Production services – Israel Elections 2009

The Israel general elections will take place on February 10, 2009. The Highlight Films production team is now taking orders for production services during the election campaign and on elections day.

Please check out election production services in the next few days for updates about our preparations for this hectic period, and which service swill be offered to producers and TV crews from all over the world arriving to Israel to cover the elections.

Fixer services in Israel, West Bank and Gaza

Highlight Films offers full production services in Israel, The West Bank and Gaza: our experienced fixers handle all aspects of news and documentary productions in any location including camera crews, arranging for interviews and clearing locations, editing and uplink services transportation, security and so forth. Contact info@highlight.co.il for more info.

Time lapse sequences of Israel clips now available

Highlight has new HD footage of time lapse sequences in Israel including urban and natural settings. Screeners are now online in our archive. Please email archive@highlight.co.il to inquire about specific time lapses you would like to request, as our archive team is taking orders for these. Learn more about Highlight's archive footage library of Israel and the Middle East here.

New post production suite at Highlight

Highlight has just finished renovating a new post production studio located next to our production offices. The new spacious suite features Avid online and offline editing suites as well as our extensive footage archive collection. Email info@highlight.co.il for more info about our editing services and read more here. Learn more about Highlight's post production services in Israel.

HD camera rental in Israel, West Bank

Highlight offers state-of-the-art high definition cameras for rent to international crews and producers filming productions in Israel. Learn more about Highlight's HD camera rental and email info@highlight.co.il for more information.

New aerial archive footage of Gaza before the pullout

Highlight now has archive footage taken from the air of Gaza before the disengagement of 2005. The footage shows both Gaza City and former Gush Katif settlements. Clips will be available online shortly. The footage is available for purchase immediatly to interested broadcasters and producers. Please email archive@highlight.co.il and search more of Highlight's archive here.

New: Time lapse sequences in Highlight's Archive

Highlight has new HD footage of time lapse sequences in Israel including urban and natural settings. Screeners will be online in a few days. Please email archive@highlight.co.il to inquire about specific time lapses you would like to request, as our archive team is taking orders for these. Learn more about Highlight's archive footage library of Israel and the Middle East here.

Uplink in Israel and the Middle East

Highlight Films provides uplink services from many locations in the Middle East including many cities in Israel, Ramallah, Gaza and Amman, Cairo and others. Email info@highlight.co.il
for more information and find out more about our uplink services here.
Learn more about Highlight's services for news production here.

Tax breaks for filming in Israel with Highlight

The Israeli government is now granting significant tax breaks to foreign film productions that film their productions in Israel. To be eligible, film producers must co-produce with Israeli producers or production companies. Highlight co-produces both documentray and feature productions all the time with international partners. To inquire, email info@highlight.co.il and read about the tax breaks here.

Highlight Holiday Hours

In observation of Simchat Torah, Highlight will be closed tomorrow Tuesday October 21 and reopen again Wednesday morning October 22. Please email all inquiries to info@highlight.co.il and if something is truly urgent call 972-52-685 0000.

New HD footage of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron

Highlight now has extremly rare footage of the Cave and Tomb of the Patrirach's in the ancient city of Hebron. The place is known to be the buruial ground for Adam and Eve and other biblical couples including Abraham and Sarah. It is said to be the threshold into the Garden of Eden. To inquire about this amazing and largely unseen footage, please email info@highlight.co.il and check out more of Highlight's HD archive of Israel and the Middle East.

BAHAD-1 now in pre-sales for international broadcast

Highlight is now offering BAHAD-1, the unprecedented docu-reality series inside the IDF's officers course for pre-sales to international broadcasters. Learn more about this upcoming reality series now in production and contact noam@highlight.co.il for more information or sales inquiries.

New upcoming HD footage shoots for this week

The Highlight Films archive has planned the following HD shoots for the next week:
The Dead Sea – shores, tourists on vacation, mineral landscape formations.
The Sukkoth celebration in Jerusalem
The Israeli Security Wall in the Bethlehem, Beit Jala areas.
Footage will be avilable within a week in our archive footage libraray.

