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Watch the Official Trailer for our 2022 Lighthouse Selections

Date: 15-12-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

We are proud to present the official 2022 T-Port Lighthouse Selections – a highly curated list of some of the best short films by emerging filmmakers T-Port has to offer. Thoughtfully curated by short film experts Olha Raiter (Lviv International...


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From perfect inspiration to some serious on-set challenges, director Romi Menachem on everything she learned directing ‘Out of Play’

Date: 01-09-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

30-year-old screenwriter and director Romi Menachem went through a lot with the cast and crew of her short film “Out of Play”. The film follows Bar (12), a longtime member of the boys’ clique and the class’s soccer team, who...


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A straightforward story told unconventionally: Henrik Dyb Zwart shares the creative process behind “Everything at Once” before its premiere at Venice

Date: 25-08-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

Henryk Dyb Zwart’s film “Everything at Once” premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 9 (courtesy of our partners at Festival Formula.) We caught up with the 34-year-old director to find out about his sources of inspiration from poetry...


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Denial, ambiguity, and mourning – a conversation with Audrey Karras, director of ‘One Last Breath’

Date: 21-07-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

Audrey Karras shot her short film “One Last Breath” in just 4 and a half days. We spoke to the French director about the challenges she encountered through the creative process, and how it was for her to work with...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight – Exploring the tragicomical with Alica Bednáriková

Date: 29-06-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

Ahead of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week we caught up with director Alica Bednáriková whose film “Liquid Bread / Chlieb Náš Každodenný” will be screened at the festival, presented by European Film Promotion’s Future Frames programme. The programme...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight – DIY filmmaking and the power of reality : An interview with filmmaker Jacob Perlmutter

Date: 16-06-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

  Jacob Perlmutter made his film “A Wall” during lockdown. The narrative sees a repressed woman falling passionately in love with a wall in her house. We spoke to the filmmaker about the minimalist shoot and why he finds reality...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight: On mortality and defying your own expectations – an interview with director Pedro M. Afonso

Date: 14-06-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

    Director Pedro M. Afonso’s short film “To Examine One’s Self” is currently available on T-Port via our partners Festival Formula. The film, which was inspired by practices described by his partner who was studying medicine, proved to be...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight – Cannes Edition ☉ Orin Kadoori on Cannes, her process, and passions

Date: 18-05-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

26-year-old Orin Kadoori is a third-year student at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. Her film “Sheherut (Kinship)” made the selection for La Cinef at Cannes 2022. We found out more about how it...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight at Cannes 2022 ☉ Lodz Film School’s Olga Klyszewicz on Cannes acceptance and her creative process

Date: 18-05-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

It’s going to be a busy fortnight for director Olga Klyszewicz – whose short film “We Are Not There Tomorrow” premieres as part of the Selection La Cinef at Cannes 2022. We caught up with her to find out how...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Animators Petra Stipetić and Maren Wiese on switching to stop-motion

Date: 10-05-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

We caught up with the animators, and students of hFMA,to talk about their film “Jeijay,” a short about everyday life, dating apps, and weird dates. “Jeijay” is available to watch to subscribers on T-Port as part of the hFMA catalogue. ...


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Heading to Cannes – With Our Partner ‘Lights On’

Date: 09-05-2022

Interview by: Jess Sweetman

The Cannes film festival will be happening from May 17 – 28 2022 and we are proud to announce that several short films from our partners have made the final selection. Two films in the competition are from our partners...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Creators of “Oliver’s Pixie Hunt”

Date: 04-04-2022

Interview by: Ben Tofach

    This is a special edition of T-Port Filmmaker Spotlight – this time we got a chance to talk to three emerging filmmakers who collaborated to create one of T-Port’s most enchanting titles, the German hybrid short, “Oliver’s Pixie...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Luis Schubert and “Blind Spots”

Date: 04-04-2022

Interview by: Ben Tofach

Luis Schuber’s latest short film may be the most “Meta” project on T-Port. Titled “Blind Spots”, the film’s orginal use of the “film within a film” trope, makes it a deeply gut-punching viewing experience – with a compact runtime of...


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In Solidarity with Ukraine / Filmmaker Gleb Osatinski Statement

Date: 08-03-2022

Interview by: Info T-Port

I was born in Kharkiv. For half of my life, I had lived there before I left. I remember the streets I walked and people because it was my childhood. My family left. We left because we had enough and...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Lighthouse Selections – Part 1

Date: 08-03-2022

Interview by: niv fux

For the 2021 edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections – our curated program of short films by emerging talent, we discussed with the filmmakers about their artistic journey, their challenges in the filmmaking process as well as their sources of inspiration. ...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Lighthouse Selections – Part 2

Date: 07-03-2022

Interview by: Ben Tofach

For the 2021 edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections – our curated program of short films by emerging talent, we discussed with the filmmakers about their artistic journey, their challenges in the filmmaking process as well as their sources of inspiration. ...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Serhat Karaaslan and “The Criminals”

Date: 18-01-2022

Interview by: Ben Tofach

Serhat Karaaslan is a Turkey-born emerging filmmaker, working on both short and feature-length projects.  His latest short film, “The Criminals”, is a Turkish-language crime-drama which follows a young couple trying to find a hotel room to spend the night in...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Andrey Natotsinskii and “Katia”

