Animator and animation director and producer, founder of the Jerusalem based studio Mind The Gap Animation, that focuses on social and artistic issues, as well as independent content. Yael's films were screened and won awards in various festivals worldwide.
Yael also worked as a senior production manager at Walking The Dog studio in Brussels, on projects such as Where Is Anne Frank by Ari Folman, the series Royals Next Door, and The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol by Sylvain Chomet (Les Triplettes de Belleville, The illusionist).
In addition to series and film making, Yael conducts local and international animation and cross-media initiatives, such as Copro Foundation's Animarket – the first international animation coproduction market in Israel; Asif Israeli Animation Festival, part of the annual Animix Festival; Animation and spoken word projects such as Poetry in Motion with Poetry Slam Israel and Moving Words with Arts By The People; and many more.
Holds a B.F.A. cum laude from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, in the department of Screen-based arts.
B. Jerusalem 1971,
Video artist, Head of Video studies at the The Screen Based Arts Department at The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. MFA graduate at Hunter college NYC. She received The Gesher Foundation award (2008), The Creative Encouragement Award of the Israel Ministry of Culture & Sport (2008), The Young Artist Award of the Israel Ministry of Culture & Sport (2004) The America – Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) Scholarship Award for Artistic Achievement (1998-2002). Balaban has participated in exhibitions both in Israel and abroad, amongst them solo exhibitions at The Herzliya Museum of Art, The Haifa Museum of Art, Appendix Gallery, Warsaw, Tavi Art gallery, Tel Aviv and group exhibitions in Artists space, NYC, Queens Museum, NYC, Video Zone, Herzliya Museum, Art Chicago, Mediation Biennale, Poznan, Meet Factory, Prague, Tarun centre for contemporary Art, poland, NordArt, Germany. The Israel museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for contemporary art, the Tel Aviv museum of Art, ZAZ10TS Gallery NYC.
Diverse curatorial projects in the public sphere: Operation, Contemporary Art at the Supermarket, featuring 22 artists. Talita-Kumi - video installation in the windows of a central store, video program projections at the abandoned "Eden" cinema in central jerusalem.
Tami Berenstein is an award-winning international animation and documentary director, concept artist, animator and illustrator.
She started working in Telad’s promo department while still a student in the academy, after winning a promo competition in her first year. Since her graduation, she specialized in various aspects of her field, such as developing TV channels, conceptual branding, developing and directing animation series, computer games, and children’s books.
Berenstein created TV series that aired on 85 channels around the world and have millions of online views, including “Cuddlies,” for which she was also nominated for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival and won an ASIF award for Israeli animation.
Her own non-commercial work has been featured in festivals all over the world, and includes the indie film “Drawing of the Inevitable,” created in collaboration with cellist Maya Belsitzman. In 2018 she created the animation project at the Israel Opera with the Revolution Orchestra.
In 2016 she founded and curated the international animation festival AniNation – Jerusalem, which attracts some 7,000 viewers every year. The successful festival is held at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and throughout Jerusalem, with an emphasis on adult animation and artist workshops, VR and animation installations, including at the YMCA Sports Center.
Berenstein has served as the chief animation elector and senior advisor for the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund as well as HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts. She established The Scene incubator of the Project for Cinema and Television in Jerusalem and was nominated for an Ophir award for a documentary script. She was the first women named “Animix Festival Notable,” the highest award in the field of animation in Israel. She is the mother of Carmi and the life-partner of Shirley.
Noa Berman-Herzberg is a screenwriter, a screenwritng teacher, a "script doctor", a "serial pickler" and a radio broadcaster of "Sour Night Owls" in Galei Zahal. She's a screenwriting teacher in the Screen Based Arts Department since 2005.
Berman-Herzberg graduated with Honor the World Literature Department in TLV University and the Writing Department of Camera Obscura School of Cinema and has an M.A in Film Culture from Haifa University.
Among her Films - MABUL, 89 min, 2011, directed by Guy Nattiv, which participated in many International festivals and won prestige prizes, among them the Crystal Bear in Berlinale 2011 and others, Harmonia, directed by Guy Nativ (2021), Holy Holocaust, a short docu-animation, directed in collaboration with Osi Wald (2021) and other projects.
