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In Treatment / Be-Tipul Conference

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A full-day conference on "In Treatment," the award winning HBO television drama about a psychotherapist and his patients, and "Be-Tipul," the critically acclaimed Israeli show on which "In Treatment" is based and winner of the Israeli Television Academy Award for best drama series.

Held Friday, April 03, 2009
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Join us in celebrating the start of the second season of "In Treatment," learning about "Be-Tipul" and its meaning for Israeli television and society, exploring the challenges of marketing Israeli television in Hollywood and of transposing "Be-Tipul" to "In Treatment" for an American audience, and uncovering what "In Treatment" and "Be-Tipul" might teach us about psychotherapy and its depiction in popular culture.

 

Conference Schedule

9:00-10:00         Be-Tipul and In Treatment: Screenings of corresponding episodes
10:00-11:10 

Be-Tipul and its Significance for Israeli TV and Society

  • Hagai Levi, Be-Tipul creator and director and In Treatment Executive Producer
  • Miri Talmon-Bohm, Israel Cinema and Culture Scholar, University of Wisconsin
  • Yoram Yovell, Haifa University professor, psychotherapist, author, and host of the Israeli TV      show, Heart-to-Heart Talk
  • Motti Lerner, celebrated Israeli playwright and screenwriter
  • Moderator: Professor Shelley Salamensky, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
11:10-11:25  Coffee Break
11:25-11:30

Israel’s Film Industry & Production Incentives

Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel
11:30-12:45

Transposing Be-Tipul to In Treatment

  • Hagai Levi, Be-Tipul creator and director and In Treatment Executive Producer
  • Steve Levinson, In Treatment Executive Producer
  • Rodrigo García, In Treatment Writer, Director and Executive Producer
  • Blair Underwood, Golden Globe nominated best supporting actor for playing the role of Alex, the fighter pilot, in In Treatment
  • Rick Rosen, Partner, Endeavor Agency, LLC, a leader in representing Israeli and other foreign producers in bringing shows to the US
  • Moderator: David R. Ginsburg, Executive Director, UCLA School of Law Entertainment and Media Law and Policy Program
12:45-2:00  Lunch Break
2:00-3:30  

In Treatment/Be-Tipul and Psychotherapy

  • Helen Desmond, Ph.D, UCLA clinical professor of psychiatry and training and supervising analyst, New Center for Psychoanalysis
  • Yoram Yovell, Haifa University professor, psychotherapist, author, and host of the Israeli TV show, Heart-to-Heart Talk
  • Krin Gabbard, Professor, SUNY Stony Brook, and co-author of Psychiatry and the Cinema     
  • Moderator: Fredelle Z. Spiegel,Ph.DNew Center for Psychoanalysis faculty, and frequent writer about Israel-Diaspora issues and Judaism and psychoanalysi, psychoanalyst

 

Sponsor(s): Israel Studies Program, Theatre, Film & Television, UCLA School of Law Entertainment and Media Law and Policy Program, in cooperation with Home Box Office