Israeli film industry is a surprising powerhouse (omg!)

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo from right: Israeli film director Joseph Cedar, actor Shlomo Bar Aba, and producer Moshe Edry stand together during a press conference after the film Footnote, a mordant tale of rivalry between father-son Talmudic scholars was nominated in the Academy Awards' best foreign-language film category, in Tel Aviv, Israel.The budgets are bare-bones and the talent pool is limited, but little Israel has emerged as a surprising powerhouse in the foreign film industry. The Israeli film Footnote, up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year, is Israel's fourth such nomination in the past five years _ crowning Israel in that five-year period with more nominations than any other country.(AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Files)

JERUSALEM (AP) — The budgets are bare-bones and the talent pool is limited, but Israel has emerged as a surprising powerhouse in the foreign film industry.

The Israeli filmFootnote,” up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year, is Israel’s fourth such nomination in the past five years, giving Israel more nominations during that period than any other country.

It’s an indication to the renaissance of Israeli cinema,

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