Palestine’s Fresco Films has boarded Tamara Erde and Mathias Énard’s TV one-off “Breaking Bread,” with France’s Haut et Court Doc already locked as the main producer. Tony Copti will produce alongside Emma Lepers.
Attempting to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through food, “Breaking Bread” will try to answer one question: Does gastronomy separate us or bring us together?
Clocking in at 52 minutes, the documentary – to be shot in Arabic, Hebrew and French – will go into production in the spring of 2023. Mediawan Rights handles the sales.
“There are many documentaries on this subject and most of them show the harshness of the conflict. We loved this project because of its lighter and more approachable perspective on such a dense subject, which creates the opportunity of reaching a wider audience,” says head of documentary sales at Mediawan Rights, Arianna Castoldi.
“Tamara’s gaze, so fresh, human and conscious of the reality of the situation,...
Attempting to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through food, “Breaking Bread” will try to answer one question: Does gastronomy separate us or bring us together?
Clocking in at 52 minutes, the documentary – to be shot in Arabic, Hebrew and French – will go into production in the spring of 2023. Mediawan Rights handles the sales.
“There are many documentaries on this subject and most of them show the harshness of the conflict. We loved this project because of its lighter and more approachable perspective on such a dense subject, which creates the opportunity of reaching a wider audience,” says head of documentary sales at Mediawan Rights, Arianna Castoldi.
“Tamara’s gaze, so fresh, human and conscious of the reality of the situation,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
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