Israel Production Services
Israel marks today six months to the beginning of the war, with the savage attack of Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023.
As of today, fighting continues in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Israel is on a high alert for an imminent Iranian attack on its territory.
As far as news and documentary production services – we continue to provide services to our customers on all fronts, including fixers and camera crews in the Palestinian West Bank.
On Saturday morning, Hamas launched a massive terror attack on Israel.
Israel is now at a state of war. We are providing news production services to several news outlets cowering the events, and will continue to do so in Israel, the West bank and Gaza.
If you need assistance with producing news reports in Israel, it’s best to contact us by email.
Israel is at Crucial crossroad. The next days may be a turning point, as the government is determined to pass anti-democratic laws, and hundreds of thousands of protesters are determined to prevent it.
We have camera crews, fixers, researchers and all production services available for visiting news teams. Please contact us for assistance.
Many customers are asking our advice regarding filming in Israel in the next weeks. First of all, Israel is still a great place to be, and an amazing place to film at. But, and it’s a big BUT, the next few weeks are going to shale Israel.
Israel is under attack. Not by terrorists or enemies, but from within. Our unfit, corrupt prime minister is supported by a coalition of fanatics who decided that the only way to give them absolute power and political longevity, is by turning Israel into a dictatorship, supported by ultra religious parties.
The majority of Israelis will not stay quiet and let Netanyahu escape prison by destroying our homeland. We are out on the streets, using our (still) democratic right to demonstrate. We will not rest until this evil plan will fail and cease threatening our lives and our children’s future.
So Israel will be a rather unpleasant place to be in the next days. There will be demonstrations, maybe clashes and violence, hopefully no fatalities. If you plan to come to Israel in order to produce something unrelated to the demonstrations, the next days are not the best time do that. But if you plan a documentary shoot dealing with Israel – this will be a fascinating opportunity to see democracy at work – good people fighting for values we have all taken for granted, as we think everyone should do, until we realized that the time has come to fight, not by violence or by breaking the law, but still fight in any way we can.
Highlight Films’ managing director Noam Shalev is one of the experts interviewed in a Committee to Protect Journalists report about producing in the West Bank.
The report was prepared by HP Risk Management in the UK, and offers valuable information for any journalist considering coming to the West Bank or other hostile environments in Israel.
For more information about security measures while filming in Israel and Palestine, please feel free to check our security advice.
These are sad and troublesome days in Israel. What began as an attempt to destroy the only democracy in the Middle East and turn it into a dictatorship, has escalated to continuos terror attacks from within and without.
Is Israel still safe. for visiting production teams? We believe it is, but the fear of coming to shoot a film, video or a TV show in Israel is understandable. For customers who decide to come and produce therm shoots in Israel, we continue to provide the best production services, as we have been doing in the last 25 years. And for anyone who hesitates or feels reluctant to come – we offer our full package of remote production services. Our producers and crews are very experienced in producing remotely, providing our clients with a direct feed from shoots in any point in Israel.
And if you want our ask us – just drop us a line and we promise to give you our sincere advice.
Here is our news blog. Here we will tell about our recent works and will update with anything relevant to film and video production in Israel.
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We are often asked “Is it safe to come and film in Israel?”
The answer is yes, definitely. There have been several terrorist attacks in the last weeks in and around Jerusalem, but none of them targeted visitors or tourists. Security in Jerusalem is higher than ever. Our production crews in Jerusalem feel completely safe when filming in the Old City of Jerusalem. As for the southern border with Gaza and the northern border with Lebanon and Syria – both are quiet.
There is an ongoing dramatic political turmoil in Israel, as hundreds of thousands of protestors demonstrate against the government attempts to change the nature of the Israeli democracy. These demonstrations are completely peaceful, they are known in advance and secured by massive police presence.
So, we believe it is as safe as ever to come and film in Israel, including Jerusalem. If you want to hear more, please feel free to drop us a line…
We wish our customers, colleagues and suppliers a great 2023! We are looking forward to begin the new year with the best film, TV and video professionals in and around Israel!
When the Covid pandemic broke, almost three years ago, we have decided to go for full remote production services in Israel. With things back to normal, we continue to provide remote services for corporate, documentary and other video productions, along with catering for the needs of producers and film crews arriving to Israel.
Our remote production services allow our customers to view our cameras feed and hear the original audio in real time, virtually without delay, from any location in Israel. In Palestine this service is available only in the big cities.
So, if you plan a video shoot in Israel – please feel free to contact us in advance and check what is the best way to do it: by a visiting crew or remotely.