinese company in an uneasy cultural alliance. It prevailed in a category in which all six nominees — “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “For Sama,” “Honeyland,” “Midnight Family” and “One Child Nation” — are also on the Oscars shortlist for documentary features.
The “American Factory” directors, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, also won the award for Outstanding Direction. The Outstanding Production category resulted in a tie between two films set in Syria, “The Cave” and “For Sama.”
Also Read: 'For Sama' Is Named Top Doc at Ida Documentary Awards
“Honeyland” won for cinematography,...
- 1/7/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Award-winner currently screening in New York, Los Angeles theatres.
Oscar-shortlisted documentary feature Advocate has been acquired for Us television by Pov, the independent documentary showcase that presents films on the country’s PBS public TV network.
The exclusive deal between distributor Film Movement, Cinepil and Pov includes windows for free video on demand (Fvod), streaming, and the PBS Passport service offered to public TV subscribers.
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche, Advocate explores the human fallout of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the work of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who for decades has represented Palestinian political prisoners.
The...
Oscar-shortlisted documentary feature Advocate has been acquired for Us television by Pov, the independent documentary showcase that presents films on the country’s PBS public TV network.
The exclusive deal between distributor Film Movement, Cinepil and Pov includes windows for free video on demand (Fvod), streaming, and the PBS Passport service offered to public TV subscribers.
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche, Advocate explores the human fallout of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the work of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who for decades has represented Palestinian political prisoners.
The...
- 1/6/2020
- by 31¦John Hazelton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The war between Israelis and Palestinians is a subject that has been debated and discussed for decades. And sadly, for all those real people involved, the fighting doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. However, in the new film “Advocate,” the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is seen from a new perspective.
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As seen in the new trailer for “Advocate,” the documentary follows the story of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer that uses her skills in the justice system to defend Palestinians.
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As seen in the new trailer for “Advocate,” the documentary follows the story of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer that uses her skills in the justice system to defend Palestinians.
Continue reading ‘Advocate’ Trailer: Sundance Documentary Follows An Israeli Lawyer Defending Palestinians at The Playlist.
- 1/2/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
"I always see the person behind the case." Film Movement has released an official trailer for a documentary titled Advocate, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year. It also played at many other big festivals last year including Cph:dox, DocAviv, Biografilm, Hot Docs, Munich, Hong Kong, Krakow. The acclaimed doc film is a look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years. "As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she's more than an attorney, she’s an advocate." Advocate follows her around as she deals with various cases and courthouses, showing us the truth in spite of great resistance to it. "Tsemel spoke truth to power before the term became trendy and she'll continue to do so after fear makes it unfashionable. As such, she's a model we...
- 1/2/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Some of us in the U.S. are proud to say that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, but Palestinians and ordinary people in large parts of the world may disagree. It’s true that Israel has a working parliament, the Knesset, with real powers (if the multiple parties could ever agree on anything), […]
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- 12/24/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
“I am a very angry, optimistic woman,” says Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel toward the end of “Advocate,” a sober, engrossing documentary dedicated to her life and work. Her description isn’t a contradiction in terms, exactly, but it does highlight two traits that are rarely twinned, particularly to positive effect. It’s an apt pairing, however, both for Tsemel herself — after a career spent fighting the justice system with few outright victories to show for it, she retains a dogged faith in the possibility of change — and for the tough-minded, clear-eyed film that directors Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche have made in unsentimental thrall to her.
Following two cases that exemplify Tsemel’s dedication to defending Palestinians charged with terrorist acts, it’s a gripping procedural that intelligently expands into more searching questions over the Israel-Palestine divide and one woman’s precarious, often unpopular role as what...
Following two cases that exemplify Tsemel’s dedication to defending Palestinians charged with terrorist acts, it’s a gripping procedural that intelligently expands into more searching questions over the Israel-Palestine divide and one woman’s precarious, often unpopular role as what...
- 12/20/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Controversial Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel is “a big chutzpahdik,” in the words of filmmaker Rachel Leah Jones.
