Iran Riklis on the series of excitement in which “Voda” Soshe Zonder participated

The prominent Israeli director, Iran, Riklis, known for his middle human films, “Limon Tree”, “Syrian Bride” and recently “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, feels angry and frustrated by the political leadership in Israel, which led nearly 4,000 names in the entertainment industry to the entertainment film provinces in a gas.

Riklis was chosen in Tallinn’s TV Beats, Market for joint finance (7-8 November) with the upcoming TV drama “The Abduction of Yossile Schumacher”, commissioned by Israel’s commercial channel Keshet 12.

The director yearns for European partners in Tallinn because of his six -part drama. But it also does not affect that the anti -Israel feelings from some parts of the global industry will not affect his dream of bringing the screen to other bridges between people.

“Israel is not the best [political] The situation and I hope nothing is political between me and the series. diverse In a video call from his home in Tel-Aviv. Likewise, Riklis feels sorry for the controversy over the entry of Israel’s Oscars, which includes a young Palestinian boy, and he risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv, and the subsequent threat from Israeli Minister of Culture Mickey Zohar to finance an ax to the Israeli movie Academy.

“I directed” director “Carmelie Pollack at sea” when the Sam Spiegel’s international scenario laboratory with the project attended. I loved the story and gave confidence in her direction. Then I saw the movie at the Jerusalem Film Festival and cried for an hour and a half.

The fact that the Israeli Film Academy voted in its favor [as Oscar entry] It was a surprise, but it is the best movie that represents Israel now. It is good to join [Oscar] The director, who is a firm believer, competes that ART goes beyond the political boundaries and that the narration of stories can open the hearts of people and people’s minds.

“As a way out, I want to stay optimistic,” said Riclis, who was a 19 -year -old Israeli soldier during a 1973 war and many close friends lost. “I faced the Egyptian army for several months. It was a horrific war. But then, it was imagined that a few years later, in 1979, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will sign the peace agreement [the Camp David Accords] With Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who had very right -wing views. So I always try to remember these events, “Riklis insists:” There are always people trying to make changes and success; We need hope. “

The excitement chain on the basis of real events

After “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, which dealt with women who resist the repressive religious system in Iran, the next Riklis project, the TV program “kidnapping Yusel Schumacher” looks at a different religious extremism, closer to the house.

The story is based on the real state of kidnapping in Israel for a seven -year -old Jewish boy, Yusel Schumacher, by his super Orthodox grandfather in the early 1960s, to prevent him from winning by his secular parents. After extensive international research led by the Israeli Secret Services nearly two years ago, the boy was eventually found in the United States and returned to his parents. According to the registrar, the kidnapping “leads three women to a clash over its fate and faith and the bad struggle between the Israeli Mossad and the network that cannot be penetrated to the Orthodox society.”

Riklis, who was six to seven years old at only at the time of events, has a vivid memory of the issue that has become the Selleberry issue, which divides Israeli society. “Overnight, from a small family conflict, the story has become huge, opposed to the secular population and evolving in Israel. Our prime minister at that time was Ben Gurion feared that the issue would lead to a civil war, so he asked Moussad to intervene,” to a person mentioned. I was just waiting for this! ”

Then, the experienced scriptwriter, Moshe Zonand, known as “Voda”, called Apple TV+ Spy Thriller “Tehran” and the last series “The German”. The two collaborated earlier in the local Riklis strike “Zohat” (1993) and “Vul in Junction” (1999). “I felt that Moshe would be the perfect creator and the participant in the series. He has a great skill in balanced drama and excitement, so I felt overwhelmed when he agreed to ride the project.”

The excavation deeper into the plot and the story, the director says: “The main dramatic thread will be to search for the child, but the series will have three dramatic layers. First, the essence of the story will be about three defective women. Godith Avrahami.

The second layer will be the excitement, with the Mossad searching for the boy between Israel, Italy, Germany, France, England and the United States. “You will be on the edge of your seat, like with Liam Neeson Reilller,” is the director. Then the third element will be the complex social and political context, “with topics on persecution, liberalism, destiny against religion and the rule of law in exchange for God’s rule, and the issues that are localized today 60 years ago.”

“In the end, it comes to pain, love, family, loss, faith, intolerance, and the secrets and lies at many levels,” the director who feels that the project has “all the appropriate components to turn into an exciting and deep TV that must be for everyone.”

The project, which costs about 1.5 million euros ($ 1.7 million) per episode, is produced by Riklis production for Iran’s production of Riklis and Mushieh to include United King Film, one of the most production and distribution clothes in Israel and his long -term partner in Riklis. Israel’s commercial channel Keshet 12, on the plane.

“In Keshet, we are excited about the Israeli stories that reflect our unique culture with the echoes with the masses everywhere,” says Keshet 12 Head from the drama and comedy Karni ZIV. “With Iran Riklis at the head, this project promises to be a mobile family drama with a strong and compassionate feature, and we are excited about the possibility of communicating with viewers in both Israel and abroad.”

As one of eight projects chosen for the Tallinn TV market, which is part of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival event in Tallinn & Baltic, it will compete for the Joint Council Development Award for Participated in the Council of Europe at a value of $ 50,000 ($ 58,700).

“In Tallinn, I hope to find participating producers who love the project. I am in particular searching for partners of traditional sources of financing-public financiers, broadcasters, as well as banners,” says Riklis, who hopes to produce in November 2026.