Documentaries on Right-Wing Israeli Leaders, Global Adoption Scandal Score Pre-Sales for Java Films (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comEd Meza @edmezavar Global crises and a scandal of international proportions are among the hot topics attracting documentary buyers ahead of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Le Havre, where Java Films is presenting a compelling and timely lineup.
Set against the backdrop of Israel’s destruction of Gaza that followed Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, “Israel: Ministers of Chaos” focuses on the most right-wing government in Israel’s history and the two men who embody its most radical initiatives, national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Commissioned by Arte, Java has pre-sold “Israel: Ministers of Chaos” to Spain’s TV3 and expects to confirm more sales in the coming weeks.
The film, directed by Jérôme Sesquin and Nitzan Perelman and produced by Yuzu Productions, examines the impactful roles Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have had in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, in deepening the internal divisions of Israeli society and in leading the country towards its most dire existential threat since its establishment in 1948.
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