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Forever Pure (Tehora la'ad)

Forever Pure (Tehora la'ad)
Forever Pure (Tehora la'ad)

Synopsis

January, 2013. A secretive transfer deal transported two Muslim players into the heart of Israel and the Jewish oriented Beitar Jerusalem F.C., leading to the most racist campaign in Israeli sport. One season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - TIFF Docs

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
87 mins
Format
HD
Director
Maya Zinshtein 1st Feature
Producer
Geoff Arbourne, Maya Zinshtein
Co-Producer
Alan Maher, Torstein Grude
Executive Producer
John Battsek, Nicole Stott
Editor
Justine Wright, Noam Amit
Director of Photography
Sergei (Israel) Freedman, Yaniv Linton, Ross McDonnell
Sound
Slava Frenklakh
Composer
Stephen Rennicks
Story Consultant
Joe Bini

Genre

Sport

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Israel, UK, Ireland, Norway coproduction

Duckin' & Divin' Films (UK), Maya Films (IL), Passion Pictures (UK), Roads Entertainment (IE), Piraya Film AS (NO)

Duckin' & Divin' Films

Geoff Arbourne
13 The Willows
Beer
Devon
EX12 3AN

Passion Pictures

County House
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

Sales Company

Dogwoof

19-23 Ironmonger Row
London
EC1V 3QN

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