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  • One Week and a Day

    One Week and a Day Asaph Polonsky Producer Naomi Levari Lab Edition 1 , 2012 SCENE PITCH Production ​ Country Israel SYNOPSIS As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to return to their routine -- but just because the shiva has ended doesn't mean it's life as usual. DIRECTOR'S NOTE ​ ABOUT THE FILMMAKER ​ PRODUCER Naomi Levari ​ ​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 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 JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

  • Windless

    Windless Pavel Vesnakov Producer Veselka Kiryakova Lab Edition 9 , 2021 SCENE PITCH Production ​ Country Bulgaria SYNOPSIS After years away, Kaloyan returns to Bulgaria to sell his late father's flat. Initially a routine task, it gradually becomes a journey of self-discovery, confronting distant traumas while finding a new path. DIRECTOR'S NOTE This movie explores the alienation between three family members who have forgotten how to love and share their feelings. Asen is part of a lost generation stuck somewhere in the transition between Communism and Democracy. Asen’s father Kaloyan, is a man of dignity and long forgotten values. Somewhere between the conflict between Asen and Kaloyan, Koko lies hidden. He’s a boy on the verge of manhood, desperately searching for a role model in his life. I am searching for an answer to the question are we, as society, capable of producing persons of honour anymore? I know that the movie is not going to give a definitive answer but it can lead us searching for it. The most important inspiration for this project was the life of my grandfather. He was a talented poet, but because he was against the communist regime, he wasn’t allowed to publish any books until the fall of the communism. He once told me: “They can always take you everything you have, but no one can take your dignity.” When I heard this sentence, I was so young that I didn’t pay much attention to it. Nowadays I think a lot about this subject and I based the foundation of my movie around it. The rhythm of the movie will be closer to an observation that will urge the audience to search for a self-knowledgeable experience. The lack of any wind even in the widest environments will serve as a metaphor for the lost path that our civilisation is heading on. The camera movement will help me shape this narrative as poetic as possible. In order to achieve this, I will use mainly long static shots. I am also planning to use old anamorphic lenses that will add another layer of timelessness to the movie. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER ​ PRODUCER Veselka Kiryakova Veselka Kiryakova Producer, Bulgaria Veselka Kiryakova’s producing credits include Alienation (2013), which premiered at Venice and won two awards. Ága (2018), by Milko Lazarov, premiered at Berlinale 2018 and won more than 40 awards around the world, such as Grand Prix in Tehran, Cabourg, Chukotka, Heart of Sarajevo etc. An EAVE workshop graduate and a member of EFA, Veselka took part in PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, Cannes in 2018. ​PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Red Carpet Films, Sofia, Bulgaria redcarpetfilms.bg@gmail.com +359 898610764 ​PRODUCTION BUDGET Production Budget $1.230.541 Secured funds $545.454,55 FSA/ Brazilian Cinema Agency Prize; $365.470,21Globo Filmes / Co-producer through Audiovisual Law; $85.818,18 Private investors through Audiovisual Law; $51.980,15 Direct funds from the producer; $181.818,18 GAP LANGUAGE Bulgarian 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 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 JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

  • JSFL alum Yona Rozenkier and his producer Kobi Mizrachi winning best Israeli Feature at the 2022 Jerusalem Film Festival

    So proud of our JSFL alum Yona Rozenkier and his producer Kobi Mizrachi for winning the Haggiag Award for best Israeli Feature at the 2022 Jerusalem Film Festival. 35 Downhill was developed at our 2016 Lab. Good job guys! Can't wait to see more from this team! SWISS FILMS - Home | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kobimiz https://www.facebook.com/yona.rozenkier JSFL alum Yona Rozenkier and his producer Kobi Mizrachi winning best Israeli Feature at the 2022 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 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

