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Israeli Entertainment Industry Confronts Its Crisis at New Festival
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (161+ words) President and Chief Media Analyst But that's far from the only sign of disruption in Israel's entertainment business these days. And while the struggles currently gripping the country's film and TV industries aren't entirely attributable to the pall the Netanyahu…...
Israeli Drama ‘Tehran’ Gets Season 3 Release Date and Season 4 Renewal Following Oct. 7 Delays at Apple
4+ week, 1+ day ago (196+ words) Apple has set a Season 3 release date for 'Tehran' and renewed the series for Season 4 following delays due to Oct. 7. "Tehran" "Apple TV's Israeli spy thriller series that has seen several delays following Hamas" Oct. 7 attack on Israel in 2023 " has…...
Strong Films From the Middle East Should Make a Mark on the International Oscar Race
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (962+ words) As a film reviewer and obsessive follower of the Academy's international feature category, I'm willing to bet that several films from Middle Eastern countries will make the shortlist. And even posit ... Strong Films From the Middle East Should Make a…...
Javier Bardem Says Israeli Film Boycott Does Not Discriminate Against ‘Individuals’, and Instead Holds ‘Companies and Institutions All Over the World Accountable’
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) Javier Bardem is speaking out in support of Film Workers for Palestine. In October, U.K. Lawyers for Israel sent a letter of warning to Netflix, Disney, Amazon Studios, Apple and Warner Bros. Discovery, among others, stating that the boycott violates the…...
Israeli Hostage Survivor and Subject of Doc ‘Holding Liat’ on Recent Hostage Release: ‘After a War of This Scale We Can’t Have Things Go Back to What They Were’
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (404+ words) In the documentary "Holding Liat," director Brandon Kramer follows elderly American Israeli couple, Yehuda and Chaya Beinin, as they fight for the release of their 49-year-old daughter, Liat Beinin Atzili, and her husband, Aviv, who were kidnapped and taken into…...
Sydney Sweeney Boxing Biopic ‘Christy’ Sells Across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and More
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (287+ words) "Christy," Sydney Sweeney's buzzy biopic of iconic boxer Christy Martin, has closed a raft of international sales following its TIFF premiere. Sydney Sweeney Boxing Biopic "Christy" Sells Across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and More "Christy," Sydney Sweeney"s…...
Venice Market Kicks Off With Robust Numbers, an Added Day, and Stronger Latin American and Middle East Presence
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (326+ words) Just as George Clooney and Adam Sandler hit the Lido for Noah Baumbach's "Jay Kelly," the Venice Production Bridge is kicking off with some 3,300 film industry executives " roughly 1,400 of which are producers " set to disembark for the 12th edition of the…...
Four Journalists Working for Outlets Including A.P., Reuters, Al Jazeera, Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (338+ words) The deaths were announced by the Gaza Health Ministry in a statement and confirmed by multiple media outlets including the A.P., Reuters, Al Jazeera and the BBC. Gaza health officials said that there had been two strikes. The first targeted the…...
Top Middle East Broadcaster MBC Group Forges Groundbreaking Bundling Deal With Netflix
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (244+ words) Top Middle East broadcaster MBC Group'has forged a groundbreaking partnership with Netflix under which the U.S. streaming giant will play alongside its Shahid streamer on MBC's recently launched MBCNOW entertainment content aggregator. The newly created bundle will combine Netflix and Shahid…...
Disney+ Names Angela Jain Head of Content for Europe, Middle East and Africa
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (233+ words) Angela Jain has been named head of content, Disney+ Europe, Middle East and Africa, and will join the company in September. Jain joins from ITV Studios, most recently as director of Unscripted, U.K. Jain will lead Disney's EMEA content strategy for…...