4th International Pitching Forum for drama series

Haifa 4th International Pitching Forum for drama series is intended to present and explore TV series in development and to promote co-production in the contemporary arena of global screens.

Open to the Industry.

The Sofa

A dramedy following the lives of four Arab women in their thirties, who meet in "El-Sofa" (The Couch in Arabic)- a women's support group in Haifa, each grappling with her own unique challenges. They balance and drive each other crazy as they navigate motherhood, careers, and love within the complexed reality of being part of the Palestinian minority in Israel.

Creator: Rukaya Sabbah

Producer: Rukaya Sabbah, Sabbah Productions

Cohen Brothers and a Half

Two secular men filmmakers collaborate with an ultra-Orthodox businesswoman and together produce a "kosher" movie for the ultra-Orthodox sector.  They face conservative rabbis and envious ultra-Orthodox competitors, but at the same time they discover an enthusiastic audience who are being exposed to movies for the first time in their lives.  Will the three of them be able to bridge the cultural - religious gaps between them and create together a blockbuster ultra-Orthodox film for the upcoming Hanukkah? 

Creators: Shahar Ben-Hur, Ariel Cohen

Producer: Shalom Eisenbach, Shalom Eisenbach Production

A Family Custom

Religious Oshrat (24) loves god who loves her too. She gets engaged to orthodox Matan’el. When she discovers that her family has abandoned religion, she begs them to pretend they’re still keeping Mitzvos to save the wedding. As the secret conflicts with their secular wishes, Oshrat starts questioning her own faith. What unites a family, when the previous bonds were broken?

Creators: Neta Traum, Sharon Weissberg

Producer: Chilik Michaeli, UCM

Crazy Camel

A dark comic drama series centered around the Crazy Camel, a popular guesthouse in a perfect spot in the Judean Desert, right between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. The guesthouse is threatened to be taken over by the Golden Dragon, a huge Chinese boutique hotel chain which is intent on maximizing the location’s potential while destroying its unique character. Will the Chinese dragon swallow the Judean camel?

Creators: Omri Yavin and Elance Dimant

Producer: Kobi Mizrahi, Kobi Mizrahi Productions

Yossi Shabbat Looking for Love

Yossi Shabbat is an aging bachelor and an accountant for the Tax Authority, living with his elderly mother. All of his cousins are also Iraqi-Israeli accountants working for the Tax Authority, but Yossi has always been the odd one out. While conducting a seizure at a debtor’s home, Yossi stumbles upon a dead body. The police rule it a suicide and close the case, but the victim’s Beautiful sister insists that her brother was living under a false identity and was murdered. Yossi falls for the sister and is drawn into solving the mystery. As he digs deeper, he uncovers that his own cousins are involved in a criminal scheme within the Tax Authority, and it's up to him to expose them.

Creator: Eyal Tzadok

Producer: Mika Kalderon, Zoa Films

Guêpe - the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the world of spies 

Scarred by love betrayal, a young Frenchwoman is honed by French intelligence into a deadly knife assassin. Her world shifts when a Mossad agent's sacrifice awakens her frozen heart. The must to collaborate to thwart lethal ISIS attack on Paris offers both of them a chance at redemption and love.

Creators: Pinchas Inbari, Amit Assa, Avner Avraham

Producer: Moshe Alfi, Alafim Productions

Burnt Out

Netta(37), a divorced single mother, lives in a middle-class town where she struggles financially. Netta teams up with two other single mothers, Adi (33) and Ina (37), and a grandmother, Nadia(46), to start a custom arson business to help failing companies while engaging in insurance fraud.

Creator: Yana Riahi 

Producer: Riki Shelach, Wadi Productions LTD

Good Girls Go to Hell

Tohar (17), a rabbi’s daughter in a West Bank settlement, breaks up with God after her mother’s Parkinson’s diagnosis. She starts a 10-step liberation journey, addressing God directly, while navigating her orthodox community. In a place where every decision is judged by both Heaven and Earth, can Tohar find her true self?

Creators: Bar Cohen, Tohar Sherman-Friedman

Producer: Shlomit Arviv, Dori Media