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1. JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Apr-2024 00:15:46 JST JuneSim63

   "Overall, we are pretty much like Russia now, only it isn't official yet with us. That may actually be worse, because if it were official, at least we'd be able to fight it," says Adar Shafran ("Running on Sand"), the director and head of the Israeli Producers Association. "When they want to submit a film to a festival, the Russians are told in advance not to do so. We aren't told that – our films simply aren't accepted."
   Haaretz

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   https://archive.is/RbCxq#selection-1215.0-1215.42

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   • JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Apr-2024 00:16:33 JST JuneSim63

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     "I've just returned from the London Book Fair, which is one of the most important annual events in our industry," says Ziv Lewis, the acquisitions editor at Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir publishing house. "I arrive at every fair with a book or two of ours, and try to sell the translation rights internationally. This time I didn't even try. Based on what I gathered and heard, there has never been a worse time for Israeli art. There's no open door and no desire to listen."

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