Date: 17-01-2022

Interview by: Ben Tofach

   Andrey Natotsinskii is a Moscow-based filmmaker, actor and photographer. His latest short film, “Katia”, is a fictional drama following Galina, who after her daughter’s death, remains completely alone and loses the meaning of life. Suddenly, she finds the incarnation...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Maria Semenova and “The City of The Sun”

Date: 13-01-2022

Interview by: Ben Tofach

Maria Semenova is a Moscow-born filmmaker. She recently graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (also known as VGIK), where she directed several short films, experimenting with both fiction and documentary storytelling.  Maria’s most recent short, the documentary The City...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Rona Segal and “Mission: Hebron”

Date: 07-12-2021

Interview by: Ben Tofach

Rona Segal is an Israeli filmmaker with work spanning genres, themes and mediums. Her latest short film – Mission: Hebron, is a documentary examining the ways Israeli soldiers exercise control over aspects of Palestinian civil life. The film brings six...


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T-Port Lighthouse Selections – Guest Curators Announced

Date: 15-11-2021

Interview by: Info T-Port

We are very happy to introduce the curators of this year’s edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections. Lighthouse Selections is T-Port’s in-house curated section that receives increased exposure to our network of industry professionals, selected by leading industry programmers. Céline Roustan...


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T-Port Talent Spotlight ☉ Ngwatilo Mawiyoo and “Joy’s Garden”

Date: 11-11-2021

Interview by: Ben Tofach

Ngwatilo Mawiyoo’s short film, “Joy’s Garden”, was just recently released, and is already gaining festival success, including an award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, and 5 nominations in Kenya’s film awards. The film is a personal drama following Edwin, who...


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4 T-Port Films shortlisted for the Oscars 2021

Date: 10-02-2021

Interview by: niv fux

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday (Tuesday) the shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards. 4 of the films in the short film category are presented on T-Port. We are extremely proud of T-Port...


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Salaud Morisset Presents: 2021 Rising Talents

Date: 28-01-2021

Interview by: Ben Tofach

As a new year slowly unfolds, we are extremely excited to share with you the works and stories of three of the promising upcoming filmmakers from Salaud Morisset’s international catalogue of short films. All three films are available for professional...


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European Short Pitch – Deadline Extended!

Date: 18-06-2020

Interview by: Yael Nudelman

16 short film projects will be chosen for this exciting program - one of those spots is reserved for applicants from T-Port!


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Dana Lerer, Wins T-Port Talent Village award at Les Arcs Film Festival

Date: 13-01-2020

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

T-Port Selection Filmmaker, Dana Lerer is the winner of the T-Port Talent Village Award at Les Arcs Film Festival with her first feature project, ‘Double Happiness’. 


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Little Hands (Salaud Morisset) on the Oscars shortlist

Date: 10-01-2020

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

Little Hands, The short film by Rémi Allier, represented by our partners, Salaud Morisset, has been announced for the Oscars shortlist.


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T-Port Selection Film, The Home Front/Tal Inbar, to Screen at Flickerfest

Date: 09-01-2020

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

The Home Front, a short film presented on T-Port Selection by director Tal Inbar was selected for Flickerfest - The Australian International Short Film Festival in Sydney


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Two Ma’aleh films received awards at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival

Date: 09-01-2020

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

The Maaleh School of Film and television have received two awards at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival (19-26 December 2019) at the Israeli Short Competition. Pop 30 (Shira Billig) – Won for Best Film Simple Things (Liel Sharon Sharon Gur)...


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Announcing new partnership with Salaud Morisset

Date: 02-12-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

The acclaimed French-German distribution company is now showcasing some of their new and leading titles on T-Port, including Student Academy winners Bonobo, November 1st and Dog Eat Dog


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T-Port is wrapping up Torino Short Film Market with a selection of 25 films

Date: 02-12-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

The market was held between November 21-23 in Italy and presented 25 of T-Port films in the market’s video library.


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The Maaleh School of Television & Film wins Award at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival

Date: 02-12-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

The film "Almost Liam" by Sapir Rokach won the Camera of David Award for the Best Documentary Short at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival


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T-Port films receive Student Academy Awards

Date: 18-10-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

Our partners - Salaud Morisset, University of Southern California and The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School, Lodz received students academy awards for their films. Click to read and see winning films!


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Summer and Fall Festivals Update!

Date: 25-09-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

T-Port Films have been showcased at festivals worldwide during the summer festivals. click for all the updates!


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Jerusalem Film Festival – Three T-Port Films on Official Selection

Date: 04-08-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

Three of our films were selected this year for the Jerusalem Film Festival. Image of Victory by Adi Mishnayot (The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University) won the Van Leer Award for Best Short Documentary.


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T-Port Selection

Date: 01-03-2019

Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk

Last March, T-Port has expanded its activities to independent filmmakers with T-Port Selection. T-Port Selection is a curated collection of the finest and latest independent films from Israel. This is a first step T-Port is taking to broaden its circle...


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