Actors Yehuda Levy, Lior Raz and Iti Turgeman criticize the Netanyahu government's intention to harm the Public Broadcasting Corporation, during the unveiling of the new Keshet 12 series (Mia Keenan)
Keshet 12 presented today (Wednesday) its new schedule of drama and comedy series.
At the event that took place at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv with the participation of the creators, producers and actors, six series were presented that will appear on the Keshet 12 screen during the coming year, alongside four additional series that will be filmed during that time.
Keshet said that it will invest about NIS 100 million in the drama schedule and will also invest in series by Israeli creators that will be co-produced by Keshet International.
Avi Nir, CEO of Keshet Group, said in his speech at the event: "We live in the golden age of Israeli drama.
Such a phenomenon, like a perfect storm, occurs over years, only when there is a connection between several forces at the same time - creative forces, audience, market and investors.
Keshet has been operating in the field of drama for 30 years, with about 100 dramas, which have traveled all the way from Bat Yam to Los Angeles.
We are the leaders of the anti-binge movement - both in the sense of the timeline but also in the local-Israeli sense against the global onslaught of streamers.
We are looking for a drama or comedy that will be present thanks to its content and our stage, in our collective minds and hearts, for weeks.
In the coming year, important, complex, funny, excellent drama series will be released, and we intend to place them in the heart of prime time.
It's cold, stormy and dangerous outside.
We don't want the golden age of public and commercial broadcasting to turn into the ice age."
Avi Nir, CEO of the Keshet Group, at the presentation of Keshet's 12 drama and comedy series schedule (Photo: Oded Karni)
Leading actors who will participate in Keshet's series also expressed in conversations with Walla!
Culture criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karai's threats to severely damage the Public Broadcasting Corporation by dramatically cutting its budget.
"Because the corporation's model is different, it is not an advertisement-based and commercial model, there is room to make slightly different content," said Yehuda Levy in a conversation with Walla!
culture.
"I think it's important for the cultural fabric, to have all kinds of content. This channel reflects our multiculturalism, and culture in general is a heart, it's a soul, without culture we'll be gray and we'll be very boring. We'll pretty much die from the inside. So don't give up on the department This one. It produces a great deal of life and social power."
"It is very bad that a public broadcasting corporation will close, because there is no democratic country that does not have a broadcasting corporation," Lior Raz told Walla!
Culture, "Besides, the livelihood of many people will be lost because of this thing. In the world of television, there are many people who work in transit, catering, taxis, equipment, lighting, that's thousands of people who will lose their jobs if this happens. In addition, the Israel Democratic Institute did a survey And found out that 82 percent of the Israeli public wants the broadcasting corporation to stay. So long live Avok, as they say."
Itai Turgeman added: "It makes me very sad. We as actors witness how much worthy and high-quality content they produce, and how much they strengthen the drama and allow the actors to play, work and do amazing things that happen in the corporation. It's a real shame."
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Lior Raz and Rotem Sela in Keshet's "Third Person" series (Photo: Doron Peled)
The new series that are expected to be aired during the year: "Third Person" - a relationship drama starring Rotem Sela, Yehuda Levy, Lior Raz, Gal Malka and Iti Turgeman that will air this month;
"The Head" - suspense and espionage drama starring Yehuda Levy, Meli Levy, Yael Elkana and Usheri Cohen;
"Life is a difficult time" - a comedy drama created by Hanoch Daum, who will also star in it;
"No one leaves Palo Alto" - a suspense drama based on Yaniv Itzkovich's bestseller starring Maggie Ezarzer, Shlomi Shaban and Rif Naman.
Series that will return in new seasons, also during the year: a second season of the drama "The Cops", starring Shani Cohen, Tzachi Halevi, Maor Schweitzer, Danny Stegg, Daniel Gad, Yeftah Klein, Firas Nassar, Eli Altonio and more;
Eighth season of the sitcom "Sabri Marnan".
In addition, Keshet announced that in the coming year four more new series will be filmed: "The Daughter" - a drama about a mother's journey to free her daughter from prison;
"Lovesick" - romantic comedy drama;
"Corona Hotel" - detective drama;
and "Soul Laws" - a legal suspense drama.
From the second season of the series "The Policemen" of Keshet 12 (photo: screenshot)
Hanoch Daum in Keshet 12's program "Life is a difficult time" (photo: screenshot)
From the series "Sabri Marnan" of Keshet 12 (Photo: Ilanit Duanias)
In addition, Keshet International will continue to produce the following programs in co-production with international bodies first: "Rough Diamonds", which was co-produced with De Mensen and will be broadcast on Netflix and the Belgian channel VRT.
This is a story about the diamond trade of an ultra-Orthodox family and its expatriate son, created by Yuval Yafet and Rotam Shamir, who also directed.
The production was filmed during the Corona period in the diamond district in the city of Antwerp with Belgian actors alongside Israeli actors such as Yona Elian and Dodo Fisher;
Another production is "A Small Light" starring Liev Schreiber ("Ray Donovan"), which was co-produced with ABC Studios and will air on Disney Plus.
This is the life story of Mip Hiss, a Righteous Among the Nations who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis.
Bequest International is also working on the drama "Who By Fire", created by Yonatan Indorski based on the book by Mati Friedman, which will deal with Leonard Cohen's concert tour in Israel during the Yom Kippur War;
and a series by Rotem Shamir and Yuval Yafet about the "four mothers" movement and the Second Lebanon War.
Lior Raz at the presentation of Keshet 12's drama and comedy series schedule, which took place on February 1, 2023 at the Land of Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (Photo: Oded Karni)
Rotem Sela (Photo: Oded Karni)
Rif Naman at the presentation event of Keshet 12's drama and comedy series schedule, which took place on February 1, 2023 at the Land of Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (Photo: Oded Karni)
Avi Nir, CEO of Keshet Group, and actor Yehuda Levy (Photo: Oded Karni)
Uri Gabriel (Photo: Oded Karni)
Karni Ziv, Keshet's director of drama and comedy, said at the event: "I can proudly say that each of our series touches on important issues, some of which have not yet been seen in prime time in Israel. This is a statement of confidence in the talent of Israeli creators to tell a story with significant value, alongside a commercial perception that series They are a competitive tool that provides an alternative for the viewer and real competition for reality shows and entertainment."
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