Scripted Israel: LA Event To Welcome 17 Producers And 12 Writers; Organizers Unveil Partnerships With The JSFL Series Lab And Israeli Production Body
28.07.2022 - 19:17
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. execs headed to the inaugural Scripted Israel event in LA in September can expect to meet 17 prominent Israeli producers and a host of talent and writers.
Organizers have unveiled the line-up of participating companies at the event, which is aimed at uniting top Israeli talent and producers with major U.S. entertainment execs.
Among those signed up are MoviePlus Productions, which co-produced HBO drama Our Boys; Dori Media, which produced Apple TV+’s Losing Alice; Spiro Films, whose drama When Heroes Fly was picked up by Netflix; and Koda Communications, which made the scripted series that HBO’s Your Honor was based on.
Key screenwriters in attendance will include Nir Berger (Dead End), Omri Dekel Kadosh (The Accident) and Tehila Peter-Dansker (Tehran) See the full lists below.
Hosted by the Consulates General of Israel in Los Angeles and New York, Scripted Israel will be held on September 19-22.
It follows on from an intensive year of online networking sessions initiated under the same banner, which included 200 curated one-on-one sessions that connected Israeli talent with with senior development executives from HBO, Amazon Studios, Endeavor Content and AMC Studios.
Writing initiatives
Scripted Israel has also revealed partnerships with The JSFL Series Lab and The Israeli TV & Film Producers Association.
The Series Lab is a new initiative supporting Israeli scripted series. Daphna Levin (Euphoria, In Treatment), Noah Stollman (Fauda; Our Boys),Ronit Weiss (The Girl from Oslo) and Keren Margalit(The A Word, Yellow Peppers, Sleeping Bears).Hagai Levi (Scenes from a Marriage, In Treatment, Our Boys) is the lab’s artistic advisor.
Also during the event, The Israeli TV & Film Producers Association, which