King of Bastas - Studio Darom Participants 2019
Synopsis
A social comedy-drama following Albert, who dreams of a fancy wedding for his son, while battling fat- cats who are threatening to destroy all he holds dear: the Basta (stand at the market) - his source of income, as it was for his father before him, and the setting of day to day life. A story of a simple man who decides to go and deal with an aggressive system, and is not prepared to stop without a fight.
Rita Borodiyanski | Director
Rita Borodiyanski is a director, screenwriter, acting and film teacher in Israel. She created three short films that were nominated in many festivals in the world- Tribeca, Melbourne, Italy and more.
Asaf Nawi | Producer
Asaf Nawi is a producer and the founder of Nawipro LTD, a production company for television and film. The company focuses on social stories with a unique Israeli voice that will also be able to touch viewers around the world. In 2017 produced the film "Doubtful" in partnership with Rogovin Brothers LTD. The film was nominated for nine Israeli Academy awards and won the casting award, it won the Best film award and the Best Cinematography award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Our film "Wedding Rush" will be distributed this summer. Additionally, we produced three seasons of the late night show, "Tonight with Guri Alfi" and "Night Club" - season 6 for Keshet Broadcast. In 2017, we accompanied and produced Conan O'Brien's visit in Israel. In addition, Asaf served as the Line Producer for the Israeli episodes of "Homeland" for Showtime Network and the pilot episode of "DIG" for NBC.
Oren Rogovin | Producer
In 2013, Oren Rogovin, together with his brother Omer Rogovin, founded Rogovin Brothers LTD - a content and production house of films. Since then, Oren has been the head producer of the company. Rogovin Brothers LTD was founded out of a passion for the film world and a belief that this is the way to tell social stories that generate change. A short film they produced - "Knock on the Door" (10 min) – was nominated for Best Short Film in the Israeli Film Academy Awards in 2014. In 2017, together with Nawi Pro LTD they produced the feature "Doubtful" (88 min.) 9 Nominations for the Israeli Film Academy Awards 2017, including Best Film, winner of Best Casting Award (Non-actors involved) and more than 100,000 tickets sold in the box office. The film "Ducks - Urban Legend" they've produced is currently in post-production and will be released next year.
Maya Hofman | Producer
Content and production manager at Rogovin Brothers LTD. In the last ten years she worked in the departments of directing and production in the television and film industry.