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  • Keshet International’s Plan B nominated for 5 Israeli academy awards

    Keshet International’s Plan B nominated for 5 Israeli academy awards

    MUMBAI: Keshet International’s comedy-drama Plan B is enjoying an action-packed 2016 awards season. It has received five nominations at the Israeli Academy Awards 2016 and has been nominated in the TV Comedy Series category at the 56th Monte Carlo TV Festival.

    The nominated categories for the Israeli Academy Awards include Best Comedy Series, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy.

    At the Monte Carlo TV Festival, Plan B will compete for the coveted Comedy Series Nymph d’Or, alongside some of the world’s most internationally renowned comedies/comedy dramas includingBetter Call Saul (Sony Pictures, US), Catastrophe (Avalon TV/Amazon Studios, UK), Ash Vs Evil Dead (Starz, US and New Zealand), Cradle to Grave (ITV Studios, UK) and Maniac (Rubicon TV AS, Norway). The winner will be announced at the star-studded ceremony on 16 June 2016.

    Plan B was created by Ido Rosenblum (BOOM!, Touch ), who also plays the lead character, and Asaf Shalmon. It was produced by July August Productions for Keshet Broadcasting and is available from Keshet International as a 9 x 30’ series or scripted format.

    Plan B tells the story of Omri Gordon, a cool, laid-back and self-absorbed rock-star who one day finds an Ethiopian baby on his doorstep, holding a note saying he’s the dad. At first he does everything in his power to resist his fate, but in the process realizes life has given him a whole new song to sing.

    Omri’s claim to fame is his ethnically diverse group of band members. This “politically correct” appearance is put to the test when he discovers he has a child of mixed race origin.
    Even though Omri had an affair with one of his singer’s sisters, he refuses to believe the child is his. He is not ready to become a dad and in addition believes that a child will ruin his chances of winning back Yael, his great lost love. If Yael finds out Omri fathered a child while the two of them dated, all of the long-stem roses in the world won’t bring her back. But once the paternity test comes back positive, Omri has to face a new reality.

  • Keshet International’s Plan B nominated for 5 Israeli academy awards

    Keshet International’s Plan B nominated for 5 Israeli academy awards

    MUMBAI: Keshet International’s comedy-drama Plan B is enjoying an action-packed 2016 awards season. It has received five nominations at the Israeli Academy Awards 2016 and has been nominated in the TV Comedy Series category at the 56th Monte Carlo TV Festival.

    The nominated categories for the Israeli Academy Awards include Best Comedy Series, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy.

    At the Monte Carlo TV Festival, Plan B will compete for the coveted Comedy Series Nymph d’Or, alongside some of the world’s most internationally renowned comedies/comedy dramas includingBetter Call Saul (Sony Pictures, US), Catastrophe (Avalon TV/Amazon Studios, UK), Ash Vs Evil Dead (Starz, US and New Zealand), Cradle to Grave (ITV Studios, UK) and Maniac (Rubicon TV AS, Norway). The winner will be announced at the star-studded ceremony on 16 June 2016.

    Plan B was created by Ido Rosenblum (BOOM!, Touch ), who also plays the lead character, and Asaf Shalmon. It was produced by July August Productions for Keshet Broadcasting and is available from Keshet International as a 9 x 30’ series or scripted format.

    Plan B tells the story of Omri Gordon, a cool, laid-back and self-absorbed rock-star who one day finds an Ethiopian baby on his doorstep, holding a note saying he’s the dad. At first he does everything in his power to resist his fate, but in the process realizes life has given him a whole new song to sing.

    Omri’s claim to fame is his ethnically diverse group of band members. This “politically correct” appearance is put to the test when he discovers he has a child of mixed race origin.
    Even though Omri had an affair with one of his singer’s sisters, he refuses to believe the child is his. He is not ready to become a dad and in addition believes that a child will ruin his chances of winning back Yael, his great lost love. If Yael finds out Omri fathered a child while the two of them dated, all of the long-stem roses in the world won’t bring her back. But once the paternity test comes back positive, Omri has to face a new reality.

  • The Lunchbox continues to wow audience worldwide

    The Lunchbox continues to wow audience worldwide

    MUMBAI: After wowing festivals worldwide and winning hearts in India, Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox, continues its winning trail. This time, it has won the Church of Iceland award at the Reykjavik International film festival, and the Best Director and Best Actor awards at saint jean de luz Film Festival (a French Festival).

     

    The film has now been selected in the official competition section of the prestigious BFI London Film Festival. In the 56th year of the festival, The Lunchbox that stars Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in the lead roles, will compete with some of the best films in the world including the Jesse Eisenberg-starrer The Double and the Scarlett Johansson-starrer Under the Skin. The festival will also screen Steven McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave and Alfonso Cuaron’sGravity in the Gala section.

     

    In another key development, Artifical Eye has bought the UK distribution rights of The Lunchbox. “We acquired the film both because we loved it and because we feel it will be loved by the UK audiences,” says Artificial Eye Managing Director, Louisa Dent.

  • Life! Camera Action gets Silent River fest award

    Life! Camera Action gets Silent River fest award

    MUMBAI: US-based filmmaker Rohit Gupta‘s acclaimed film ‘Life! Camera Action‘ has been presented with the ‘Best Film‘ (River Pursuit) and Best Director (River Pursuit) awards at the Silent River Film Festival (SRFF) 2011 in California recently.


    Earlier, it was nominated for the ‘Best Film‘, ‘Best Lead Actress‘ and ‘Best Director‘ categories. Over eight days, the festival showcased 80 handpicked films from over 400 submissions from around the world.
     
    With already over 25 international accolades and awards, the film won the ‘Best Original Music‘‘ & ‘Best Actor in a Supporting Role‘ awards at the the World Music & Independent Film Festival (WMIFF) 2011 held in Washington DC last month.


    The film has also been nominated for the ‘Best Film of the Festival‘, ‘Best Director‘ and ‘Best Supporting Actress‘ awards at the upcoming ‘2011 International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema‘ in United Kingdom to be held on 15 October.