  • Aleeza Chanowitz

    Add a Title Add a Title Send Send Meny Aviram Producers: ​ , Aleeza Chanowitz Big Crater Lab Edition 3 2024 PITCH LOGLINE Anxious about the future of the world, very pregnant Devorah (35) attends a wilderness survival course. But before she learns how to survive mother nature, she’ll first have to survive her own mother. SYNOPSIS Pregnant Devorah (35) is distressed about losing herself and ending up like her needy mother after birth. Instead of “falling down the stairs”, she signs up for a two-month wilderness survival course on an ecological farm in the Israeli desert. Just as she eases into communal life, Devorah’s mother Deedee (60) joins the course, ruining her plans. When Devorah goes into labor before the course is over, she accepts that to live is to take a risk, and that ending up like her mother isn’t so bad. WRITER'S STATEMENT When ISIS was a thing, I Marie Kondo-ed my belongings and joined an ecological farm. Over the years I have exchanged some anxieties for others, though some have steadfastly remained: Holocaust II and climate change. Despite that, I had a child; I'm optimistic- the world can become a better place. But the experience of childbirth brought on the new fear of turning into my parents. And this, in a way, is the most challenging fear; no composting or forged papers will save me. This series is based on my experiences from the farm and my impossible yearning to change my destiny and be my own person. PRODUCER'S STATEMENT Aleeza is one of the most talented and promising screenwriters and directors in Israel. Our mutual success with her first series, "Chanshi", which was the first Israeli series shown at Sundance festival, encouraged us to try harder. I believe that "Big Crater" has a huge potential and is Aleeza's big next step: making a name for herself in her native America. LOOKING FOR ​ Back To Participants HOME SERIES LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY ADVISORY BOARD PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ 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 PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

  • 3RD EDITION PARTICIPANTS | JSFL

    Select Screenwriter Select Name of Project Big Crater Aleeza Chanowitz Screenwriter: Hebrew, English Language: Format : 9 Episodes x 30 Minutes Meny Aviram Producer: , Kastina Communications Logline: READ MORE Anxious about the future of the world, very pregnant Devorah (35) attends a wilderness survival course. But before she learns how to survive mother nature, she’ll first have to survive her own mother. Lab#: 3 Crossing the Line Rita Borodiyanski Screenwriter: Hebrew Language: Format : 8 Episodes x 35 Minutes Osnat Saraga Producer: , Paramount Israel (Ananey Studios) Logline: READ MORE How low must one go in order to climb up, when planning for the future is considered a luxury? Street-smart Liz finds family and future at the most unexpected place - checkpoints on the West Bank-Israeli border. Lab#: 3 Good Girls Go To Hell Bar Cohen, Tohar Sherman-Friedman Screenwriters: Hebrew Language: Format : 10 Episodes x 30 Minutes Shlomit Arviv Producer: , Dori Media Group Logline: READ MORE Tohar (17), the youngest daughter of the chief rabbi in a small West Bank settlement, decides to end her most significant relationship, and break up with God. Lab#: 3 I'm Afraid That's Our Time Marc Grey, Nitai Gat Screenwriters: Hebrew Language: Format : 10 Episodes x 45 Minutes Amir Ganor & Adi Bar Yossef Producer: , Endemol Shine Israel Logline: READ MORE Terrified by the implications of their psychologist’s suicide on their own well-being, four orphaned patients set out to prove that their therapist was in fact murdered. Lab#: 3 The Bride Adi Adwan Screenwriter: Arabic, Hebrew Language: Format : 8 Episodes x 48 Minutes Itai Tamir Producer: , Laila Films Logline: READ MORE In a Druze village where reincarnation shapes fate, investigator Jimmy Falah must solve his mentor's murder and find the mentor's missing 8-year-old granddaughter, uncovering past debts that could end the cycle of rebirth and revenge. Lab#: 3 The Lampshade Tomer Shushan Screenwriter: English, Hebrew, German Language: Format : 8 Episodes x 52 Minutes Yoav Gross Producer: , Yoav Gross Productions Logline: READ MORE Omer Atias, a private investigator, is sent to Berlin by a dying Holocaust survivor to retrieve a lampshade crafted from his skin, plunging into a perilous Nazi underworld to honor his final wish to be buried whole. Lab#: 3 The Mouth Aurit Zamir, Shiri Nevo Fridental Screenwriters: English, Spanish, Yiddish Language: Format : 8 Episodes x 50 Minutes Yoav Roeh Producer: , Gum Films Logline: READ MORE The story of two Jewish women, forced into sex work in early 20th century Buenos Aires by the Jewish criminal organization “Zwi Migdal”, inspired by the true story of the woman who brought it down. Lab#: 3 The Widow's Detective Boaz Frenkel Screenwriter: English, Yiddish, Germany Language: Format : 8 Episodes x 45 Minutes Eitan Mansuri Producer: , Spiro Films Logline: READ MORE An ultra-Orthodox PI from Brooklyn is hired by a young widow to find her missing brother-in-law to perform a "Halitza," a religious ceremony that frees her from the obligation to marry her late husband's brother, thus freeing her to remarry Lab#: 3 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 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

