June

Dancing Alfonso has taken the Asian Documentary Silver Award at the Shanghai International TV Festival, closed a couple of days ago in China. Jury’s statement: A charmingly intimate insight into the love and passion of old age, using flamenco dance to symbolize the determination to be fully alive in later life.

Planete Poland just licensed The Beetle. First transmission: July, 2008

St. Petersburg Jewish Film Festival has picked the following titles: Children of the Sun, Josef and Maria, Day and Night and Hanuszka. The Festival takes place in the end of June, in Russia.

Four of our films were selected for the Shanghai Int'l TV Festival, which takes place between June 11-15th in China. The films are as follows: Dancing Alfonso, Involuntary, A Fool's Dream and Three Times Divorced.

The Media Center of the Coalition for Jewish Learning in Milwaukee recently purchased some 20 of our titles, amongst:Children of the Sun, About the Body, Jews of Iran, Eyewitness – 60 Years and Did Herzl Really Say That.

May

Ruth Diskin Films is proud to represent two out of five documentaries nominated for the Israeli Oscar Academy Awards: Involuntary by Boaz Rosenberg and Children of the Sun by Ran Tal. The closing Award Ceremony is to take place on Thursday July 31, 2008 in Tel Aviv.

Ruth Diskin Films is thrilled to represent Amos Oz – a newly-released documentary about the renowned Israeli author, directed by Stelios Charalampopoulos. The Film has already been licensed by two Scandinavian networks and by Planete-Poland.

About the Body was just bought by UR-Sweden: First transmission: October, 2008.

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has picked no less than six of our latest titles: A Fool's Dream, Dancing Alfonso, Eyes Wide Open, Three Times Divorced, Stefan Braun and The Film Class.

The Beetle received an Audience Top Ten Laurel at this year’s Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival.



Storm of Emotions has taken the Silver Warsaw Phoenix Award at the Warsaw Jewish Motifs Festival, closed on April 27th in Poland.

Naf – A Street Kid was recently licensed by the Educational TV of UK. First transmission: August, 2008

Go in Peace, Rain and The Children's House for a special Israeli showcase in Brussels and in Luxemburg in May, 2008. The Showcase is co-organized by the Israeli Embassy in Brussels and IMAJ.

Moshe Alafi, Director of Naf – A Street Kid for a tour in Toronto and the US East Coast. Amongst others, Alafi will present in the showing of his Film at the Al Green Theatre in Toronto on Monday, May 12th at 7:00 pm, and at the Lockerbie Methodist Church in Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 14th at 7:00 pm.

Paying for Justice and A Touch Away have been selected for the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, which runs May 2-11, 2008.

April

Stefan Braun was recently licensed by Sundance Channel, as part of the GLBT month special programming. First transmission: June, 2008.

Since January 2008, Ruth Diskin Films' titles have been selected to some 100 film festivals/film events, to take place in the next couple of months world-wide, amongst: HotDocs Festival, Canada; South By South West Film Festival, USA; Palm Beach Film Festival, USA, CrossRoads Festival, Poland; Thessaloniki Festival, Greece; Munich Doc Festival, Germany; Hong Kong Film Festival, et al.

Warsaw Jewish Motifs Film Festival has taken Eye Witness- 60 Years, The Woman from Sarajevo, Storm of Emotions and Did Herzl Really Say That. The Festival takes place between 22-29 of April, 2008.

VRT-Belgium just bought Lullaby. First transmission: May, 2008

Ruth Diskin Films is proud to represent Amit Goren's Trilogy spanning 40 years of Israeli history from one of Israel's most acclaimed filmmakers. The Trilogy is an absolute must for any Jewish Studies, Israeli or Middle Eastern Studies Department, and contains the following titles:66 Was a Good Year for Tourism, Another Land and Dear Edmond.

The Beetle, to open the DocAviv Int'l Film Festival tomorrow, Thursday, April 2 at 8:15 pm at The Opera House in Tel Aviv.

March 2008

Ran Tal – for a special tour in the East Coast with his award-winning documentary Children of the Sun. He will be showing his Film at some 20 venues, amongst: Harvard University, Boston University, Austin University, The Jewish Federation of Ocean County, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington et al.

Rai TV, Italy just bought WASTED by Nurit Kedar. First transmission: May, 2008.

TVP recently bought six of our titles: Storm of Emotions, Paying for Justice, Looking for the Lost Voice, About the Body, We Too Have No Other Land and Shalom Abu Bassem.

Isratim, Paris has selected Go in Peace, Rain and Paying for Justice. The Festival takes place in March, 2008.

The Film Class was just bought by Culture TV, Russia. First transmission: May, 2008.

About the body has been selected for the Seoul International Film Festival, to take place in Korea in April, 2008.

Vancouver Jewish Film Festival has selected no less than 5 titles represented by Ruth Diskin Films: The Woman from Sarajevo, Children of the Sun, From Hell to Paradise,
Hanuszka and All I've Got. The Festival opens on March 27th, 2008.

February 2008

The Film Class was just bought by ARTE, France. First transmission: May, 2008

Eyes Wide Open to be premiered in Israel on Thursday, February 28th at 7:30 pm at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

Duke University has recently purchased some of our 20 titles, amongst: Wasted, Three Times Divorced, Stefan Braun, Film Fanatic, Moments, 2005, Crossing Borders, to name a few.

The Last Fighters for a special screening at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Paris, on April, 2008.

