EXCLUSIVE: Seven years in the making, the Jerusalem Cinematheque is now ready to launch an English-language on-demand digital version of its Israel Film Archive. The archive, based in a climate-con…
The resource includes every newsreel produced infrom 1927-1972, home movies, rare films and the visits to Israel of U.S. politicians and American celebrities including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.
The trove also includes rare Lumiere Brothers footage from when they filmed the landscapes of Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Bethlehem in 1896. The films are considered the first ever video footage of Palestine. The Cinematheque has also selected ten “historic” films — from filmmakers such as Eran Riklis, Boaz Davidson and Avi Nesher — which will be made accessible for one year for a rental fee.Film Archive, said: “Seven years ago we embarked on this project with the aim of transforming the Archive into a digital cultural institution accessible to everyone everywhere.
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