The international jury of Haifa IFF "MIX" pitching contest awarded "Rony and Ryad" the first prize – 250,000 NIS on behalf of the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund. The film is to be produced by 2-Team's Estee Yacov-Mecklberg and directed by Inbar Horesh ("The Visit", Cinefindation 2014) from a script by Nizar Helewa and Inbar Horesh.
MIX is a special project of Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, the Haifa International Film Festival and The Israeli Screenwriters Association, aiming at the supporting mutual creations by Israeli and Arab filmmakers and the interaction between the cultural and social worlds in a credible and authentic fashion and from an original and unique point of view.