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Forum
Join us at the 26th co-production pitching forum to preview Israel’s most promising docs-in-the-making on Monday, June 3, 2024.
10 outstanding, handpicked projects presented to 70 industry-leading decision-makers, including commissioning editors, investors, agents, and producers.
Close Enconters
One-on-one meetings between Israeli filmmakers and leading international decision-makers –including commissioning editors, producers, and investors – in order to open up new funding channels and co-production opportunities.
The Close Encounters track is designed for projects at various stages of development – both those that aren’t ready for public pitching, and those that have been pitched before and aren’t completed yet.
Rough Cut
6 high-profile documentaries at the rough-cut stage will be exclusively featured on the CoPro.Screen platform for screening to commissioning editors, distributors, buyers, and other market professionals seeking to acquire films.
Each team will have the chance to present their project in person during a 30-minute sneak-peek session, in order to generate creative, constructive discussion with the market guests, and to help the filmmakers break into international markets and promote sales.
CoPro x TISFF Student Film Labs
CoPro in collaboration with The International Students Film Festival have selected 16 student projects for its prestigious Student Film Labs tracks – Fiction and Documentary.
The young filmmakers take part in several workshops that familiarize newcomers with international standards.
The tracks’ crowning event is the Student Pitching Forum, where industry decision-makers can scout for young Israeli documentary talent, and filmmakers can gauge their works’ international marketing potential.
Screening Room
Featuring a limited selection of completed, distribution-ready films in the market’s online catalog throughout the month of June (and yearlong on the Copro. Screen platform). The films will be sent to more than a 70 decision makers around the world, that could schedule an online meeting with the Israeli creators during the market week.
Awards
• The Bitachon365 Award for best project.
• DOK Leipzig will include one project in the DOK Preview Training Presentation Program as
part of DOK Leipzig – The 67th International Leipzig Festival.
• Medimed, The Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market, will include one project in the
25th Edition Market Forum in Spain.
• FIPADOC will include one project in the FIPADOC Market Forum – International Documentary
Festival in Biarritz.
• Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will include one project at the Agora Market 2025.
• Visioni dal Mondo will include one project in the Industry Forum in Milan.
CoPro.Screen Platform, formerly known as DocuShuk, showcases and offers year-round access to the latest and best releases from the vibrant Israeli documentary industry.
The platform allows international buyers and programmers to stay updated, find and screen the finest films from Israel, and directly contact Israeli filmmakers and distributors.
CoPro.Screen features secure access to the biggest catalog of Israeli completed films, with exclusive full screeners, as well as selected in development projects that participate in our CoPro Market and seek production partners. With CoPro.Screen, you can meet our filmmakers online, tap into up-and-coming projects, and use our online screening platform year-round, from anywhere in the world, on any device.
We’ve created CoPro.Screen as a tool for sharing the stories that unite us. As an NGO, CoPro passionately believes in the role of culture and film in advancing mankind, and in visual media and storytelling as the best way to reach hearts and minds.
With over 1000 users and a catalog of over 100 films, CoPro.Screen is vitally necessary in today’s shifting online global market. In times like these, we encourage you more than ever to stay in touch and find the latest and best Israeli films, all online.
You can see the full catalogue here
Maintaining Orna Yarmut’s Legacy
Orna Yarmut (1956-2018) founded and established the CoPro Foundation in 1999, serving as its executive director until her tragic death in 2018. One of the leading lights of Israel’s documentary film industry, Orna led the foundation with endless devotion and generosity, striving tirelessly to realize her vision of placing the Israeli industry on the world stage.
Since producing the first CoPro Market 23 years ago, CoPro has gained a stellar reputation for financial and artistic achievement. The foundation’s efforts have revolutionized the scope of international co-productions of Israeli documentaries, and boosted sales abroad.
Orna fostered countless global partnerships, gaining significant attention for Israeli documentaries, and initiating numerous high-profile, award-winning international productions. Thanks to her work and the strides made by the Israeli film industry with CoPro’s help, the foundation is now an influential part of the film ecosystem both in Israel and worldwide.
We at CoPro are committed to carrying on Orna’s legacy with the same passion and drive that she brought to promoting Israeli creation.
Staff
Pnina Halfon Lang
Executive Director
Nilly Kalmar
Program Director
Alina Alexa Osipova
Operations & Finance Manager
Michal Haggiag
Executive Producer
Gal Gonen
Line Producer
Batel Israel
Guests Coordinator
Shiri Ben Mosh
Marketing Manager
Adam Segal - The 2050 Group
PR
Liat Barkai
Catalogue & Graphic Design
Tal Dorot
English Editor
Tamar Komem
Production Assistant
Ben Herscovic CPA and Y.M. Segal & Partners LTD
Accounting
Shimon Levi
Auditing and Bookkeeping
Yaron Shagal-Olin
CoPro Website Developer
Shay Dayan
Website Developer
Daniel Elior
Stills & Video Documentation
Amir Jorji
CoPro Clips
Yeshai Lang
CoPro Screen Site Designer
Anna Sedykh
Volunteer
Board Members
Dan Lahat Adv. | Chairman
Phillipe J. Weil
Michal Dekel Malinovitch Adv.