“In Yiddish that means somebody ballsy, somebody gutsy,” Jones explains. “Chutzpah, she has a lot of chutzpah.”
Tsemel has been demonstrating that chutzpah in a legal career that stretches back 50 years, taking on the unpopular task of representing Palestinian defendants charged in Israeli courts. That has earned her the bitter enmity of many Israelis, but the respect of Jones and fellow director Philippe Bellaiche, who explore Tsemel’s work in their award-winning documentary Advocate.
“She’s the woman that everybody loves to hate, but also hates to love. She’s very determined,” Jones observes. “She’s the kind of person who spoke truth to power before the term became trendy, and she’ll continue to do so after fear makes it unfashionable.”
Jones describes Tsemel, who was born in Palestine in...
“In Yiddish that means somebody ballsy, somebody gutsy,” Jones explains. “Chutzpah, she has a lot of chutzpah.”
Tsemel has been demonstrating that chutzpah in a legal career that stretches back 50 years, taking on the unpopular task of representing Palestinian defendants charged in Israeli courts. That has earned her the bitter enmity of many Israelis, but the respect of Jones and fellow director Philippe Bellaiche, who explore Tsemel’s work in their award-winning documentary Advocate.
“She’s the woman that everybody loves to hate, but also hates to love. She’s very determined,” Jones observes. “She’s the kind of person who spoke truth to power before the term became trendy, and she’ll continue to do so after fear makes it unfashionable.”
Jones describes Tsemel, who was born in Palestine in...
- 12/5/2019
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The UK Jewish Film Festival winners have been revealed. The Best Debut Feature Award has gone to Leona, directed by Isaac Cherem. The Spanish-language Mexican film, which received its UK premiere at the event, follows a young Jewish woman from Mexico City who finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love with a non-Jewish man. The Dorfman Best Film Award went to Polish film Dolce Fine Giornata, directed by Jacek Borcuch. Pic charts how the stable family life of a poetess begins to fall apart as she makes a controversial speech. The movie beat out other titles Flawless, Jojo Rabbit, My Polish Honeymoon, Stripped and The Unorthodox. The Best Documentary Award winner has been announced as Advocate, directed by Philippe Bellaiche and Rachel Leah Jones. The film is a look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years.
- 11/22/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite,” which earlier this year won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, on Thursday added the Asia Pacific Screen Award for best film to its burgeoning trophy cabinet. “Parasite” producer Jang Young-hwan was on hand to accept the award at the end of a ritzy ceremony in Brisbane, Australia.
The APSAs, now in their 13th edition, like to celebrate the diversity and artistic expression of the 70 countries in its remit, and they usually spread around the awards to avoid clustering around a single winner. So it proved again this year.
While “Parasite” predictably took the top award, Russia’s “Beanpole” was the numerical winner and the only film to claim two of the APSAs stunning glass vessel prizes. Directed by Kantemir Balagov, “Beanpole” was rewarded for best screenplay and achievement in cinematography (Ksenia Sereda).
At the nominations stage, Chinese drama “So Long, My Son...
The APSAs, now in their 13th edition, like to celebrate the diversity and artistic expression of the 70 countries in its remit, and they usually spread around the awards to avoid clustering around a single winner. So it proved again this year.
While “Parasite” predictably took the top award, Russia’s “Beanpole” was the numerical winner and the only film to claim two of the APSAs stunning glass vessel prizes. Directed by Kantemir Balagov, “Beanpole” was rewarded for best screenplay and achievement in cinematography (Ksenia Sereda).
At the nominations stage, Chinese drama “So Long, My Son...
- 11/21/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The polarizing legal documentary Advocate has rightfully caused controversy within Israel and around the world, telling the story of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli human rights lawyer who defends Palestinians who have committed real crimes. Although she’s thought of as the devil’s advocate, she persists, offering a defense of those who she views as political prisoners. In various interviews throughout the documentary she navigates her role in this as an Israeli, married to a left-leaning activist Michel Warschawski. In one tense exchange from the late 1990s she defends her clients, defiantly telling the interviewer that Israeli citizens are in no position to tell Palestinians how to react to their occupation.
