Director
Ilan Ziv was born in Israel in 1950 and came to the United
States after fighting in the Yom Kippur (The October) War in 1973. Ziv
has directed dozens of documentaries dealing broadly with issues of human
rights, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and investigations of contemporary
history. His most recent film was Revolution Airfield for PBS/WGBH and
Arte. Ziv also directed the award-winning The Junction and Human
Weapon, a film on the history of suicide bombing, which ran at Film
Forum in 2002 and which Stephen Holden of The New York Times called,
"A gripping and important documentary." His other critically-acclaimed
films have included On the Edge of Peace (1995); Tango of Slaves
(1994); and The Hundred Years' War: Personal Notes (1983). His
films have been broadcast by leading television networks and presented
in film festivals around the world. Accolades include the Prix Europa
(Europe highest television award), Silver Nymph and International Jury
Award in Monte Carlo, and Cine Eagle in the United States. The Junction,
his latest film, is the recent recipient of the Best Documentary Award
at Israel's Haifa International Film Festival.
www.frif.com/subjects/ziv.html
Instinct Films, Montreal, (Ina Fichman, producer):
Instinct Films is a production company dedicated to producing high-quality
television programs and films. Instinct is helmed by producer Ina Fichman
who recently completed the 3-part HDTV documentary series Black Coffee
for TVO, TFO , Historia and National Geographic Television. In 2003, she
won a Gemini Award for the documentary Undying Love (Vision TV,CTV,
PBS). She also produced the IDA nominated film Being Dorothy (CBC).
www.instinctfilms.ca
Point du Jour, Paris, (Luc Martin-Gousset,
Producer) Point du Jour looks back onto 16 years of excellence
in programme making. Over the years, Point du Jour expanded its activities,
from journalism to creative documentaries, from social problems to history,adventure
or music, forging links with major TV channels in France and abroad. Point
du Jour received the "French TV Producer's Award 2003" from
PROCIREP.
www.pointdujour-prod.fr
Alma Films, Tel Aviv, (Arik Bernstein, Producer)
Arik Bernstein has been a leading force in the Israeli film industry for
the past 12 years. He has initiated and overseen numerous documentaries,
documentary series and drama series. Alma’s productions have been
shown: HBO, CBC, ARTE, BBC, YLE, TVO and many others. Among these are:
Hot House (Winner: special Jury Award, Sundance 2007), Oligarchs,
with Point-du-Jour (Paris) and ARTE (Winner: “Prix Europa”),
Matzpen – Anti-Zionist Israelis (FIPA-Biarritz – Silver
prize, 2004).
www.alma-films.com
