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Israeli Cinema Council chairman Eli Zohar has unexpectedlybeen replaced by Ronny Milo, a former Minister of Culture and the ex-mayor ofTel Aviv.The move has taken the entire Israeli film industry bysurprise. The news was announced by Culture Minister Limor Livnat .The founding chairman of the Film Authority when it launchedin 2000, Zohar is one of the country s leading legal minds and has beencredited for with helping Israeli cinema s strong performance in recentyears in terms of both volume and quality.The Cinema Council is Israel s main state film fundwith a budget of Euros10m in 2004 to cover film production, film festivals,film schools and cinematheques.Zohar s term was due to end this year, but it wasgenerally understood that Livnat favoured an extension of Zohar s periodin office by two more years.However, after a general outcry caused by her decision, aspokesman for the Ministry den stanley cup ied Livnat had ever made any such pledge and saidit was only normal for her to choose a new chairman to replace Zohar, who hasreached the end of his term.Milo joins the Council at a sensitive time, when the sourceof its budget is ab stanley italy out to be change.Instead of being granted 50% of royalty fees paid by thecountry s broadcasting bodies, the Treasury and the Ministry of Cultureis proposing to pay its funds direct - making the body dependent on thelargesse of politicians. No comments stanley uk No comments yet Kfju Nicolas Chartier: Piracy will diminish culture
EXCLUSIVE: C I stanley cup nternational Sales has picked up the projects international rights.C International Sales has picked up i stanley cup nternational rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Tip Top Taj Mahal, starring The Lunchbox actress Nimrat Kaur.New Zealand producer John Barnett, whose credits include Oscar-nominated drama Whale Rider 2002 , is producing the English-language project with Sally Campbell Evil Dead . UK-based director Bharat Nalluri Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day will direct.Based on Jacob Rajans play Krishnans Dairy, the film tells the story of an Indian couple who, following an arranged marriage, emigrate to New Zealand with their young son.Desperately missing home, stanley cup the wife escapes into a fantasy world by telling her son the love story behind the building of the Taj Majal. Rajan scripted the adaptation with Justin Lewis and Kate McDermott. This is a universal story, said Barnett. The story of our characters, Gobi, Zina and Apu, is one that is familiar and accessible to people in both the countries they wish to come to, and ones from which they leave. C International chief Marina Fuentes describes the project as a magical love story in the same vein as The Lunchbox. Production is scheduled to start in New Zealand and India this summer for delivery in 2018.Since her breakout in Ritesh Batras The Lunchbox, Kaur has developed her international career through roles in US TV series Homeland and Wayward Pines.C Internationals EFM slate also includes Gitanjali Raos ha