The cases she takes on aren’t easy and in many the only victory is a lighter sentence. The political climate grows more heated as the film focuses upon the case of Ahmad, a 13-year-old with a knife who...
The cases she takes on aren’t easy and in many the only victory is a lighter sentence. The political climate grows more heated as the film focuses upon the case of Ahmad, a 13-year-old with a knife who...
- 11/20/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The Producers Guild of America is out with the nominees for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures at its 31st annual Producers Guild Awards. They are:
Advocate, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, about Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinian political prisoners.
American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, which sees a Chinese billionaire open a new factory in Ohio and follows high-tech China clashing with working-class America.
Apollo 11, director Todd Douglas Miller’s deep dive into the 1969 moon mission.
The Cave, from Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, about an underground hospital run by a woman, Dr. Amani Ballour.
For Sama, directed by Waad al-Kateab. Director: Edward Watts, the story of a young woman’s journey through love, war and motherhood across five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria.
Honeyland, directed by Tamara Kotevska, which follows the life of the last female beekeeper in Europe,...
Advocate, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, about Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinian political prisoners.
American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, which sees a Chinese billionaire open a new factory in Ohio and follows high-tech China clashing with working-class America.
Apollo 11, director Todd Douglas Miller’s deep dive into the 1969 moon mission.
The Cave, from Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, about an underground hospital run by a woman, Dr. Amani Ballour.
For Sama, directed by Waad al-Kateab. Director: Edward Watts, the story of a young woman’s journey through love, war and motherhood across five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria.
Honeyland, directed by Tamara Kotevska, which follows the life of the last female beekeeper in Europe,...
- 11/19/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Producers Guild of America on Tuesday announced its documentary motion picture nominees for the 2020 Producers Guild Awards.
The films nominated for outstanding producer of documentary motion pictures are: Advocate, American Factory, Apollo 11, The Cave, For Sama, Honeyland and One Child Nation.
Individual producer eligibility is still being determined.
Film Movement's Advocate, about the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years, was also nominated for two honors at the International Documentary Association's Ida Awards.
Netflix's American Factory, from Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground production company, tells the ...
The films nominated for outstanding producer of documentary motion pictures are: Advocate, American Factory, Apollo 11, The Cave, For Sama, Honeyland and One Child Nation.
Individual producer eligibility is still being determined.
Film Movement's Advocate, about the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years, was also nominated for two honors at the International Documentary Association's Ida Awards.
Netflix's American Factory, from Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground production company, tells the ...
- 11/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Beyonce’s “Homecoming” has landed three nominations to lead all films in the first round of noms for the Cinema Eye Honors, a New York-based awards ceremony established in 2007 to honor all aspects of nonfiction filmmaking.
In an announcement made at a luncheon in downtown Los Angeles, Cinema Eye Honors organizers unveiled nominations in seven categories, including new categories for broadcast editing and cinematography. “Homecoming” received nominations in both those new categories, as well as for the outstanding broadcast film of the year.
It faces off in that last category against “Apollo: Mission to the Moon,” “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal,” “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” “Leaving Neverland” and “The Sentence.”
Also Read: 'Homecoming' Film Review: Beyoncé's Powerful Documentary Captures Her Once-in-a-Lifetime Coachella Triumph
Other shows with multiple nominations were the broadcast series “Salt Fat Acid Heat” and “Tricky Dick,” which received two each.
In an announcement made at a luncheon in downtown Los Angeles, Cinema Eye Honors organizers unveiled nominations in seven categories, including new categories for broadcast editing and cinematography. “Homecoming” received nominations in both those new categories, as well as for the outstanding broadcast film of the year.
It faces off in that last category against “Apollo: Mission to the Moon,” “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal,” “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” “Leaving Neverland” and “The Sentence.”
Also Read: 'Homecoming' Film Review: Beyoncé's Powerful Documentary Captures Her Once-in-a-Lifetime Coachella Triumph
Other shows with multiple nominations were the broadcast series “Salt Fat Acid Heat” and “Tricky Dick,” which received two each.
