Dea Kulumbegashvili, Maya Dreifuss also scoop awards from Jerusalem lab.
Israeli actor-filmmaker Pini Tavger’s debut feature Pinhas has won the top $50,000 prize at the final pitching event of the 6th edition of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab.
The tale of a young Russian immigrant coming to terms with life with his single mother in a small Israeli town is produced by Haim Mecklberg of 2-Team Productions, whose recent credits include Elite Zexer’s Sand Storm, which won the Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in 2016.
“The presentation of Pinhas provided the jury with a powerful experience: a fascinating, sensitive and conflictual script based on semi-autobiographic hardships beautifully presented through a scene for the upcoming film,” said Hengameh Panahi, Celluloid Dreams founding chief and Sam Spiegel jury chair.
It is Tavger’s first feature after two short films: 10 Weitzman Street and Pinhas, which sowed the seeds for the feature. He also directed...
Israeli actor-filmmaker Pini Tavger’s debut feature Pinhas has won the top $50,000 prize at the final pitching event of the 6th edition of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab.
The tale of a young Russian immigrant coming to terms with life with his single mother in a small Israeli town is produced by Haim Mecklberg of 2-Team Productions, whose recent credits include Elite Zexer’s Sand Storm, which won the Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in 2016.
“The presentation of Pinhas provided the jury with a powerful experience: a fascinating, sensitive and conflictual script based on semi-autobiographic hardships beautifully presented through a scene for the upcoming film,” said Hengameh Panahi, Celluloid Dreams founding chief and Sam Spiegel jury chair.
It is Tavger’s first feature after two short films: 10 Weitzman Street and Pinhas, which sowed the seeds for the feature. He also directed...
- 7/15/2017
- ScreenDaily
Title: Atlit (Rendez-vous à Atlit) Director: Shirel Amitai Starring: Geraldine Nakache, Judith Chemla, Yael Abecassis, Arsinee Khanjian, Pippo Delbono, Makram J. Khoury, Yossi Marshak. Writer-director Shirel Amitai’s debut feature ‘Atlit’ follows three siblings reconnecting in their childhood home. The story takes place in 1995, in the small town of Atlit, where Cali (Geraldine Nakache) meets her sisters Darel (Yael Abecassis) and Asia (Judith Chemla), to sell the house inherited by her parents. The newly found proximity between the three, creates an oneiric family sensation where the girls interact with the spirit of their parents – Mona (Arsinee Khanjian) and Zack (Pippo Delbono) – as they wonder whether to sell the [ Read More ]
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- 6/21/2016
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Former Le Pacte sales executive joins sales veteran’s fledgling Paris-based sales company.
Former Le Pacte sales executive Naomi Denamur has joined fledgling Paris-based Indie Sales, where she will be in charge of international sales and acquisitions alongside company founder Nicolas Eschbach.
Denamur spent four years at Le Pacte, which she joined in 2009 to head-up a newly created library division before moving on to general film sales. Prior to that, she worked at Celluloid Dreams and Spain’s Imagina.
In the past, she has handled films by a number of high-profile directors including François Ozon, Christophe Honoré, Mathieu Amalric and Wim Wenders as well as, more recently, documentaries such as the Amazonia 3D and feature-length animation titles including The Day Of The Crows.
Denamur’s first outing in her new role will be the Rome Film Festival’s International Film Market, which kicks off next week.
New acquisition
The company also announced on Monday that it had...
Former Le Pacte sales executive Naomi Denamur has joined fledgling Paris-based Indie Sales, where she will be in charge of international sales and acquisitions alongside company founder Nicolas Eschbach.
Denamur spent four years at Le Pacte, which she joined in 2009 to head-up a newly created library division before moving on to general film sales. Prior to that, she worked at Celluloid Dreams and Spain’s Imagina.
In the past, she has handled films by a number of high-profile directors including François Ozon, Christophe Honoré, Mathieu Amalric and Wim Wenders as well as, more recently, documentaries such as the Amazonia 3D and feature-length animation titles including The Day Of The Crows.
Denamur’s first outing in her new role will be the Rome Film Festival’s International Film Market, which kicks off next week.
New acquisition
The company also announced on Monday that it had...
- 11/4/2013
- ScreenDaily
Former Le Pacte sales executive joins sales veteran’s fledgling Paris-based sales company.
Former Le Pacte sales executive Naomi Denamur has joined fledgling Paris-based Indie sales, where she will be in charge of international sales and acquisitions alongside company founder Nicolas Eschbach.
Denamur spent four years at Le Pacte, which she joined in 2009 to head-up a newly created library division before moving on to general film sales. Prior to that, she worked at Celluloid Dreams and Spain’s Imagina.
In the past, she has handled films by a number of high-profile directors including François Ozon, Christophe Honoré, Mathieu Amalric and Wim Wenders as well as, more recently, documentaries such as the Amazonia 3D and feature-length animation titles including The Day Of The Crows.
Denamur’s first outing in her new role will be the Rome Film Festival’s International Film Market, which kicks off next week.
The company also announced on Monday that it had acquired international...
Former Le Pacte sales executive Naomi Denamur has joined fledgling Paris-based Indie sales, where she will be in charge of international sales and acquisitions alongside company founder Nicolas Eschbach.
Denamur spent four years at Le Pacte, which she joined in 2009 to head-up a newly created library division before moving on to general film sales. Prior to that, she worked at Celluloid Dreams and Spain’s Imagina.
In the past, she has handled films by a number of high-profile directors including François Ozon, Christophe Honoré, Mathieu Amalric and Wim Wenders as well as, more recently, documentaries such as the Amazonia 3D and feature-length animation titles including The Day Of The Crows.
Denamur’s first outing in her new role will be the Rome Film Festival’s International Film Market, which kicks off next week.
The company also announced on Monday that it had acquired international...
- 11/4/2013
- ScreenDaily
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