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Netflix announced on Sunday that it is supporting a new program at a Jerusalem film school that will help up-and-coming creators in the field of scripted television learn from and present their work to industry leaders.

Since 2011, the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School has hosted a popular Film Lab that produced a number of well-known alumni, including László Nemes, the Hungarian director of the Oscar-winning film “Son of Saul”; Abner Benaim, the director behind Panama’s official entry in the 2022 Academy Awards, “Plaza Catedral”; and Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, whose feature debut “Murina” won the Camera d’Or at Cannes.

The program has now expanded to include a Series Lab, geared at providing Israeli producers and writers who are developing a promising scripted series with mentorship and artistic guidance from leading figures in Israeli and international television.

Hagai Levi, the TV creator and producer behind “Scenes From a Marriage,” “In Treatment,” and “The Affair,” has joined the new JSFL Series Lab as an artistic advisor. Mentors includes Daphna Levin (“Euphoria,” “In Treatment”) and Noah Stollman (“Fauda,” “Our Boys”). Through Grow Creative, Netflix’s flagship global training and development program, producer and screenwriter Jill Condon (“Friends”) will lead workshops on script development and mentor the participants.

The Series Lab will be launched in Jerusalem with the support of Netflix and VIS Social Impact, ViacomCBS International Studios’ new production division, and will conclude with participants screening their projects to industry players. One project will be given Netflix’s new Series Development Award, which will provide the creators with a grant to help develop the project. Netflix will also cover entry fees for all participants.

The program is open to all talent including those whose first language is Arabic, Amharic, Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew.

Larry Tanz, vice president of EMEA Scripted Series at Netflix, applauded the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School for having “a strong track record of developing local creatives,” and said the new program “aims to help exceptional new voices tell authentic local stories that connect globally.”