Trance Mountain Trance Mountain Illum Jacob Producer Katja Adomeit (Adomeit Film ) Lab Edition 10 , 2022 SCENE PITCH Production Country Denmark SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR'S NOTE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Katja Adomeit (Adomeit Film ) PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCTION BUDGET LANGUAGE GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

We congratulate the Lab alumnus winning prizes at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2025: "Oxygen" by Netalie Braun (developed in the 9th edition of the Lab) - awarded Best Israeli Feature Film "Dead Language" by Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun (developed in the 4th edition of the Lab) - awarded Best Script "The Sea" by Shai Carmeli Pollak (developed in the 5th edition of the Lab) - awarded Special Mention and Best Ensemble Cast We congratulate the Lab alumnus winning prizes at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2025: "Oxygen" by Netalie Braun (developed in the 9th edition of the Lab) - awarded Best Israeli Feature Film "Dead Language" by Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun (developed in the 4th edition of the Lab) - awarded Best Script "The Sea" by Shai Carmeli Pollak (developed in the 5th edition of the Lab) - awarded Special Mention and Best Ensemble Cast Prizes for "Oxygen", "Dead Language" and "The Sea" at the Jerusalem Film Festival NEWS ITEM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB SERIES LAB TEAM NEWS

Alumni Sacha Amaral and his film "The Pleasure is all Mine" from Brazil, which was developed in the 8th edition of the Sam Spiegel Film Lab, will premiere in the Argentinian Film Festival - BAFICI. We are happy and thrilled for Sacha and his upcoming premiere. Good luck! Alumni Sacha Amaral and his film "The Pleasure is all Mine" from Brazil, which was developed in the 8th edition of the Sam Spiegel Film Lab, will premiere in the Argentinian Film Festival - BAFICI. We are happy and thrilled for Sacha and his upcoming premiere. Good luck! "The Pleasure is all Mine" to premiere in BAFICI NEWS ITEM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB SERIES LAB TEAM NEWS

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we were blessed to have a screening and masterclass with Juho Kuosmanen- whose Compartment No 6 is on the 2022 Oscar shortlist! Best of luck from your friends in Jerusalem! we were blessed to have a screening and masterclass with Juho Kuosmanen- whose Compartment No 6 is on the 2022 Oscar shortlist! Best of luck from your friends in Jerusalem! Masterclass with Juho Kuosmanen NEWS ITEM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB SERIES LAB TEAM NEWS

Territory X Territory X Screenwriters: Ihab Jadallah, Benjamin Freidenberg Producer: Ayelet Kait and Amir Harel , Lama Films Language: Hebrew Format: Send PITCHDECK LOGLINE A family drama about married LGBT Palestinians in East Jerusalem and their families, that focuses on Hussam, a gay, Muslim, Palestinian lawyer, a married father of two, who are all in the process of becoming naturalized Israeli citizens, decides along with his wife, to have the secret male lover he’s kept hidden from everyone, move in with them. SYNOPSIS The series takes place in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem that borders Bethlehem to the south and Ramallah to the north. The neighborhood’s streets still aren’t considered Israeli territory. With large unpaved areas and public spaces, and unnumbered homes that don’t appear on the map, the Israeli bulldozers start entering the neighborhood and constructing buildings, erecting signs and opening schools that belong to the Israeli ministry of education. All of this takes place while families and homes are being evicted in order to make way for the new construction plan or having been bought out by Jewish settlers and right-wing organizations. The show focuses on a middle-class Palestinian family that’s at an important crossroads in its life – gaining their Israeli citizenship – when an unexpected drama occurs and catches them unprepared. The show’s main character - Hussam - a civil rights lawyer that represents stateless Palestinian clients, is experiencing the most profound personal crisis of his life. After years of hiding, he tells his wife about his relationship with Fuad, a younger man. Manal, a history school teacher at the Beit Hanina high school, isn’t surprised or distraught by his confession, she’s just concerned with how their extended family, neighbors and community might respond. She finds out that Fuad has been over to their house a few times and that the neighbors saw him, and that there’s a rumor going around that Manal and Fuad are having an affair. In order to refute the rumor, Manal has to act fast. Instead of getting divorced or demanding that Hussam break things off with Fuad, Manal and Hussam welcome him into their home and he moves into the small unit in their backyard, in order to keep their relationship and family intact and to prevent any further gossip. They hide Hussam and Fuad’s relationship and present him as one of Hussam’s clients they decided to provide shelter for as a humanitarian gesture. They enjoy the encouragement and support of their inner circles, but their children, Aadil and Hafza (an 11-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl) catch on to what’s really happening in their family right away. The boy defends his parents and Fuad, while the daughter rebels against their narrative and tries to expose their secret. The family finds out about couples and families that share the same lifestyle; that keep a secret from their surroundings, while one of the parents is either a homosexual man or a lesbian woman. Hussam and Fuad find themselves in the secret LGBT circles of Bethlehem and Ramallah, when their secret is revealed to a closed off group of married Palestinian Lesbians and homosexuals that are married to one another for show, or keep the third member of their relationship within the family. These aren’t young people in their 20s, but people with families in their 30s-50s that didn’t run away from home, or move to Tel Aviv or abroad. The identity turmoil they experience is just one part of a larger complex Palestinian drama that’s contains many voices; in the tension between Christians and Muslims, between nationalists and communists, between revolutionaries, activists and conservatists. The characters’ naturalization process includes a declaration of loyalty to the state of Israel and giving up one identity in favor of another, albeit a more promising and financially secure one. But the absurd political, religious, sexual, nationalistic, personal and collective identity confluence - that forces people to fit into a single fixed category, will manifest in this family drama in comical, absurd and touching scenes, that illuminate the family unit in a new, wild, unique and subversive light WRITER'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE WRITERS PRODUCER'S STATEMENT PRODUCER PROFILE PRODUCTION CONTACT DETAILS Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS 3RD EDITION SERIES CATALOGUE 3RD EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS JURY MENTORS TEAM