  • DECISION MAKERS | JSFL

    LOAD MORE Producer Agnieszka Dziedzic Koi Studios aga.a.dziedzic@gmail.com Director of Acquisitions Alexis Hoffman BAC Films a.hofmann@bacfilms.fr Head of Acquisitions Alfred Deragne Indie Sales aderagne@indiesales.eu Executive Director Anne Laurent-Delage Austrian Films anne.laurent@austrianfilms.com Producer Antonin Svoboda Coop99 welcome@coop99.at International Sales Manager Austin Kennedy Magnolia Pictures akennedy@magpictures.com Artistic Director Ava Cahen Semaine de la Critique a.cahen@semainedelacritique.com Producer Barbara Albert Coop99 barb.albert@web.de Producer Barbara Pichler KGP Filmproduktion pichler@kgp.co.at Partner Berenice Vincent Totem Films berenice@totem-films.com Producer Caroline Daube Royal Pony Film daube@royalponyfilm.com Acquisitions Manager Claudia Solano Match Factory claudia.solano@matchfactory.de Producer Damir Ibrahimovic Deblokada Film Production ​ Producer Dominique Welinski DW Films dwelinski@gmail.com Head of Press and Public Relations Dr. Olga Havenetidis Film Commission Bayern olga.havenetidis@fff-bayern.de Festivals and Markets Emelie Dauptain Austrian Film emilie.dauptain@austrianfilms.com Programmer Evgeny Gusyatinskiy IFFR e.gusyatinskiy@iffr.com Artistic Director, Tribeca Film Festival Frederic Boyer Tribeca Film Festival fboyer@tribecafilmfestival.org Managing Director Gertraude Müller Ernstberger GWFF gme@gwff.de Producer Hannah Janal Bootstrap Film hannahjanal@gmail.com Managing Director Helge Albers Hamburg Film albers@moin-filmfoerderung.de Commissioning Editor, ZDF Holger Stern ZDF Stern.H@zdf.de Producer Hugo Grumbar Embankment Films hg@embankmentfilms.com Director Isaac Zablocki Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan izablocki@mmjccm.org Director and Founder Jamie Bialkower Jump Street Films jamie@jumpstreetfilms.com.au Managing Partner Jana Edelbaum Ideal Partners idealpartnersj@mac.com Assistant Manager Jenny Cheng Asian Film Academy jenny.cheng@afa-academy.com CEO Joana Vicente Sundance Film Institute elda_monterroso@sundance.org Executive Director Josie Lin Asian Film Academy josie.lin@afa-academy.com Director Jovan Marjanovic Sarajevo Film Festival joja@sff.ba DECISION MAKERS 2023 HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ 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 PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