The Israeli Film Showcase, to take place in London on April 2008 has selected On Hold and Three Times Divorced.

Who Killed Walter Benjamin for a special screening at the Virginia Tech University on April 1st, 2008.

Dancing Alfonso has been selected for the South by South West International Film Festival, which runs 7-16 March, 2008 in Austin Texas.

Three Times Divorced has picked the Second Prize at the prestigious Fippa-Biarrtiz Film Festival, France.

January 2008

Eyes Wide Open to premiere in Manhattan JCC on Thursday, January 29th at 7:30 pm.

Yale University has recently purchased some of our finest films, amongst: Children of the Sun, The Woman from Sarajevo, Three Times Divorced,Metamorphosis, From Hell to Paradise, Covenant, to name a few.

Three Times Divorced has been selected for the Competitive Section of the 10th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, to take place in Greece in March, 2008

Ruth Diskin Films is proud to distribute the newly-released documentary Eyes Wide Open. Directed by veteran filmmaker Paula Weiman-Kelman, written by award-winning journalist Stuart Schoffman and produced by Jonathan Lopatin, Ruth Diskin Films encourages you to design a program around a screening of the Film, utilizing this documentary as a catalyst for discussion about your own community’s feelings towards Israel.

Paying for Justice was just bought by Multicanal Network, Spain. First transmission: May, 2008.

Wesleyan University Library has recently purchased some 15 titles, amongst: First Lesson in Peace, Nadia’s Friends, "Oh, My Homeland", "The Transparent Kippa", "Israel our Home et al.

Ruth Diskin Films has recently acquired the following three titles for world-wide distribution: A Fool's Dream, Involuntary and Dancing Alfonso.

The San Diego Jewish Film Festival has picked the shocking documentary Paying for Justice as well as the award-winning Drama Series A Touch Away. The Festival takes place in February, 2008.

The Film Class has been selected for the 16th Pan African International Film Festival, to take place in LA in February, 2008.

The Last Fighters was recently acquired by FSTV, USA, to be aired on February, 2008.

New York Jewish Film Festival, a collaboration of NY Jewish Museum and the Lincoln Center, will be showing Film Fanatic, Stefan Braun and The Unkosher Truth. The Festival takes place in January, 2008.

December 2007

Wasted has taken the Best Documentary Award at the Television Category at CMCA International Film Festival closed on December 15th, 2007. The Film is to be aired on RAI 3, Italy during 2008. This Prize joins the Best Directing Award granted to Filmmaker Nurit Kedar at the Montenegro TV Festival in October, 2007.

Three Times Divorced has been selected for the Official Competition of Fipa-Biarritz International Film Festival, to take place 22-27 of January, 2008. Go in Peace, Rain has been selected for the Selective Fipatel Market, aimed mainly at French speaking countries' buyers.

Children of the Sun for a US Premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, to take place 3-14 of January, 2008.

First Lesson in Peace will be shown at the Asian Art Bienniale, to take place in Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts until February, 2008.

Paying for Justice and The Film Class were just bought by SVT-Sweden. First transmission: January, 2008

Princeton University has recently purchased some of our finest films dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, amongst: Crossing Borders, Nadia’s Friends, We Too Have No Other Land, First Lesson in Peace, et al.

Two new episodes out of the documentary Series Did Herzl Really Say That , to be premiered at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, to take place in December, 2007.

November 2007

The Film Class for an Anti-Slavery Conference, to take place in Arizona State University on Friday, November 30th, 2007

Salonika, City of Silence, From Hell to Paradise and The Stars Will Never Die have been selected for the Jewish Eye Festival, to take place in Israel in November, 2007

First Lesson in Peace was just bought by UK Educational TV. First transmission: January, 2007.

A Touch Away secured the prize for Best Television Drama at ISRAFEST Festival in NY.

Storm of Emotions is to be aired on PBS, USA as during the first two weeks of November, 2007.

The Film Class to be shown at the Boston Jewish Film Festival, to open on November 2nd. For more info, please check: http://blog.dennisfox.net/

October 2007

Wasted by Nurit Kedar, has taken the Best Directing Award at The Montenegro International TV Festival, 2007.

Executive Producer Micky Rabinovitz in a Special Tour in the East Coast with his award-winning film Storm of Emotions. The Film has been booked by some 20 Jewish Federations, Jewish Institutes and Universities, amongst: the Jewish Federations of Greater Washington, Columbia and Houston; The Oklahoma University, the Maryland University and Columbia; the JCC in Manhattan, to name a few.

The Woman from Sarajevo to be premiered at the Haifa Int’l Film Festival, taking place in October in Israel.

The Film Class to participate in the MESA Annual Conference in Montreal.

First Lesson in Peace is the only Israeli documentary officially selected for the 2007 Asia Arts Biennale, hosted by the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts, between October 2007-February, 2008.

Crossing Borders, No Longer Achmed, First Lesson in Peace, The Film Class and Beitar Al-Kuds, out of Moments, 2005 – Jerusalem, have been selected for the Other Israel Film Festival, to take place in Manhattan in November, 2007

Wasted, Paying for Justice, Lerner’s Revenge, No Longer Achmed, Dear Edmond, The Film Class, The Templers and Naf – A Street Kid have been selected for the selective MEDIMED Market, to take place in Spain between October 12-14, 2007. Ruth Diskin – Managing Director, to attend the Market.