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 Van Essen (Tehran) and Tehila Peter-Dansker. 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 companies such as HBO, Amazon Studios, Endeavor Content and AMC Studios.
Writing initiatives
Scripted Israel has also revealed partnerships with Sam Spiegel Series Lab and The Israeli TV & Film Producers Association.
The Sam Spiegel 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) are among the industry professionals mentoring the participants. Hagai Levi (Scenes from a Marriage, In Treatment, Our Boys) is the lab’s artistic advisor.
Netflix supporting the Series Lab and will name one project as recipient of the Netflix Series Development Award, which will provide a grant to allow the creatives to focus on developing their project. Through Grow Creative, Netflix’s flagship global training and development program, producer and screenwriter Jill Condon (Friends) will lead workshops on script development and mentor Lab participants, who will also travel to LA to participate in Scripted Israel, where they will have the opportunity to present their projects studios including Netflix.
Paramount, through VIS Social Impact, is also support the Lab program’s funding and diverse new voices coming from it.
Also during the event, The Israeli TV & Film Producers Association, which played a key role in the introduction of historic tax rebates for film and TV productions in the country, will unveil American Friends of the Israeli Producers Association (AFIPAC), a new initiative aimed at further connecting and facilitating collaborations between the US and Israeli industries.
Tchelet Semel and Daniel Susz, from the Consulates General of Israel in LA and New York respectively, said: “We could not be happier with the list of talented producers and writers carefully curated by our colleagues at the Sam Spiegel Series Lab and the Israeli TV and Film Producers Association for the summit. This diverse lineup brings forth top creative and production expertise alongside a rich portfolio of IP. We are confident that the relationships formed during Scripted Israel will lay the groundwork for global television’s next big hits.”
Full list of participating production companies
2-Team Productions
Artza Productions
BARYO
Black Sheep Film Productions
The Deborah Harris Agency
Dori Media Studio
Eight Productions
Green Productions
Heymann Brothers Films
Koda Communications
KM Productions
Lama Films
MoviePlus Productions
Nawi Pro Ltd.
Paran Studios
Spiro Films
United Studios of Israel
Full list of participating writers
Rani Avidan
Nir Berger
Benjamin Freidenberg
Omri Dekel Kadosh
Mindi Erlich
Nayef Hamoud
Tehila Peter-Dansker
Gal Rosenbluth
Or Sinai
Omri Van Essen
Einat Weinbaum
Matan Yair