The Kindergarten Teacher The Kindergarten Teacher Nadav Lapid Producer Talia Kleinhendler Lab Edition 1 , 2012 SCENE PITCH Production Country Israel SYNOPSIS A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone. DIRECTOR'S NOTE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Talia Kleinhendler PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCTION BUDGET LANGUAGE GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

The Vacation The Vacation Dénes Nagy Producers Sára László, Olivier Dubois, Marcell Gerő, Jean-Laurent Csinidis Lab Edition: 12 , 2024 SCENE PITCH Production Campfilm, Hungary; Films De Force Majeure, France; Novak Prod, Belgium Country Hungary, France, Belgium SYNOPSIS A Hungarian farm worker in his 40s goes on an organized trip to Provence with his wife. It's the first time they've been abroad, and they speak no language other than their own. During the trip, they make friends with another Hungarian couple, who seem to be more experienced travelers than they are. While his wife is excited by this new acquaintance, he feels more and more lost. He observes his wife slowly drifting away from him, which triggers an inner voyage of self-discovery. DIRECTOR'S NOTE The basic premise of the film is that it will be working with an amateur cast: to build on the presence of these characters, to record their inner uncertainties. Another important element is the comedy which stems from the protagonists’ ignorance. Our hearts open to these people: they are lost characters who try to stand their ground, but in the meantime, attempt to cover up their clumsiness. What can we do with realities that are alien to us? What do we do with the foreignness of ourselves? ABOUT THE FILMMAKER Award-winning scriptwriter-director Dénes Nagy graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest in 2009. His debut feature "Natural Light" had its world premiere at the 2021 Berlinale where it won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director as well as the European Film Awards Best Production Design Award. He has made several short films, both documentary and fiction, which were screened and awarded at many significant national and international festivals. ABOUT THE CO-WRITER PRODUCERS Sára László, Olivier Dubois, Marcell Gerő, Jean-Laurent Csinidis Sára László and Marcell Gerő founded the Budapest based production company, Campfilm in 2007. The company’s credits include "Soft Rain" by Dénes Nagy (45th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes), "Cain’s Children" by Marcell Gerő (62nd San Sebastian IFF), "The Euphoria of Being" by Réka Szabó (Grand Prix of the 30th Semaine de la Critique of the Locarno International Film festival) and "Natural Light" by Dénes Nagy (72nd Berlinale Competition Silver Bear Award for Best Director, EFA Best Production Design Award). In 2010, Jean Laurent Csinidis co-created Films de Force Majeure, a production company focusing on auteur films and international collaborations. He has produced or co-produced 30 films, most of which have been shown in Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Venice, as well as at the IDFA, Visions du Réel, Rotterdam, Cinéma du Réel or Annecy. PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE ○ Campfilm, Budapest ○ sara@campfilm.eu | marcell@campfilm.eu | dini.nagy@yahoo.com ○ +36209922655 | +36209922629 | +36208234118 PRODUCTION BUDGET ○ Total budget: 2,110,837 USD ○ Confirmed budget and source: 105,076 USD (Filmjus Foundation - Hungary, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Baumi Script Development Award, Région Sud development support) LANGUAGE Hungarian, English, French GENRE Comedy Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS LAB FILMS