Berman-Herzberg worked as a reader, editor and translator in several book publishing houses (1996-2000), wrote and edited Design and Architecture columns in "Binyan ve Dior" Design Magazine (2000-2003) and since 2008 she is a reader, mentor and a judge in film funds, cinema festivals, screen labs and cinema departments in several schools.
In 2017 she started a unique project -"Sour Food Sour Stories" events that combines Storytelling and culinary. since then she has done 30 events in Israel and around the world, a radio show based on the same concept and a documentary series ("Missing Out") in the making.
Illustrator, lecturer and curator, artistic editor and comic book artist, engages in writing that expresses childhood motifs significantly. Lecturer in the Department of Screen Arts, and the Department of Visual and Material Culture.
Farber is a graduate of the Visual Communication Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, an award winner and a Sharet Foundation scholarship in undergraduate studies. His final project, which dealt with grotesque illustrations of political figures, was purchased shortly thereafter and formed the basis for the first season of “The Harzufim”, the first Israeli political satire program whose protagonists were puppets, and aired on Channel 2. He also received an excellence scholarship in graduate studies in screenwriting at Tel Aviv University.
He illustrated children's books and in many magazines. He initiated and edited the bestselling "Still Optimistic - Artists Painting Dudu Geva", published by Zamora-Pavilion, and curated the accompanying exhibition at the Holon Institute of Technology Gallery, with 120 illustrators and one Dudu Geva. He has also curated and exhibited in numerous exhibitions.
He has won numerous awards, including the Rabinowitz Foundation for the Arts, the Lottery Council for Culture and the Arts, and a prize and first place at the Illustration Week in Tel Aviv. In recent years, he has edit, illustrated, and published the graphic trilogy "Isaac's Notebooks", based on the diary of his late grandfather.
Film director and cinema studies scholar, lecturer at the Screen-Based Arts Department.
Graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School with honors. Freidenberg holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Linguistics at the Hebrew University. His research focuses on the linkage between historical linguistics and the development of the filmic craft, specifically targeting the syntax and semantics of film.
He is currently writing his doctoral dissertation on film language and media archeology - a comparative study of visual languages such as ancient Egyptian and cinematography.
Friedenberg wrote for archival film projects of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, 'KAN' - Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation and the Israeli audio-visual collection of Harvard University. He programmed world cinema selection for the international film festivals of Rome, Hamburg and Jerusalem. Freidenberg is the CEO and Founder of Jerusalem Filmmakers Guild.
His short film Guided Tour has won many international awards and is currently developing his first full-length feature film.
Veronique Inbar is a Visual Artist, a Film Editor and Lecturer.
Veronique is a lecturer at The Screen Based Arts Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.
Veronique holds a B.A. in Film and Television and in Humanities from The Tel Aviv University, and is a graduate of the "Midrasha" School of Arts.
Veronique exhibited solo and Two Person exhibitions at various venues, including the Janco Dada Museum, the Municipal Art Gallery of Rehovot, Tivon’s Memorial Center and the Artspace Tel Aviv Gallery. She also participated in many group shows.
She is a board member of The Israeli Artists Union.
Director, Animator, Storyboard Artist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer freelancer
Lecturer for production in the 3D division in the department of Screen Based Arts, Bezalel
Independent Animation Filmmaker, Visual Artist, lecturer, and mentor.
Graduated with honors from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Department of Screen-Based Arts.
Her film "In Other Words" (2016) screened in more than 100 festivals around the world and won many awards.
Art director of the award-winning documentary "ADVOCATE" (directed by Philippe Bellaïche & Rachel Leah Jones) (2019) Doc-Aviv Winner & shortlisted for the 2020 Oscar.
Her next film, "Letter to the Pig", an Israeli French co-production, won a prestigious production grant at the Annecy Festival (2017).
3D Animation Director, at snowball studios,
Working on series, movies and commercials.
On verity of projects and international clients like Disney, WB, Nickelodeon etc.
