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JERUSALEM FILM WORKSHOP

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Everything you need to know

ABOUT THE JERUSALEM FILM WORKSHOP

Founded in 2014, The JFW is a six-week summer program in Israel, designed for talented young filmmakers from all over the world. 24 selected participants will get a once in a lifetime experience, being guided by some of Israel’s top filmmakers, taking their skills to the next level, while creating an original short film on the best documentary film set in the world - Jerusalem.

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Boost your filmmaking skills and add a short film to your portfolio

Guaranteed screenings of your film in international film festivals

Connect with leading film industry professionals and mentors

Shmooz with fellow filmmakers from all over the world

Explore and enjoy magical locations all over Israel

Six unforgettable summers

OUR ALUMNI

So far, we have run six awesome years of the JFW Program, collaborating with film festivals from around the world. Meet our inspiring alumni from the past six years, and hear what they had to say about their JFW experience.

Our team

BOARD

Dorit Inbar

Head of the board

Executive Director of NFCT

Gal Greenspan

CEO and Founder

of the JFW

Roi Kurland

CEO and Founder

of the JFW

Roz Kaldor-Aroni

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

JFW TEAM

Maya Fischer

GREEN productions Head of Film Department

Mariana Krylov

Project Director

Yoni Collins

Assistant Director

MENTORS (2019)

Tamir Elterman

Directing Mentor

Originally from California, based in Tel Aviv. 'Muhi' (2017) has won Best Directorial Debut at DocAviv, was nominated for an Israeli Academy award, has screened at Hot Docs, AFI Docs, and others. His short docs have been published by The NY Times, Discovery, CNN, David Lynch Foundation and others.

Yaniv Linton

Cinematography mentor

Yaniv Linton is a cinematographer, among his works are numerous documentaries, feature films and TV drama series’. Films he shot won Emmy awards as well as international film festivals and Israeli film and television awards. Yaniv graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem, where he is currently a lecturer.

Michal Weitrz

Production

Mentor

Michal Weits is an Israeli documentary director and producer. Former head producer of the leading Israeli documentary Channel 8; distributor; and founder of 'Tape Runners'-an independent production company which produced "WALL" (2017)- winner of DocAviv film festival.

Noy Barak

Editing Mentor

Winning first prize at the Cannes Film Festival ("Anna", 2016), and an Israeli Academy award ("April Fools", 2015), Noy is one of the leading editors in Israel. Head editor of Channel 10 News.