  • MENTORS | JSFL

    Founding member of the script analysis team of the Creative Europe Producer Training Programme, EAVE, Clare has been with the JSFL since its inception in 2011 and in that context she mentored JSFL films such as The Kindergarten Teacher (Critics Week, Cannes 2014); The Accused (Venice, Toronto 2018); Murina (Camera d’Or, Directors’ Fortnight 2021); Cinema Sabaya (Israel’s Oscar submission 2022). She was Director of the Association of Independent Producers (1978-1980); Director of International Creative Affairs for The Ladd Company (1981-83); Producer of award-winning films - The Dress (1985) BAFTA best short; the feature High Season (1987) San Sebastian, Best Screenplay. A much sought-after consultant to various film funds and many international script workshops. Clare Downs UK Screenwriter and script consultant, Jacques has been an integral part of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab since its inception in 2011. A graduate of NYU, he has worked with directors such as Bresson and Von Trier. He was involved with the development of award-winning films, many of which premiered at Cannes: A Screaming Man (Jury Prize, 2010 Cannes); Girls of the Sun (Cannes 2018); Raw (Cannes Critics Week 2016). A teacher of writing and directing at La Femis since 1988, Jacques has facilitated many international screenwriting and development workshops. Jacques Akchoti France Thomas Hailer is the Artistic Director of the Nordic Film Days, Lübeck. From 2008 to 2019 he was responsible for the program of the International Competition as Berlinale curator alongside the festival director. He has been working as a dramaturg and script consultant since 1995. As a freelance dramaturg, he supervised, among others, the film adaptation of A.S. Neill‘s classic children‘s book The Green Cloud as well as Bernd Sahling‘s German Film Award-winning feature film The Duds. His current projects include script consulting for Barbara Kronenberg‘s directorial debut Mission Ulja Funk which premiered at the Berlinale 2021. Thomas Hailer Germany Film director, screenwriter, script consultant, Sari born in Cannes, France. In 2008, she founded her own company for script consulting services (Scriptlight.com) and developed her own screenwriting method, which she teaches in professional workshops and master classes. Sari works as an artistic consultant for the Israeli Film Funds and as a mentor in workshops worldwide. She developed and script edited series such as Fauda (seasons 2, 3 and 4), Pillars of Smoke and others. She script edited the films The Cousin and The Testimony, which both took part in the Venice film festival and more. Sari Azoulay Turgeman Israel MENTORS 2024 PITCH TRAINER In 2012, after more than 20 years in distribution, Dominique Welinski founded DW, a production and consulting company. Since then, she curates and produces the Factory program at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. She has produced or co-produced among others: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara Burning Birds; Alireza Khatami’s Oblivion Verses; Midi Z Road to Mandalay; John Tengrove The Wound; Suba Sivakumaran House of My Fathers and Yona Rozenkier The Dive and The Road to Eilat. DW is currently developing films in Sri Lanka, Israel, India and Greece. The pitch training is in courtesy of the Shuster Polakoff foundation. Dominique Welinski France 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 PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS 12TH EDITION CATALOGUE GREETINGS 12TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS JURY MENTORS LAB FILMS LIVE GUEST Craig Emanuel is practicing as an attorney for more than 40 years. Most recently Craig was a partner in Paul Hastings’s Century City office and was previously the chair of the Firm’s Global Entertainment and Media Group. Starting in November 2023, Craig is currently working full time with his client of nearly 30 years, Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck", "Eat, Pray, Love"). Regularly named among the most influential in Hollywood, Craig has been recognized in The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power Lawyers Top 100” list and Variety’s “Dealmakers Impact Report” and “Variety500” list, among other leading publications. He is ranked in Chambers USA in Media & Entertainment, where clients appreciate his “‘great sense of the business and what's happening in the industry’” . Craig Emanuel ​

  • JURY | JSFL

    CEO of the Austrian Film Institute since May 2004. After initially studying history, political science and ethnology at the University of Innsbruck, he obtained a law degree at the University of Vienna. At the end of 1999, Roland Teichmann started to work at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber as a lawyer in the Industry Department. In 2001, he went on to become general manager of the Association of the Audiovisual and Film Industry, a body representing the interests of the Austrian film and music industry at the Federal Economic Chamber. Later on he was appointed CEO of the Austrian Film Institute. So far, Roland Teichmann has had the following functions (selection): Managing director of the Association of Film Distributors at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, member of the board of the Austrian Film Commission, representative for Austria and board member of EFAD (European Film Agency Directors), chairman of the advisory board of the Television Film Fund managed by the Austrian communication regulatory authority RTR and member of the European Film Academy (EFA). Roland Teichmann HEAD OF JURY ​ As co-president and chie