The Grierson Trust is “urgently investigating” reports of an antisemitic incident during last week’s documentary awards ceremony in London.
“We are appalled to have received several reports of anti-Jewish racism by an individual at the reception after the Grierson Awards last Thursday night,” said the Trust, which organizes the annual British Documentary Awards.
“We are urgently investigating these reports to decide as soon as possible on a course of action.
“The Grierson Trust wants to make it clear to our Jewish colleagues in the media and the creative arts that we stand with them to condemn antisemitism and, of course to stamp it out in our industry and beyond. We are very concerned with the rise in divisive and hateful behaviours of all kinds. We are deeply committed to an inclusive, diverse industry and environment for everyone and we will not tolerate any form of racism.”
One individual is...
“We are appalled to have received several reports of anti-Jewish racism by an individual at the reception after the Grierson Awards last Thursday night,” said the Trust, which organizes the annual British Documentary Awards.
“We are urgently investigating these reports to decide as soon as possible on a course of action.
“The Grierson Trust wants to make it clear to our Jewish colleagues in the media and the creative arts that we stand with them to condemn antisemitism and, of course to stamp it out in our industry and beyond. We are very concerned with the rise in divisive and hateful behaviours of all kinds. We are deeply committed to an inclusive, diverse industry and environment for everyone and we will not tolerate any form of racism.”
One individual is...
- 11/13/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Sweden’s Stockholm International Film Festival has denied reports that it disinvited U.S.-Israeli filmmaker and actress Aleeza Chanowitz as an in-person guest at its ongoing edition, running from November 8 to 19.
Chanowitz was officially invited to the festival earlier this fall with her TV show Chanshi, which screens as a special presentation on Thursday (November 16).
She and the show’s broadcaster Hot released statements over the weekend saying the invite appeared to have been rescinded in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, following an exchange of emails in which the hospitality department cited a number of reasons why it was better if she did not come.
The screening was always set to go ahead and Chanowitz and Hot did not suggest it had been cancelled in any of their communications but rumors started flying that the festival had also dropped the show from its program.
“There has been a...
Chanowitz was officially invited to the festival earlier this fall with her TV show Chanshi, which screens as a special presentation on Thursday (November 16).
She and the show’s broadcaster Hot released statements over the weekend saying the invite appeared to have been rescinded in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, following an exchange of emails in which the hospitality department cited a number of reasons why it was better if she did not come.
The screening was always set to go ahead and Chanowitz and Hot did not suggest it had been cancelled in any of their communications but rumors started flying that the festival had also dropped the show from its program.
“There has been a...
- 11/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S-Israeli director and actress Aleeza Chanowitz has abandoned plans to attend the Stockholm Film Festival with her TV show Chanshi following a series of email exchanges in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict in which the event attempted to rescind an invite it made earlier this fall.
Recounting the episode to Deadline, a visibly hurt Chanowitz said she had been planning to travel to Stockholm for the Chanshi screening this Thursday (November 16) and that in the days immediately after the Hamas terror attacks of October 7 the invite still appeared to be open.
Chanowitz stars as a young Jewish Orthodox woman from Brooklyn who escapes an impending arranged marriage and moves to Israel in search of sexual adventure only to discover that her vision of the country is wrong. Henry Winkler plays the protagonist’s father.
Produced by Tel Aviv-based Kastina Communications, the show first aired on Israeli network Hot...
Recounting the episode to Deadline, a visibly hurt Chanowitz said she had been planning to travel to Stockholm for the Chanshi screening this Thursday (November 16) and that in the days immediately after the Hamas terror attacks of October 7 the invite still appeared to be open.
Chanowitz stars as a young Jewish Orthodox woman from Brooklyn who escapes an impending arranged marriage and moves to Israel in search of sexual adventure only to discover that her vision of the country is wrong. Henry Winkler plays the protagonist’s father.
Produced by Tel Aviv-based Kastina Communications, the show first aired on Israeli network Hot...
- 11/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Top Israeli TV comedy series creator and writer Hen Avigdori usually spends his time working on jokes and punching up scripts for satires and sitcoms like The Jews Are Coming, Sofsheli, Ad Kan! and Tzomet Miller.
Then came Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel. His wife, Sharon Avigdori, 52, and his 12-year-old daughter, Noam, as well as five other family members are believed to now be hostages of the terrorist organization. “It’s my life now. I have a mission, to get the girls back home,” an anguished Avigdori told The Hollywood Reporter in a weekend interview from Hod HaSharon in central Israel.
