Pop Culture Israel
This month, Israelis are making headlines in film, architecture, design and literature
FILM
Israeli filmmaker Talya Lavie’s “Zero Motivation”, winner of Best Narrative Feature and the Nora Ephron Prize at Tribeca Film Festival, hit theaters by storm internationally including the U.S. this month
DESIGN
Wallpaper*, one of the world’s most distinguished design magazines, devoted a section of its January 2015 issue to Israel, showcasing a number of rising Israeli interior designers and includes interviews with gifted Israeli architects
LITERATURE
Yuval Abramovitz’s book 'The List-Shout out Your Dreams' reached the top 100 list on Amazon of current bestsellers in only 24 hours and was ranked 12th out of three million books.
AWARD-WINNING
The Golden Globes has showcased the best of the best films for 72 years, and this year the Israeli film ‘Gett’ by sibling-duo Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz is nominated for “Best Foreign Film”. The highly-anticipated awards show airs January 11, 2015 from Hollywood, California.