Performer：Benjamin Netanyahu
Director：Alexis Bloom
Synopsis： Monday night, a sharp criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu(Benjamin Netanyahu)The documentary was premiered in front of a crowded house in Toronto, one of the most explosive in TIFF ' s history, despite Netanyahu ' s last efforts to stop it. By Alex Gibson(Alex Gibney)Production、Alexis Bloom(Alexis Bloom)Directed《Beeby's file》(Bibi Files)A never-public video of Netanyahu being tried by the Israeli police on charges of corruption led to Netanyahu being prosecuted in 2019. In a video leaked to Giboni at the end of last year, Netanyahu was seen arguing with the interrogators, denying that he improperly accepted the expensive gifts of his rich supporters, including Hollywood producer Anon Mircan and Las Vegas casino tycoon Sheldon Adelsen. Police questioned Mircan、videos of adelsen and netanyahu ' s wife, sara and the eldest son, yail, were also leaked to jibuni and occupied an important place in the documentary. EARLIER ON MONDAY, THE JERUSALEM DISTRICT COURT REJECTED NETANYAHU ' S ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE FILM FROM THE TIFF SCREENING LIST. THE PRIME MINISTER CLAIMED IN THE LAWSUIT THAT THE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST WHO PLAYED IN THE FILM WAS、One of the documentary producers, Ravif Druk(Raviv Drucker)The leaking of the video violates Israeli law. However, there was no evidence that Drouk was behind the leak, and after the premiere, Gibboni made it clear that he would not be sure who had given him these materials. All he said was, "A source came to me and said, "I have some tapes."——The interrogation video you saw here——"i think you'll be interested in them, maybe you can make them into movies. it's late in 2023. i found it. i look at them and i'm very impressed." he said that he had later approached bloom to direct the film, with whom he had worked on previous projects. In the video seen in the documentary, tense Netanyahu sat behind the table, facing at least three interrogators. When asked if he forced his friends to use high champagne and top cigars($1,000 per box)Reward him and whether he knew his wife had received the value of Mircan 4.He used to answer 20,000 dollars for a gift:"I don't remember."。(Later in the film, Netanyahu's friends spoke of his amazing memory of names and details, implicitly questioning his honesty during the trial)。 for this film, bloom interviewed journalist drouk and other prominent israeli figures opposed to netanyahu right-wing politics, as well as former family members of the prime minister and even an old friend who became critics, saying netanyahu “left-right”. these observers not only accused netanyahu of serious corruption, but also claimed that he had undertaken an extremely controversial reform of israeli justice to escape justice. the film shows that large-scale public protests against the proposed judicial reform have dispersed israel ' s defensive posture and made the country vulnerable to the brutal attack by hamas on 7 october. Several observers in the film claimed that Netanyahu had adopted a “full victory” policy against Hamas, in part because he needed their support in order to appease the extreme right-wing members of his Cabinet to maintain the unity of the governing coalition. Most alarmingly, the documentary shows Netanyahu inadvertently abandoned the hostages still held by Hamas, giving priority to continued attacks rather than to ceasefire negotiations that could lead to their release. "It's in his interest to fight forever," a commentator said in a film——This means that the longer Israel is in a state of war, the less likely Netanyahu is to face prosecution. Another observer commented::“he wants instability. in a way, he needs it." If the picture was not negative enough, Bloom told TIFF's audience that she had heard from many insiders in Netanyahu who had privately condemned him. “I spoke to people very close to Netanyahu, including his former chief of staff, the former head of the Israeli intelligence service, all these highly skilled muscles, who spoke to me in private for hours, hours, many times……They would say, "What he did was terrible. He's so dishonest, 'Blumsy Recall. He said..:“They felt so strongly about Netanyahu's dishonesty that they sat with me at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem for three hours and then said nothing in public. I think it's a kind of responsibility(Derogatory)i don't know. the director's last sentence won a big round of applause. As the subtitles roll, some viewers stand up and applaud(Probably one third to one half of the audience)I don't know. Many people seem to be sympathetic to the film's criticism of Netanyahu;A man broke up the question and said:“take this film and drop it over israel. because otherwise, i fear that people will not be able to see it there.” Others, however, seemed to disagree with what Giboni had said about Netanyahu. According to Giboni, “I have never seen such serious moral corruption in this person”. One of the listeners shouted:“he has not yet been convicted, by the way.” netanyahu should be tried for corruption charges next year, although the film indicated that his legal team was trying to delay the trial because the prime minister was fighting. “he has not yet been found guilty”, he repeats, “so please state exactly. he has not yet been convicted.” Gibbons is not a man who's afraid:“I BELIEVE I SAID ‘MORAL CORRUPTION’. TOM POWERS, CHIEF DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER OF TIFF(Thom Powers)So we had a question-and-answer session, and then we got into this:"if only i could ask the cinema to maintain order." 《Beeby's file》(Title refers to Netanyahu's nickname, "Pystem.")seeking distribution. technically, it was a work in progress, but in introducing the film, powers said that it had been completed, with the exception of color correction and other late productions of relative beauty. broom has been producing the film until the last minute, when he joined the excerpt from netanyahu ' s recent speech at the joint session of the united states congress. she said that since the film had already been launched globally, she would consider possible changes. Gibboni said..:“I would like to say that Alexis and his team completed the film very quickly at great pressure and at great speed.” "There was a moment when you wanted to see the film and say, "Is this a little different?"?Will it be a little different?'but whether or not this film will change, or how it will change, depends entirely on alexis." Gibboni said he wanted《Beeby's file》AT THE TIFF PREMIERE, POTENTIAL BUYERS CAN SEE IT IN THE HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE. HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT HE WOULD BE PICKED UP IN THE SHORT TERM AND RELEASED IN TIME。
