HanWay To Rep Amos Gitai’s Venice Competition Entry ‘Laila In Haifa’ & Filmmaker’s Back Catalogue
Tom Grater International Film ReporterHanWay Films will handle international sales on Amos Gitai’s Laila In Haifa, which was announced today in the Venice Film Festival’s Competition line-up.With an ensemble cast of both Israeli and Palestinian actors, the pic interweaves the stories of five women. It is set over a night in a club in the Israeli port town of Haifa and is a candid snapshot of one of the last remaining spaces where Israelis and Palestinians come together to engage in face-to-face relationships.Project is an Israel-France co-production between AGAV Films, CDP and United King Film in association with Patrick Jeanneret, Andrea Di Nardo and Ruth and Stephen Hendel.