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How Israel Became a Television Powerhouse with Danna Stern

Managing Director, Yes Studios, Israel

Join Yes Studios Managing Director Danna Stern as she offers insight into this phenomenon and what the future holds for Israeli TV and film.

Danna is an international television veteran who has managed all aspects of content acquisitions, channel creation and branding across platforms in her previous role in Israel's "yesTV," a multichannel television provider.

Her team represents exclusive TV series by connecting productions, creators, and ideas that can travel anywhere and resonate with audiences worldwide. They aim to match the perfect content with the right platform—whether finished tape distribution, formats sales, innovative ideas, and pitches—tapping into the creative community thriving in Israel.

Among yes Studios' recent successes is the third season of Fauda; the third season of Shtisel airing on Netflix beginning in April; the adaptation of the Israeli series Your Honor (Kvodo) in the US for Showtime Networks, starring the Oscar and Emmy winner Bryan Cranston, with additional adaptations in France, Germany, Italy, India, and Russia; 68 Whiskey an adaptation of the popular Israeli series Ta'agad; Netflix's much-lauded historical documentary series The Devil Next Door; On the Spectrum the most decorated foreign language series of the year currently being adapted by Amazon.