The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab in Jerusalem enters its 13th year of masterclassthis year starring “Pulp Fiction” producer Lawrence Bender and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joseph Cedar.
“It is essential to continue to support and make heard, together, the voice of Israel and that of the rest of the world, especially given the current difficulties for international collaborations,” explains Mor Eldar, director of the laboratory.
The Lab’s programming, for its 13th edition, highlights projects straight from Austria, Brazil, France, Hungary and Israel, such as “Family Honor”, the actor’s first film. “Fauda” Hisham Suliman, with director Sari Bisharat or “Gut Feeling”, by Gilad Inbar and Benny Fredman, to name but a few.
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Despite the war triggered by the Hamas terrorist attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, the incubator met with success last year, as evidenced by “Come Closer”, by Tom Nesher, developed in the part of the Film Lab. Nesher’s first film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York (where it won the Viewpoint Award), won Best Feature Film at the Ophir Awards, the hall of the Academy Awards.
Nesher is part of Variety’s list of directors to watch in 2025.
“Girls Will Be Girls,” by Indian Lab alumnus Shuchi Talati, won the Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition category, as well as the Special Jury Prize for acting. actors.
Other Lab alumni have won awards at the Venice Days film event, as part of the Venice Film Festival, as well as at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, in the Czech Republic.
Filmmakers have the ability to create worlds, while helping to confront the reality of the world and bringing humanist values to life, explains Dana Blankstein-Cohen, director of the Sam Spiegel School for Cinema and Television. in Jerusalem.
-“They have an essential role to play in protecting what makes humanity, thanks to an elaborate and nuanced discourse,” concludes Blankstein-Cohen.
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