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Geva Films (Hebrew: סרטי גבע, Sirtei Geva), or the Geva film studio and laboratory was one of the first film studios in Israel. It was established in 1949 in the city of Givatayim near Tel Aviv by Mordechai Navon , Yitzhak Agadati and Yosef Navon. It produced newsreels for cinemas and short films, as well as feature films.[1][2]
Its building was demolished in September 2011[3] and two residential towers (Geva Towers (Hebrew: מגדלי גבע)) were built in its place.
Produced films
[edit | edit source]- 1956 – Tale of A Taxi, comedy, black-and-white[4]
- 1959 – Pillar of Fire[5]
- 1960 – I Like Mike
- 1963 – What a Gang
- 1963 – El Dorado
- 1964 – Eight in Pursuit of One
- 1964 – Dalia And The Sailors
- 1965 – Hole in the Moon
- 1965 – Un soir à Tibériade
- 1966 – The Flying Matchmaker (Two Kuni Lemel), film musical
People
[edit | edit source]- Mordechai Navon, a founder
- Yitzhak Agadati, a founder, brother of Baruch Agadati
- Yosef Navon, a founder of the Geva Film Studios, director, cameraman and sound technician[6]
- Jachin Hirsch, worked on the Geva Films' newssreels in late 1950s [7]
- Amnon Salomon
- Adi Talmor
References
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- ^ Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film, p. 355
- ^ Where Have All the Newsreels Gone?", Israeli Film Archive
- ^ "Editing Out a Frame of History", Haaretz, March 18, 2011
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