Michal Rafaeli Kaduri
Vivian Rakiv
Lisa Shiloh-Uzrad
Smadar Timor
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORT
Miki Zohar Minister of Culture and Sport, State of Israel
Yelena Perelman Chief of Staff of Culture- Minister of Culture and Sports
ISRAEL FILM COUNCIL
Aliza Lavie Chairman of the Israeli Film Council
Keren Carmel Head of Film Department & Film Council
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Nurit Tinari-Modai Culture Relations, Head of Bureau
Anat Gilad Head of Arts Department, Cultural Diplomacy Bureau
Yair Nevo Film Department, Cultural Diplomacy Bureau
Pnina El-Al Director Culture, Education & Academic Cooperation dept. Cultural Diplomacy Bureau
TEL AVIV-YAFO MUNICIPALITY
Ron Huldai Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo
Sari Israeli Head of Events & Ceremonies
Tzlilit ben Nevat Head of Culture and Arts Department
NEW ISRAEL FUND / ALBI- FUND | INSTITUTE | LAB
Libby Lenkinski VP for Public Engagement
Yael Yakirevitch
GESHER MULTICULTURAL FILM FUND
Ziv Naveh CEO, Artistic Director
Shai Ezra Production Manager
KAN11- THE ISRAELI PUBLIC BRAODCASTING
Tal Freifeld VP for television
Gili Gaon Head of Documentary
HSCC – CHANNEL 8
Rinat Klein CEO
Dorit Hessel Head of Productions
YES DOCU
Guy Lavie Head of yes Docu
Liz Shrem Producer
TEL AVIV CINEMATHEQUE
Dina Peled CEO
Dana Morag Artistic Director
Pini Schatz Program Director
THE FRENCH INSTITUTE
Guillaume Mainguet Audiovisual & Digital Attaché
Yael Baruch Cultural & Audiovisual Project Manager
GOETHE INSTITUTE
Dr. Carola Dürr Director
Yael Goldman Cultural Department
U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Joëlle Uzarsky Cultural Affairs Officer
Polina Levy Eskenazi Cultural Programs Specialist
SIPUR
Emilio Schenker CEO & Co-Founder
Ariel Weisbrod Head of Scripted & Documentaries
Orly Arbell Head Producer
Ron Auerbach Project Manager
GERMAN FILMS
Simone Baumann Managing Director
Bjorn Jensen
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC
Aurélie Romen Managing Director
Jean-Jacques Peretti Programming & Training Coordinator
Clémence Michalon Sales Development Representative
DOK LEIPZIG- INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIG FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATION FILM
Nadja Tennstedt Director of DOK Industry
Roland Loebner Coordinator DOK Film Market
FIPADOC – INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL BIARRITZ
Christine Camdessus Managing & Artistic Director
Bastien Gauclère Head of Industry Days
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Angeliki Vergou Head of Agora
MEDIMED -THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN DOCUMENTARY MARKET
Sergi Doladé Director
VISION DEL MONDO
Francesco Bizzarri Founding Director
TEL AVIV INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Gal Ostrinsky & Ori Arthur Wolf Directors
Oshrit Bitton Festival Producer
Lia Aginsky Lab Producer
THE ISRAELI DOCUMENTARY FORUM
Hagit Ben Yaacov Chairwoman of the Forum
Maya Naor CEO
Noga Chevion Project Manager
THE ISRAELI TV AND FILM PRPDUCERS ASSOCIATION
Tzvi Gottlieb CEO
ISRAEL FILM & TELEVISION DIRECTORS GUILD
Limor Pinhasov Director
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Idit Avrahami
Omri Bezalel
Roni & Maayan Cohen
Yulie Cohen
Shai Dayan
Adv. Michal Dekel Malinovitch
Margje de Koning
Susana Fernandes
Ofer Flynn
Noit Geva
Hedva Goldschmidt
Lauren Haber
Björn Jensen
Keoni Kailimai
Yifat Kedar
Lucie Kon
Adv. Dan Lahat
Yeshai Lang
Patrizia Mancini
Adv. Dror Nahum
Elinor Nechemya
Edit Pinkas
Michal Rafaeli Kaduri
Vivian Rakiv
Ronit Reichman
Ami Rosenbaum
Adam Segal
Yaron Shagal
Lisa Shiloach-Uzrad
Danna Stern
Alex Szalat
Milton Tabbot
Smadar Timor
Osnat Trabelsi
Philippe J. Weil
Yona Wiesenthal
Yehuda & Ronit Yarmut
Ella Yedaya
Noga Zivan