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ISRAEL: profile
Key facts
Government funding
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| Direct funding: National |
Yes |
| Direct funding: Regional |
Yes |
| Indirect funding: National |
Yes |
| Indirect funding: Regional |
No |
Society/Industry/Market
|
| Language |
Hebrew, Arabic |
| Population |
7.8 million |
| No. films produced per year |
28 (2013) |
| Annual cinema admissions |
14 million (2013) |
| Domestic share of box office |
10% (2013) |
| No. TV households |
2 million |
| Local content regulation on TV |
Yes |
| Legal system |
Common Law mixed with Jewish, Christian & Muslim laws |
| Currency |
¬Shekel |
Government support for co-productions
In addition to news, current affairs and sports, at least 40 per cent of all broadcasting hours on public and commercial television must be locally produced. The Israeli Government provides several film and TV funding schemes, the largest of which, the Israeli Film Fund, has an annual budget of $7 million. A 20 per cent tax offset is also in place. As a result, production output remains healthy, with 28 Israeli feature films produced in 2013. Approximately 300 hours of TV drama, 90 hours of documentaries and 10 hours of animation are produced each year for TV.
Industry overview
Despite being a relatively small country in terms of population (7.8 million) and cinema admissions (14 million in 2013), Israel has a 10 per cent domestic share of box office, 10 production studios, 30 post-production facilities and a climate conducive to location filming for much of the year.