Israeli fund support for Eyal Sivan documentary sparks row | 29 April, 2007 | By Dan Fainaru | Screen daily.com A storm has erupted in Israel after an important fund announced its intention to back a documentary by Eyal Sivan, a fierce opponent of the country's policies. The Paris-based Israeli film-maker's documentary Jaffa is to receive support from the Cinema Project, a division of Tel Aviv's Joshua Rabinovitch Cultural Fund. But the backing for Siivan, who has taken a strong line against the policies of the State of Israel, has come under fire from numerous critics from the far right to thesocial-democratic left. Sivan has an international reputation for his documentaries, including The Specialist, a review of..
Source : Dan Fainaru — Screen daily.com, 29.04.2007