Teaching Character animation at Bezalel.
Teaching also at Sapir College, all the facets of 3D animation.
Graduated the Animation department at Bezalel.
Eran opened the animation department at Snowball vfx, and run it for years, then moved to be a creative director and now a director and developer of series and movies.
Daniel Meir (b. 1972, in Haifa Israel) is a Tel Aviv based sound designer and sound artist, specializing in sound design and original music for video art, documentaries, film, and theater.
He works with critically acclaimed video artists, film makers, and musicians from around the world. Notably, he has collaborated on works that have been featured in the Venice Biennale, among Academy Awards nominated films, and a Cannes Festival winning film.
His work can be heard daily in cinemas, museums and exhibitions worldwide.
Daniel teaches sound art and sound design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.
In addition, He is the co-founder and director of Halas Radio, an experimental internet radio station sponsored by The Israeli Center for Digital Art.
For CV and Credit list see danielmeir.com
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Ohad Milstein is an award-winning Israeli documentary filmmaker. He teaches cinema at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. His films examine the boundaries of documentary filmmaking. His latest film "Monogamia” (2023) won the Grand Prix de la Critique at the Locarno Film Festival. Other works include: “Knock on the door” (2023), “Summer Nights” (2021), “Flood” (2018), “Week23” (2016), “Planets” (2014), "Systema” (2010), "Obsession" (2008).
Born in Israel in 1957. Lives in Jerusalem, Israel. Married with 3 & two grandaughters.
Graduated (With honors) the Visual Communication Department of the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Israel in 1982.
Illustrator, comics artist, storyboard artist & animator. With a great desire for history, old machines and natural history.
Throughout the years I have illustrated 35 picture books and illustrated children's books, 11 illustrated books and about 10 textbooks.
I have illustrated for various newspapers & magazines (Haaretz, Maariv, Yedioth, Bamahane, Einayim), and I have created short animated films and storyboards. I have also participated in animated TV and animated feature films productions (Doing storyboards, layout and character design).
Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Efrat Shalem has exhibited widely in numerous institutions and galleries around the world.
Education:
2003-2005 Visiting Scholar, Art Department, University of California Los Angeles
2000-2003 MFA Magna Cum Laude, The Department of Film and Television at the Faculty of Arts, Tel-Aviv University
1998-1999 Honors Year, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
1994-1998 BFA Cum Laude, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem,
The Photography Department
Awards and Grants:
2004 The Overseas Study Grant, America – Israel Cultural Foundation
2002 The Fund for Video-Art and Experimental Cinema in Israel,
The Center for Contemporary Art, Israel
2002 Sharett Scholarship Program, America – Israel Cultural Foundation
1999 Young Artist Prize, awarded by the Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
1997 Excellence award granted by the Department of Photography, Video and Computer Imaging, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
Collections:
The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Brandeis University, MA, USA
The Israeli Parliament – Knesset
The Israel Ministry of Education and Culture
ORS Israel
Private Collections (Israel, USA, Europe)
Daniela Sherer is an indie animator & illustrator. She is a faculty member in Bezalel’s Screen-Based Arts Dept.
In 2013 she graduated from the Royal College of Art in London with a master's in Animation. She's a 2009 graduate of USC, LA, and a recipient of the university's Discovery Scholar Award.
Daniela has worked on projects ranging from music videos and short films, editorial/book Illustrations, commissioned work for international companies, and animated sequences for the stage. Some of her clients include Adult Swim, The Barbican Centre, NPR, The Atlantic, The ACLU and many more. Her animated films have won awards, been broadcast, and have been exhibited in festivals and shows worldwide.
She’s the recipient of The Yoram Gross Award of Excellence in Independent Animation in 2016.
As part of her work as an educator, she’s been a selected mentor in SVA’s Visual Narrative program in 2020.
Moran is an Animation artist and lecturer, specialized in stopmotion and experimental animation. co-owner of "ZAZ Animation", a leading stopmotion studio in Israel.
Graduate (BFA) from the Screen-Based Arts department of Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem. Further studies (diploma) at the NFTS London, and the Aardman Academy, Bristol, England.
