Sam Spiegel International Film Lab Sets New Director, Unveils Fresh Project Selection
deadline.comIsrael’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab has appointed a new director and unveiled the projects selected for its 11th edition, running from now until the early summer.
Film industry veteran Mor Eldar has taken up the role of the lab’s director with immediate effect, replacing producer Aurit Zamir who arrived in 2020.
Eldar’s 20-year career includes launching and directing the Holon Cinematheque as well as holding the roles of VP of programming and commissioning editor of films at YES Satellite TV and heading theatrical marketing and distribution at leading Israeli distributor Lev Cinemas.
A dozen projects will take part in the new Lab cycle, split 50:50 between Israeli and international projects. International projects span French-Italian director Amelia Nanni’s At The Edge Of The World, about a young girl sent to spend the summer with her Italian grandparents in a small village inhabited only by elderly residents; Greek director Nikos Kyritsis’s teen fatherhood tale Baby, and Swedish filmmaker Jerry Carlsson’s Fires, about a lonely teenager grappling with questions of identity.
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