SIPUR (formerly known as Tadmor Entertainment) is an Israeli film and television studio headquartered in
Herzliya
Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. It was founded by Israeli businessman Gideon Tadmor and filmmaker
Emilio Schenker. The company is known for producing films and TV shows such as ''
American Ultra
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,
Norman'', ''
Junction 48,'' ''
Swiss Army Man
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, The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes, Bad Boy, Hungry for Love, Munich '72, I'm Still Alive'' and ''
Oh, Canada.''
History
SIPUR was originally founded as Tadmor Entertainment in 2015 by Gideon Tadmor, an Israeli businessman involved in oil and gas exploration. The company is headquartered in
Herzliya, Israel
Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...
. Emilio Schenker serves as the company's CEO.
In 2020, Tadmor Entertainment and
MGM entered a multi-year television agreement to develop, co-produce and finance original scripted TV series including local Israeli content as well as other productions which would be geared towards international audiences. Both companies started co-producing projects including the documentary series ''The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes.'' In 2021, Tadmor Entertainment and
MGM announced that they would co-produce a television miniseries about Iranian judoka
Saeid Mollaei and his friendship with Israeli judoka
Sagi Muki
Sagi Aharon Muki (or Moki; he, שגיא אהרון מוקי; born 17 May 1992) is an Israeli half-middleweight judoka. Muki is the 2019 World Champion. He also won the 2015 and 2018 European championships.
In August 2011 Muki won the Europe ...
.
In 2022, the company rebranded, changing its name to SIPUR, and raising financing from Israeli institutional investors Poalim Equity, Clal Insurance, and IBI Investment House, and from Israeli businesswoman Stella Handler. SIPUR also enlisted former
CBS Entertainment
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chief
Nancy Tellem
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to its advisory board. During the same year, the company renewed its agreement with MGM.
In March 2023, SIPUR announced its first scripted series BAD BOY, written by
Euphoria
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creator
Ron Leshem
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, directed by Israeli filmmaker
Hagar Ben-Asher
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, and co-produced together with
Peter Chernin
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's newly-established studio, North Road Company.
SIPUR and Israeli broadcaster
Reshet13 entered into a multi-year co-financing and co-production agreement, to develop various scripted and documentary series.
In the aftermath of the
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
On 7 October 2023, the paramilitary wings of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the DFLP launched a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza envelope of neighboring Israeli territory, the first invasion of Isra ...
, the company announced that it was producing a documentary about the events of October 7, 2023, with a focus on the
Re'im music festival massacre
On 7 October 2023, the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas initiated a surprise invasion of Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part of the attack, 364 civilians were killed and many more wounded by Hamas at the Supernova Sukkot Gathering ...
. The documentary, titled ''We Will Dance Again'', and directed by
Yariv Mozer, utilized footage captured by people at the festival, as well as testimonies from survivors of the attack.
References
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Television production companies of Israel