Occupation Lab News Today

Chrony and Utah News Dispatch reporters share their coverage. Plus, Music May at SLFS.

"As a Palestinian here, I don't exist." Film Movement has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled H2: The Occupation Lab, from filmmakers Idit Avrahami & Noam Sheizaf. It was originally made and finished in 2022 before the current Israel-Palestine war broke out. It premiered in 2022 at the Docaviv Film Festival in

'Bargain', 'The Continental' & 'Until I Kill You' are joined by 'Machine', 'Estonia', 'The Doll Factory' and more for Deadline's Mipcom Hot Ones

Israeli Feature Filmmakers Are Rarely Exploring the Conflict Self-censorship, Public Indifference and Political Pressure All Play a Role

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

07/03/2023 - Once again, the Genevan festival will invite audiences to reflect, through the eyes of fearless filmmakers, activists and authors, on burning topics currently making headlines

07/03/2023 - Once again, the Genevan festival will invite audiences to reflect, through the eyes of fearless filmmakers, activists and authors, on burning topics currently making headlines

In recent weeks, Israel has seen hundreds of thousands take to the streets to protest against the new ultra-right government's political agenda. Filmmakers tackling sensitive issues such as Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories are likely to be first affected by proposed cuts in cultural funding. By Joseph Croitoru

DUBAI: Israel’s efforts to reserve state funding for films that propagate the nation’s far-right agenda has resulted in several filmmakers calling for a boycott of the country’s film funds. Culture Minister Makhlouf Zohar, who took office in December, has pushed for new requirements that force filmmakers and artists into guaranteeing that their work will not smear the

Documentary films have long been a way of holding the Israeli government to task. Some elected officials don’t want that to continue.