Moran's body of work include: Independent shorts, animation installations and commissioned work for film, advertizing and theater. Her works screened on festivals and exhibitions, winning several prizes and acknowledgements.
Independent:
"Joints"(2017) and "Reorganization" (2015): Award-winning site-specific animation installations. With Osi Wald, Ricardo Werdesheim.
Group exhibitions: Illustration Week 2019; "Ha Mekarer" gallery 2018; Bat Yam International Festival 2017; "Beita" gallery 2017; "Contact Point 2015" at the Israel Museum; Ticho House Museum 2008.
From commissions:
Animation and production of stopmotion scenes in U2's "Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way" music video.
Production, Animation and puppets for the award-winning "Para" chocolate advertizing campaign, 2016-2018.
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Animation artist and lecturer.
Specializes in experimental animation works, alternative animation processes, site specific animation, and projects that combine dance and animation on stage and screen. Works in collaboration with animators and choreographers.
Among her award-winning works: an animated installation screened on the beach, an animated research of the Israel Museum's catalogue archive, a dance piece in which she runs a magical animation box, a stage work for musicians dancers and a screen, an animated film that tells the story of an actor experiencing an anxiety attack, and more.
Artistic director of Beit Avi Chai's "A Face. A Day. A Memory". Serves as a mentor, artistic consultant and lector in animation funds and hubs - Copro, The Jerusalem film&television Fund and more.
Osi was part of the animation team of "Waltz with Bashir" and "The Congress" directed by Ari Pullman, worked as an animator in Nir and Gali's "Nine Souls", in children's series, and in many other projects.
Graduate of the Department of Animation at Bezalel with honours. B.Sc. in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University Jerusalem, as part of “Amirim” Special honours program in Natural science.
Amitay Yaish Ben-Ousilio, Tel Aviv
Actor, director and interdisciplinary creator combining art and social entrepreneurship. Amitay is a member of Mifal HaPais - Lottery Arts Council, and the Chairman of the Performing Arts Committee. He is also a Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. In the past he established and managed Factory Bat Yam - an artist residency program interacting within the surrounding community. Amitay was the Artistic Director of ‘the International Street Theater Festival’ Bat Yam. He was also the founder and creative director of Nissui Kellim festival, developing new interactions between different art forms. Amitay is also an active theater and movie actor, currently acting in the Oscar nominated feature film ‘Incitement’ by Yaron Zilberman and in the award-winning play ‘The Hearing’ by Renana Raz. Amitay is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts Beit Zvi.
Maya Zack (B. 1976, Israel) is a visual artist and filmmaker.
Her work ties together themes of memory, history, documentation, reconstruction and metaphysics.
Zack is a lecturer in Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem.
She is a graduate of Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design, Fine Art Department, Jerusalem 2000 .B.F.A Magna Cum Laude.
She studied at the Tel Aviv University 2008-12 and in Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee Student Exchange Program.
Zack's work have earned a list of film awards and art prizes and is represented in public and private art collections.
Recent solo shows include: Maya Zack, la mémoire en action Œuvres vidéos. Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, Paris / Counterlight Tel Aviv Museum of Art / Broken Horizons Petach Tikva Museum of Art / Counterlight, MLF gallery in Rome / Memory Trilogy at MLF gallery Brussels / The Shabbat Room - permanent installation at The Jewish Museum Vienna / Manifesta 10's parallel projects, Taiga Space, St. Petersburg / CUC Gallery, Berlin/ Galerie Natalie Seroussi Paris / Alon Segev Gallery Tel Aviv / Living Room, The Jewish Museum, New York(2011)
Recent group shows include: Specters, Ashdod Museum of Art, Bodyscapes, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2020), Exil, Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria (2019), Evoking Reality, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin (2019), Constructing the World: Art & Economy, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany (2018-19) and Hidden Workers, Coreana Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2018), Das Kapital”, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin / Menorah - Cult, History and Myth, Vatican Museums - Braccio di Carlo Magno, Piazza San Pietro, Vatican state (2017)
