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        <item><title><![CDATA["The Debt": American Remake of Israeli Film Opens This Week]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The long awaited "The Debt" opens this Wednesday in NY, and premieres tonight at The JCC in Manhattan to a sold out crowd. This film was one of the most anticipated films that fell through the cracks of the closing of Miramax Films. This high profile film was in limbo for many months after the closing of Disney's art-house distribution wing. It finally landed in the capable hands of Focus Films. When I first saw the Original Israeli version of The Debt (Entitled Ha-hov) at The Jerusalem Film I..]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/the-debt-american-remake-of-israeli-film-opens-this-week</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Miral - Lost in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For anyone familiar with the Palestinian narrative, Julian Schnabel's controversial film, Miral, is in not a shocking story. Schnabel even makes some efforts to give some balance and not make all Jews evil and all Arabs saints. The film is based on the real life accounts of Rula Jebreal, on whom the character of the protagonist (Played by Frieda Pinto) is based. Apart from one horrific torture scene, the story is not far off from what most interested parties know about the absurd situation and..]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/miral-lost-in-the-palestinian-israeli-conflict</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Boycotting Arts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From the very start, this Flotilla fiasco has been a PR war more than anything else. Israel fell straight into this trap and lost the battle quite embarrassingly. Nevertheless, the true danger in this situation is now playing out in the ripple effects. A French group of movie theaters temporarily canceled screenings of an Israeli film in response to Israel's raid of the Gaza-bound flotilla. When there is a censorship of art, or a boycotting of artistic expressions -- there is a closing of..]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/boycotting-arts</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[From Lebanon War to Gang Wars, a Step Up for the Israeli Film Industry? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple of years, Israel's films represented in The Academy Awards where on the topic of Lebanon (Waltz with Bashir and Beaufort) and displayed the horrors of war. This year, Israel takes it up a notch and displays the horrors of gang life in Jaffa with the groundbreaking film Ajami by Scander Kopti and Yaron Shani. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/from-lebanon-war-to-gang-wars-a-step-up-for-the-israeli-film-industry</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Other Narratives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new phenomenon is flooding the middle-eastern film scene. I first noticed the narrative stand-off between the rising Israeli cinema and the young Palestinian voices at this past year's Cannes film festival. Six new films relating to Israeli or Palestinian life contended for different prizes at this exclusive festival - four of them relating directly to the topic of the stories of Arabs in Israel. As apposed to the Israeli films, which often deal with different realities in Modern Israel, the..]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/other-narratives</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[The most Jewish film in America]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Isaac Zablocki - JCC's Director of Film Programs Recommends, "A Serious Man", the new film from Academy Award-winning writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/the-most-jewish-film-in-america</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[The Art of War - "Lebanon" premiere at The Jerusalem Film Festival]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This year's Jerusalem film festival has wonderful Israeli films especially in the main feature film category. Everyone is saying that this year has one of the toughest competitions. One of my favorite films so far is the film "Lebanon." The film had its world premiere this past Sunday night. The title alone made me uncomfortable... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/the-art-of-war-lebanon-premiere-at-the-jerusalem-film-festival</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Insiders and outsiders in controversial Israeli films: Ve'ahavta (and Though Shalt Love)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Israel has more film schools per-capita than any other country in the world. The product of this is not only a thriving feature film industry, but the less exposed short-film industry. These student films, often shown only at festivals, are some of the top in the world, and often surpass the quality of the feature films as they rely on very tight scripts.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/insiders-and-outsiders-in-controversial-israeli-films-ve-ahavta-and-though-shalt-love</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[The Concert - The Movie of the Summer is here]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From the Director of Live and Become]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/the-concert-the-movie-of-the-summer-is-here</link>
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<item><title><![CDATA[A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 26th Jerusalem international film festival opened tonight with the film A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol). After over one hour of speeches and awards, the 5000 anxious viewers got to see the Israeli premiere of the "Biggest" Israeli movie of the summer on a hige outdore screen. A Matter of Size is having a "huge" release in Israel starting today, was screened in Sultan's Pool on a perfect Jerusalem night, under an almost full moon, between the new city and old city. It is rare for the to open..]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/connect-now/blog/a-matter-of-size-sipur-gadol</link>
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