Maha Dakhil, agent, motion picture, based in the literary department, CAA - Entertainment News, Women's Impact Report. Breaking into Film. Finding a job in the film industry is like trying to find a sunken vessel lost at sea: it is not only difficult it's an art. This is because the movie making business is a hidden market. Employers and employees rely on reputation, word-of-mouth, and networking as primary tools of communication. By the time a project comes to town or starts production in one of the major cities, positions are usually filled. The nature of producing a movie and the related jobs are short-term and project-oriented. As a rule, film producers and directors are independent contractors. It's not only whom you know and what you know, but what you have done and what you have done lately.
What strategies don't necessarily work? Jobs advertised in the classifieds are generally filled by the time the ad appears in the papers. The myth that "If I sleep with the producer, director or maybe the casting director, I get the job" is just that -- a myth. Act Like a Pro Before You're a Pro You can't be a light bulb. How to Break into the Film Industry. The film industry is a profession that most people automatically write off as impossible to get into.
“Good luck with that,” people will say with a smirk when you tell them of your intentions. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know; and you don’t know anyone.” It’s true that creative professions are tough to get into. Unlike our more business-minded counterparts, like accountants or lawyers (who know exactly what they have to do to be successful), the film industry has absolutely no guarantees and no clear checklist to victory. Film professionals are completely on their own when finding a path to success and it can be very intimidating, especially since no two career paths are alike. Nay-Sayers To make things worse, you won’t find a lot of support out there, in fact, people will tend to try to spoil your dreams and make you think twice before going for it. Some people will be jealous of your courage because they always dreamed of doing it, but never did.
Get your House in Order. Women's Impact Report 2012. A careful historical reconstruction of a bygone era in which Jews and Arabs co-existed peacefully in Jerusalem, Moshe Mizrahi’s new film, “Women,” is an enchanting tale of polygamy that was sanctioned by religious tradition.
A strong central performance by Michal Bat-Adam, as a bright, pious, self-sacrificing woman, and authentic ambience of time and place compensate for a slight, often slow-moving narrative that would have made a great short. Result is an enjoyable film that should definitely be included in the next Israel Film Festival in the U.S. and perhaps even get a limited theatrical distribution in cities that have large Jewish and Israeli communities. Set against the luxuriant backdrop of a magical Jerusalem at the turn of the century, “Women” is the closest thing moviegoers are ever likely to see of a Judaic version of that uniquely French concept, menage a trois.
Israeli Production A Movit Ltd. film production. Crew With. Haifaa Al Mansour, director - Entertainment News, Women's Impact Report.