The way in which The State of Israel funds the film industry dramatically differs from most countries.

The paper, by Ziv Maor, examines Israeli cinema’s public funding, focusing on narrative feature films. The content of Israeli films is deliberately avoided, concentrating instead on the industry through the lens of public policy: what is the proper way to publicly fund film production and best achieve the public interest and the purposes of the law enacted on this matter.

In a thorough examination of the law and the funding mechanism, this paper finds several deficiencies, chief amongst them the unchecked power of unelected and unrepresentative individuals over the distribution of public funds.

Finally, the paper lays out recommendations for both general policy and for amending the criteria for eligibility to receive government support of cinema funding.

For the English summary see here.
For the full Hebrew paper.