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‘We Will Dance Again' Director & Sipur Studios Strike First-Look Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Israel's Sipur Studios has formalized its relationship with Emmy-winning We Will Dance Again director Yariv Mozer.
The pair have struck an exclusive first-look for all Mozer's new projects and development.
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They have worked together on a number of shows including, most prominently, We Will Dance Again, the October 7 documentary about the tragedy at the Nova Music Festival. The 2024 co-production between Sipur and factual producer Bitachon 365, in collaboration with MGM Television, appeared on Paramount+ in the U.S., BBC Storyville in the UK, RTL Germany and Israel's HOT 8.
Mozer also directed the documentary Ben-Gurion, Epilogue (2017) and garnered critical acclaim for The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes (2022), which Sipur co-produced with KAN11 and MGM Television. Like We Will Dance Again, both films received Israeli Academy Awards.
Sipur boss Emilio Schenker said the move 'cements a longstanding partnership' between Sipur and Mozer.
'Yariv's talent, sensitivity, heart and unwavering commitment to telling the truth – no matter how difficult – make him such a brilliant filmmaker,' he added. 'One needs to look no further than his riveting, Emmy Award-winning documentary We Will Dance Again, honoring the victims and survivors of October 7, to understand what an incredible director he is. This film is truly a consequential work.'
Mozer called Sipur 'the home where I've found the freedom and support to tell meaningful stories.'
We Will Dance Again won the recent Emmy for Best Current Affairs Documentary and Schenker dedicated the award to the late Sipur President Michael Peter Schmidt. Schenker recently spoke to us about Sipur's international plans and detailed projects the Bad Boys studio has boarded including Hagai Levi series Etty.
Mozer, whose deal with Sipur was negotiated by his agent, Niv Eshet Cohen, is a board member of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television and a graduate of Tel Aviv University, where he now of Deadline
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