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Shadow Land Shadow Land Gaelle Denis Producer Nathalie Algazi Lab Edition 3 , 2014 SCENE PITCH Production Country France SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR'S NOTE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Nathalie Algazi PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCTION BUDGET LANGUAGE GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

Highway 65 Highway 65 Maya Dreifuss Producer Estee Yacov- Mecklberg Lab Edition 6 , 2017 SCENE PITCH Production Country Israel SYNOPSIS Daphna, 41, until recently a promising detective in Tel Aviv, finds herself in small-town Afula, dealing with petty crimes, seeking shade from the heat, and deflecting the intrusive question: "how come you don't have children?". Daphna's world is shaken by the sudden disappearance of Orly Elimeleh, a captivating army widow known for her beauty and rebellious spirit. Soon enough, a troubling question creeps in: why isn't anybody looking for her? Fearing the worst, Daphna will stop at nothing in order to solve the mystery. DIRECTOR'S NOTE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Estee Yacov- Mecklberg PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCTION BUDGET LANGUAGE GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

Oxygen Oxygen Netalie Braun Producer Adi Bar-Yossef Lab Edition 9 , 2021 SCENE PITCH Production Country Israel SYNOPSIS Anat eagerly awaits her son Ido’s release from the army and their planned trip abroad. When his release is canceled and he's being sent for the new war, she sets out on a journey to bring him home. DIRECTOR'S NOTE I was asking myself, for many years, why Israeli parents, especially mothers, cooperate with the stark reality of conscription to the army – the potential sacrifice of your own children. The silence about it hovers across all socio-economic classes in Israel. All young men go to the Army. And it is still considered an honor to be a fighter, or a mother’s fighter. Even in our literature there are few critical references, and in our cinema, there are none at all. Into this vacuum enters my main character - a single mom, surrounded by men who are connected to the army in one way or another: Her father sufferers from PTSD from the Yom Kipur war; her son is an enthusiastic combat fighter; her Ex (her son’s dad) is also, at arms length, committed to the army; and her new lover lost one leg in one of the Lebanon wars. My character, Khani, needs to find her own real voice, in order to keep her son alive. An organic voice that is connected to the first and very initial step of being a mother – which is to give life, and nurture it. This is a political film, a call for revolution. I want to expose the collective repression of mothers in Israel, as maybe, if they begin to refuse sacrificing their children, war will not be the main solution to our conflicts. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Adi Bar-Yossef Producer profile Adi Bar Yossef, Producer Israel Adi Bar Yossef is a graduate of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel School Film School. In 2019 Adi founded BARYO - a film and TV production house. As an independent producer she produced numerous films including both features and documentaries. As an executive producer at Endemolshine Israel, Adi produced TV drama series for public and cable TV. PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE BARYO is an emerging film and TV production company that emphasizes developing new voices, and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. BARYO was founded recently (2019) by Adi Bar Yossef, a well experienced producer in the past 10 years, who worked on numerous large scale, award winning, Israeli productions, among other, The Little Things (2019) a documentary feature directed by Michal Aronzon, premiered at Docaviv film festival 2019 and Four Mothers (2020) a documentary feature directed by Rafael Levin and Dana Keidar for HOT cable TV, premiered at the Docaviv film festival in 2020. Between the years 2016 to 2019 Adi was an associate producer to Greenproductions in several feature films; Cinema Sabaya by Orit Fouks Rotem, Shake your cares away by Tom Shoval, Scaffolding by Matan Yair, screened at the Cannes Film Festival and won the best film at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Voice Over directed by 5 Sam Spiegel School Alumnus. BARYO specializes in art house feature films and documentaries, aiming for international co-productions, in all projects, working with countries across the world . BARYO is looking to tell stories mostly based on character driven plot, with a strong and condensed drama mechanism, preferably stories about women and their place in society, stories that challenge social conventions. The creative collaboration with the director/writer is at the heart of each project, which gives the process of development and production a sense of intimacy and genuinity. BARYO concentrates on a limited number of projects in order to give maximum attention to the creative process. Production Company Baryo film & TV productions, Tel Aviv, Israel adibaryo@gmail.com +972-50-7-348900 PRODUCTION BUDGET Production Budget $883,000 Secured funds $305,000 Israeli Film Fund LANGUAGE Hebrew GENRE Drama Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