News Summary

• More than 4,500 actors and other film personalities are calling for a boycott of the Israeli film industry.
• The Sea is an Israeli production, even though it is one that blurs the line between “Israeli’ and “Palestinian” The scenes set in Khaled’s village were filmed in the West Bank, the rest in Israel.
• It has just won the Ophir—the Israeli equivalent of an Oscar—for best picture, making it Israel's entry for best foreign film at the Academy Awards.