- 10/24/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In today’s film news roundup, David Straithairn gets cast as an alcoholic, “Parasite” gets a beer and the Other Israel Film Festival sets its opener and closer. Casting David Strathairn is joining Bradley Cooper in Guillermo del Toro’s remake of the film noir “Nightmare Alley” for Fox Searchlight. The production is an adaptation of the 1946 novel by William Lindsay. Tyrone Power starred in a 1947 film of the same name. Toni Collette, Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett are also signed to star in “Nightmare Alley,” with Cooper playing a swindler who teams with a psychologist. Strathairn will play the alcoholic husband of Collette’s character, another mentalist.
Del Toro is directing the thriller and wrote the script with Kim Morgan. Shooting has been set for Toronto.
Strathairn most recently starred in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.” He received an Academy Award nomination for portraying broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow...
Del Toro is directing the thriller and wrote the script with Kim Morgan. Shooting has been set for Toronto.
Strathairn most recently starred in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.” He received an Academy Award nomination for portraying broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow...
- 9/28/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Cinephil holds international sales rights to multiple festival winner.
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Israeli documentary and Sundance premiere Advocate, which profiles the crusading attorney Lea Tsemel and her controversial work defending Palestinians.
The distributor negotiated the deal with Cinephil, who hold international sales rights, and plans a winter theatrical release followed by home entertainment and digital roll-out.
Directors Rachel Leah Jones and Phillipe Bellaïche use animation and juxtapose one of Tsemel’s more recent cases with several earlier cases, including one where she defended her activist husband from an accusation of treason.
Tsemel has earned the sobriquet...
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Israeli documentary and Sundance premiere Advocate, which profiles the crusading attorney Lea Tsemel and her controversial work defending Palestinians.
The distributor negotiated the deal with Cinephil, who hold international sales rights, and plans a winter theatrical release followed by home entertainment and digital roll-out.
Directors Rachel Leah Jones and Phillipe Bellaïche use animation and juxtapose one of Tsemel’s more recent cases with several earlier cases, including one where she defended her activist husband from an accusation of treason.
Tsemel has earned the sobriquet...
- 8/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chronicle of Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel eligible for Oscars.
Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche’s joint feature-length documentary Advocate has scooped the top prize for best Israeli film at the 21st edition of the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (Docaviv), running from May 23 to June 1.
Docaviv is one of the Academy Award-qualifying documentary film festivals, so all winners of the international competition, Israeli competition and short competition are automatically eligible for the Oscar race.
Advocate, which received its world premiere at Sundance, follows the life and work of Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has...
Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche’s joint feature-length documentary Advocate has scooped the top prize for best Israeli film at the 21st edition of the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (Docaviv), running from May 23 to June 1.
Docaviv is one of the Academy Award-qualifying documentary film festivals, so all winners of the international competition, Israeli competition and short competition are automatically eligible for the Oscar race.
Advocate, which received its world premiere at Sundance, follows the life and work of Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has...
- 5/30/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
When we first see Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel in Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche's compelling documentary Advocate (which world-premiered at Sundance and recently played the Canadian International nonfiction festival Hot Docs), she's in motion, striding through the hallways of a Jerusalem court. The frame is bisected, live-action footage on the left, rotoscoped animated imagery on the right. This stylistic tic, which recurs now and again, is Jones and Bellaïche's way of protecting the identities of Tsemel's clients, almost all of whom are Palestinians accused of extremist crimes.
This has been Tsemel's life for ...
This has been Tsemel's life for ...
- 5/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When we first see Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel in Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche's compelling documentary Advocate (which world-premiered at Sundance and recently played the Canadian International nonfiction festival Hot Docs), she's in motion, striding through the hallways of a Jerusalem court. The frame is bisected, live-action footage on the left, rotoscoped animated imagery on the right. This stylistic tic, which recurs now and again, is Jones and Bellaïche's way of protecting the identities of Tsemel's clients, almost all of whom are Palestinians accused of extremist crimes.
This has been Tsemel's life for ...
This has been Tsemel's life for ...
- 5/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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