Ron Jacobsohn Meets Bar Paly at her Hollywood Premiere
Director Michael Bay’s new flick, Pain and Gain, stars Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg and an almost unknown actress with the name Bar Pally, who is a former Israeli model who is now making her big Hollywood debut. After Bar Paly big publicity push for her movie that included a big US red carpet premiere and her first ever press junket where she gave interviews to all the Hollywood reporters. Pally is being mistaken more than once with another Israeli model with the name Bar, however following her Hollywood debut she might just turn out to be the more famous one of the two.
Ron Jacobsohn Reports About the Launch of Playboy in Israel
Exactly 60-years ago Hugh Hefner published the first Playboy magazine. After 30 different languages the magazine is published in, it is now finally time for the 31st language to be Hebrew. Now the big question is going to be can a man’s magazine like Playboy be profitable in a country like Israel?
It still remains to be seen if Israel in 2013 is open and liberal enough to embrace Playboy, after all most people buy the magazine just for the articles only!!!
Ron Jacobsohn reports from the Premiere of Arab Labor in Jaffa
Keshet’s sitcom, Arab Labor, is returning to channel for a third season hot off the heals of winning all the major awards at the Israeli Emmy awards, so we joined the people of the show at their premiere party to find out how a show about Arabs and Jews living together in the same building has become the number one sitcom on the Israeli prime-time.
Even though the Palestinian actors in the show seem skeptical about the influence of the show, with 30% average rating per episode there is no doubt the show captures all sides of the Israeli audience.
Ron Jacobsohn Meets the Israeli Star of World War Z
“World War Z” opened in the United States, starring Brad Pitt but if you look closely there is another star in the movie and he name is Daniella Kartesz and she is Israeli and was here for the Tel-Aviv premiere.
Only days after the world premiere of the movie in London where Daniella walked alongside her co-star, Brad Pitt, and his wife, Angelina Jolie, down the red carpet and faced the world media with questions about her role in World War Z.
And it seems Kartesz has become a hot ticket in the industry, two Hollywood agents have travelled all the way to Tel-Aviv to try to loom her to sign up with their agency.
The Jerusalem Film Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a very contemporary line-up of films and acclaimed personalities like director Richard Linklater and Iranian filmmaker, Mohsenzadegan Makhmalbaf, who will be presenting their films during the festival.
Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent:
The Jerusalem Film Festival is celebrating its 30th year with a very contemporary line-up of films and acclaimed personalities like director Richard Linklater and Iranian filmmaker, Mohsenzadegan Makhmalbaf, who will be presenting their films at the festival.
Irene Pletka, who is the chairman of the festival, got sentimental on us when reminiscing about the festivals anniversary.
Irene Pletka, Chairman of the Board, Jerusalem Film Festival:
It’s really such an out of life experience to come to Jerusalem, and have the entire world gather and watch movies, it’s great. This institution in fact educated the entire Israeli film world in average having directors, producers, writers, actors come here and mingle with the Israeli film world and we feel that the Israeli film world has really stepped up and is on a world class footing now and therefore it is very appropriate to have the 30th film festival open with an original Israeli movie.
American director Neil Barsky claims having the Jerusalem Film Festival mark on your movie is a great benefit.
Neil Barsky, Director, Kotch:
It’s a very respected film festival, it’s an international film festival, it’s not parochial, it’s prestigious and we have a DVD coming out of the film September I think, and we’re very proud to have Jerusalem film festivals. One of the festivals we’ve been in so it’s very well regarded. Just look at the films that have been here, historically, you’re in great company.
The director of the opening night film, Reshef Levi, requested an especially big arena for the showing of his film to fit all his seven children who were all in attendance.
Reshef Levi, Director, Hunting Elephants:
Well, the Jewish mothers who are watching the channel would love to hear that I have seven children from the same wife, which is you know it’s a kind of a world record for a guy who is not religious, so yes I have a lot of children, it’s a mess, you know they eat a lot but I love them and they will be here with me in the pool.
Reshef Levi, Director, Hunting Elephants:
It’s wonderful because usually they chose a big blockbuster from America you know, like Shrek and suddenly I am the Shrek. The Shrek of the year and the fact that they have chosen an Israeli movie which is two thirds in Hebrew one third in English, it’s a big honor, it’s didn’t happen a lot during the years so I’m very excited and it’s wonderful.
Lifetime Achievement honorees, Sasson Gabbai and Moni Moshonov, tried to be very modest about why they feel they are deserving of this award.
Sasson Gabbai, Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree:
I don’t call it life achievement award because it’s scary, a little bit scary. I will call it kind of an appreciation award because the life is.. my life achievement is still on, I’m very busy, I’ve got so many plans for the future but it’s so nice to get such award you know you get appreciation from the industry, from the people who caring and involved with the cinema. You are so busy when you are doing things that you are not. But after a while you calculate and see that you’ve done quite a lot. I’m thankful and it’s very nice to have this award but I still have plans, many plans for the future.
Moni Moshonov, Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree:
It’s a lifetime achievement, you’re sure about it? Oh, I thought it’s, you know just achievement, I don’t think, I don’t really feel like I have something to say yet, I’m here to stay for… I don’t know, to make some more films, some more movies.
Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent:
With the screening of Hunting Elephants the festival has officially kicked off and the organizers are expecting around 25,000 visitors to attend the around 130 screenings and workshops during the ten days of the festival.
For JN1 I am Ron Jacobsohn at the opening ceremony of the 30th Jerusalem Film Festival.
