More than 50 Israeli filmmakers, including Guy Nativ ('Golda'), Hagai Levy ('Our Boys') and Nadav Lapid ('Synonyms'), had called for a boycott of the fund, which they said was engaging in political censorship.
Producers submitting projects for funding by the Rabinovitz Foundation were required to pledge that their films, explicitly or implicitly, do not include any statements or messages that deny the “existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,” that mark “[Israeli] Independence Day or the day of the establishment of the state as a day of mourning” or that “harm the honor of the country’s flag.
Indeed, earlier this year, Israel’s new minister for culture and sport, Miki Zohar, said the government should not use taxpayer money to fund art that harms “Israel’s good name both in Israel and around the world,” or that criticizes the country’s military, the IDF. The Rabinowitz Foundation’s Israel Cinema Project is the country’s largest film fund. Last year the group handed out around $8.7 million to back feature films, documentaries and student projects.
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