While the movie celebrates the spirit of Tel Aviv 80 years ago, it was actually filmed in Puglia, Italy, where Winterbottom and his team found buildings that were “new, white, and low-rise."
Apsell stressed that one of the primary motives for the film is to combat ignorance of what happened in the Holocaust.
Alongside the release of the highly anticipated film "Wishful", a special facility was launched yesterday on the KSP network. This facility offers toys that will be sold only at the KSP in Israel.
Since we are now experiencing a truly difficult year, it’s nice to have a movie like this to help us get through it.
The film shows how the community was shaken by the news that there were descendants of Jews in Portuguese villages who still practiced Jewish rituals mixed with Catholicism, known as Marranos.
Israeli 'Haktovet al Hakir' commemorates the Babyn Yar massacre
Jewison: “The biggest grossing picture is not necessarily the best picture... So just tell stories that move us to laughter and tears, and perhaps reveal a little truth about ourselves.”
Several Sundance panels focused on Jewish and Israeli issues, as well as events held in response to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Israel-Gaza war.
An Israeli short film, Letter to a Pig, by Tal Kantor and Amit Gicelter, was nominated in the Short Animated Film category.
The series is set to be released in the US on Peacock in May and in Israel on Yes.
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