He last heard from his wife and daughter, who were visiting his wife’s brother, as they sheltered in his brother-in-law’s home in Be’eri settlement just as Hamas terrorists were on a rampage after infiltrating southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. “They said,...
Then came Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel. His wife, Sharon Avigdori, 52, and his 12-year-old daughter, Noam, as well as five other family members are believed to now be hostages of the terrorist organization. “It’s my life now. I have a mission, to get the girls back home,” an anguished Avigdori told The Hollywood Reporter in a weekend interview from Hod HaSharon in central Israel.
He last heard from his wife and daughter, who were visiting his wife’s brother, as they sheltered in his brother-in-law’s home in Be’eri settlement just as Hamas terrorists were on a rampage after infiltrating southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. “They said,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ShortList Film Festival, TheWrap’s short film festival, returns after a two year hiatus, streaming online from June 28 to July 12.
The ShortList Film Festival celebrates the best of the work of up-and-coming filmmakers worldwide, choosing 12 finalists among dozens of award-winning shorts submitted to the festival.
Those finalists will stream online for two weeks, eligible to be voted on by TheWrap readers for the Audience Prize, as well as be judged for the Industry Prize by an esteemed jury of movie industry professionals.
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A student film winner will be chosen from among 10 student entries, each representing a top-ranked film school.
“We are incredibly excited to showcase these films and celebrate the talent and creativity of these award-winning filmmakers. We know how much this festival means to our community – and we are honored to help build the careers of these young filmmakers,...
The ShortList Film Festival celebrates the best of the work of up-and-coming filmmakers worldwide, choosing 12 finalists among dozens of award-winning shorts submitted to the festival.
Those finalists will stream online for two weeks, eligible to be voted on by TheWrap readers for the Audience Prize, as well as be judged for the Industry Prize by an esteemed jury of movie industry professionals.
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A student film winner will be chosen from among 10 student entries, each representing a top-ranked film school.
“We are incredibly excited to showcase these films and celebrate the talent and creativity of these award-winning filmmakers. We know how much this festival means to our community – and we are honored to help build the careers of these young filmmakers,...
- 6/1/2023
- by TheWrap Staff
- The Wrap
Further new projects include In The Land Of Limpopo by Gur Bentwich and post-war drama Wild Animals by Yona Rozenkier.
The next film from award-winning Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid will be Yes! – one of five features in to receive fresh investment from the Israel Film Fund.
The director of Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes jury prize winner Ahed’s Knee is in pre-production on the feature, and has received NIS2.2m from the Israel Film Fund.
Locally titled Ken!, Lapid’s fifth feature revolves around a character named Y. He decides that what takes real courage is not saying “no,...
The next film from award-winning Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid will be Yes! – one of five features in to receive fresh investment from the Israel Film Fund.
The director of Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes jury prize winner Ahed’s Knee is in pre-production on the feature, and has received NIS2.2m from the Israel Film Fund.
Locally titled Ken!, Lapid’s fifth feature revolves around a character named Y. He decides that what takes real courage is not saying “no,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Show creator and actress Aleeza Chanowitz says she writes what she knows — and what she knows is something TV has rarely offered when it comes to stories about Jewish women.
Premiering at Sundance on Tuesday as part of the Indie Episodic Program, her new series Chanshi is drawn from her own experiences as a 21-year-old woman born in Brooklyn who moves from her observant Jewish community to Jerusalem. After her titular character Chanshi decides her engagement to a nice man she barely knows — and her future as a “walking uterus” — isn’t what she wants, she sets off to Israel to actually get what she wants. And for right now, that thing is to own her sexuality.
Moved to Israel, Chanshi — having surprised her best friend, Noki, who is facing nuptials of her own — embeds herself in the world of Olim, a community of Jewish immigrants from the United States...
Premiering at Sundance on Tuesday as part of the Indie Episodic Program, her new series Chanshi is drawn from her own experiences as a 21-year-old woman born in Brooklyn who moves from her observant Jewish community to Jerusalem. After her titular character Chanshi decides her engagement to a nice man she barely knows — and her future as a “walking uterus” — isn’t what she wants, she sets off to Israel to actually get what she wants. And for right now, that thing is to own her sexuality.
Moved to Israel, Chanshi — having surprised her best friend, Noki, who is facing nuptials of her own — embeds herself in the world of Olim, a community of Jewish immigrants from the United States...
