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Israeli Cinema Faces Turmoil: 10 Key Takeaways from the Knesset's Heated Debate on Film Reform

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Explore the heated debate surrounding Israeli cinema as Culture Minister Miki Zohar's controversial film reform proposal sparks protests from leading actors and filmmakers. Discover the implications for artistic expression and the future of the industry.


Dozens of actors and actresses in a protest video against Culture Minister Miki Zohar's intention to reform the budgeting of Israeli cinema that will give preference to the budgeting of commercial and mainstream films.

The struggle of the people of the film industry in the financing reform of the industry, which Minister of Culture Miki Zohar seeks to pass, reached the Education, Culture and Sports Committee of the Knesset.

The heated discussion was attended by Minister Zohar, members of the Knesset, actress and chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Ricky Bleich, actress Sarah von Schwarz, producer Liran Atzmor, producer and chairman of the Israeli Cinema for Television and Cinema Assaf Amir and CEO of the New Fund for Cinema and Television Dorit Inbar.

The discussion opened with the moving words of filmmaker Michal Lavi, the sister-in-law of Omri Miren who was kidnapped from Nahal Oz.

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