New HD footage inside and outside of the Dome of the Rock

Highlight has just completed an HD shoot of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock/ Temple Mount/ Al Aqsa. The footage, rare and stunning is available for purchase to broadcasters and producers all over the world. Please email archive@highlight.co.il for more information and learn more about Highlight's archive library of Israel and the Middle East here.

KASTNER to premiere at Haifa Film Festival

The Israeli premier for KASZTNER will be at the Haifa Film Festival on October 19. This documentary film directed by Gayln Ross and co-produced by Highlight follows the story of a Hungarian Jew, Israel Kasztner, who negotiated for lives with Adolf Eichman. A trial and verdict that forever stamped him as the man who sold his soul to the devil. Murdered by Israeli assassins who gunned him down in front of his doorstep. Now fifty years later, his daughter's desperate efforts to restore her father's place as the greatest Jewish hero of the Holocaust, and to uncover the mystery that still surrounds his death. Email info@highlight.co.il for more info.

Highlight Succot office schedule

In observation of Succot, Highlight will be out of the office after 3PM on Monday October 13 and return on Wednesday October 15. Please email info@highlight.co.il for bookings or questions. If something is truly urgent, call 972-52-685-0000.

Fixers and production services in Gaza

Highlight Films offers full production services in Gaza: our experienced fixers handle all aspects of news and documentary productions in Gaza City and throughout the Gaza Strip, including camera crews, arranging for interviews and clearing locations, editing and uplink services transportation, security and so forth. Contact info@highlight.co.il for more info.

Highlight to pitch Dead Sea film at Haifa Festival

Highlight's upcoming documentary 'Killing the Dead Sea' will be pitched at the Haifa Film Festival in order to compete for funding in a national competition for 'Green' documentaries. The film will compete against four others for the funding and was chosen from hundreds of submissions from around Israel on various 'Green' topics.

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Highlight's Yom Kippur schedule

Highlight's offices will be closed tomorrow Wednesday, October 8th and Thursday October 9th in observance of Yom Kippur. Email info@highlight.co.il for requests and if something is truly urgent call 972-52 685 0000.

New post production suite

Highlight has just finished renovating a new post production studio located next to our production offices. The new spacious suite features Avid online and offline editing suites as well as our extensive footage archive collection. Email info@highlight.co.il for more info about our editing services and read more here.

Highlight producing new documentary about the Dead Sea

Highlight is currently in the pre-production stages of a new documentary about the Dead Sea that will expose the environmental catastrophe occruring there and what the future holds for the world's wonder. The documentary will be available for broadcast all over the world and will include footage from both Israel and Jordanian sides. Please email info@highlight.co.il for more info.

News reports from Israel

The Highlight Films research and production teams are currently working on the following news stories in Israel:

What is Israel facing in her general elections? Facts and political analysis toward the upcoming court hearing of the allegations of corruption of former Prime Minister Olmert.

An unprecedented Water shortage – neglecting the present, ignoring the future: Israel is now facing the worst water shortage in its history. Water has been a major cause for wars in the Middle East. Is the current shortage alleviates expectations for war? And what are the possible solutions for this dire situation?

If you are interested in these stories or if you would like us to research and produce other developing news stories, please contact info@highlight.co.il

For more information about our news production services please click here.

Tax breaks for filming in Israel with Highlight

The Israeli government is now granting significant tax breaks to foreign film productions that film their productions in Israel. To be eligible, film producers must co-produce with Israeli producers or production companies. Highlight
co-produces both documentary and feature productions all the time with international partners. To inquire, email info@highlight.co.il and read about the tax breaks here.

Uplink in Israel and other locations in the Middle East

Highlight Films provides uplink services from many locations in the Middle East including many cities in Israel, Ramallah, Gaza and Amman, Cairo and others. Email info@highlight fo more information and find out more about our uplink services here.