- 1/25/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance revealed the lineup for its Shorts and Indie Episodic programs today, featuring new work from filmmakers like Paul Feig and Ken Marino, “Roma” star Yalitza Aparicio Martinez, and Henry Winkler.
Sixty-four films were selected for the Shorts program from a record-high pool of 10,981 submissions. Spanning fiction, non-fiction, and animated works from artists in the U.S. and around the world, the program features both new and returning filmmakers. Aparicio Martinez will headline Mexico’s “Sweatshop Girl,” from writer-director Selma Cervantes, playing a seamstress who must hide her pregnancy to avoid getting fired. The Feig-produced “Help Me Understand” stars “The Office” actress Kate Flannery and Ken Marino among its ensemble cast. Angela Trimbur wrote and co-stars in “Mirror Girl,” while Sarafyan appears in the sci-fi short “Power Signal.”
The Indie Episodic lineup spotlights rising creators of independently produced content for episodic platforms. Four projects were chosen this year, including “Willie Nelson and Family,...
Sixty-four films were selected for the Shorts program from a record-high pool of 10,981 submissions. Spanning fiction, non-fiction, and animated works from artists in the U.S. and around the world, the program features both new and returning filmmakers. Aparicio Martinez will headline Mexico’s “Sweatshop Girl,” from writer-director Selma Cervantes, playing a seamstress who must hide her pregnancy to avoid getting fired. The Feig-produced “Help Me Understand” stars “The Office” actress Kate Flannery and Ken Marino among its ensemble cast. Angela Trimbur wrote and co-stars in “Mirror Girl,” while Sarafyan appears in the sci-fi short “Power Signal.”
The Indie Episodic lineup spotlights rising creators of independently produced content for episodic platforms. Four projects were chosen this year, including “Willie Nelson and Family,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
The 35th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles, the largest showcase of Israeli cinema and television in North America, will honor acclaimed actor, director, producer and author Henry Winkler with the 2022 Iff Career Achievement Award. The awards ceremony will take place April 29th during the annual sponsor luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. The event serves as the launch of this year’s festival which will take place May 5th – 26th both in-person and online.
“Henry Winkler is an exceptional artist that has used his talents both in front of and behind the camera to entertain audiences around the world,” said Iff founder and executive director, Meir Fenigstein. “His life and body of work is a benchmark that others aspire to for a career.” The Emmy winner recently wrapped shooting the lead role in the Israeli/U.S. crossover comedy “Chanshi” for Israeli network Hot. In their press release,...
“Henry Winkler is an exceptional artist that has used his talents both in front of and behind the camera to entertain audiences around the world,” said Iff founder and executive director, Meir Fenigstein. “His life and body of work is a benchmark that others aspire to for a career.” The Emmy winner recently wrapped shooting the lead role in the Israeli/U.S. crossover comedy “Chanshi” for Israeli network Hot. In their press release,...
- 4/14/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Veteran Hollywood actor Henry Winkler will star alongside Aleeza Chanowitz in “Chanshi,” a U.S.-Israel crossover comedy series for Israeli network Hot.
Chanowitz is also the series creator and writer of “Chanshi,” which is currently in production on location in and around Jerusalem.
Chanowitz plays Chanshi, a young religious girl from the Jewish community in Brooklyn who decides, just before her wedding and despite her family’s objections, to break off her engagement and immigrate to Israel. In the Holy Land Chanshi embarks on a wild and reckless journey, but the transition from a life with a clear set of rules to a life without any rules at all is not what she was expecting. Meanwhile, Chanshi’s father Tatty’s (Winkler) anxieties escalate and he demands that she return home, get married, and save her family’s reputation.
The cast also includes Marnina Schon (“Dollface”), Tomer Machloof (“Tehran...
Chanowitz is also the series creator and writer of “Chanshi,” which is currently in production on location in and around Jerusalem.
Chanowitz plays Chanshi, a young religious girl from the Jewish community in Brooklyn who decides, just before her wedding and despite her family’s objections, to break off her engagement and immigrate to Israel. In the Holy Land Chanshi embarks on a wild and reckless journey, but the transition from a life with a clear set of rules to a life without any rules at all is not what she was expecting. Meanwhile, Chanshi’s father Tatty’s (Winkler) anxieties escalate and he demands that she return home, get married, and save her family’s reputation.
The cast also includes Marnina Schon (“Dollface”), Tomer Machloof (“Tehran...
- 2/28/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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