Haim Tabakman Articles

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner in David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (top); Daniel Stamm's The Last Exorcism (upper middle); Zohar Strauss, Ran Danker in Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open (lower middle); Isabelle Huppert in Claire Denis' White Material (bottom) David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse isn't included on the Los Angeles Film Festival's Thursday, June 24, schedule. Even so, the world premiere of [...]

Eliza Triana in Hilda Hidalgo's Of Love and Other Demons (top); Samuel Maoz's Lebanon (upper middle); Zohar Strauss, Ran Danker in Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open (lower middle); Jung Sung-Il's Cafe Noir (bottom) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright will be present to talk about his career at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sunday evening, June 20. Star Trek's J. J. Abrams [...]

Directed by Haim Tabakman and written by Merav Doster, Eyes Wide Open is a gay love story set in Jerusalem's "ultra-orthodox" Jewish community — in other words, in a society in which homosexuality is anything but acceptable. Here's the synopsis from the Eyes Wide Open press release: "Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem's ultra-orthodox Jewish community is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father [...]

Teens go wild in Ruben Östlund's Involuntary; gay love set against a background of religious ardor in Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open Swedish Blockbuster THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Wins at Palm Springs Festival Another winner at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival was Ruben Östlund's Involuntary, Sweden's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The quirky film set during the Swedish [...]