Short Film Competition - Jury
Noa Aharoni
Screenwriter & Director. Conductor of workshops for cinematography & psychodrama
Noa graduated her studies in TV and Cinema from Sapir College in 1994.
She is the recipient of the prestigious "Aliza Shagrir Prize" for her student film "Seret Bruto".
Since 2000 Noa has directed many documentary's journal articles, films and series.
"By Summer's End" her feature film Won the "Distribution Award" Haifa International Film Festival.
Awarded "Honorable mention" Rehovot Women International Film Festival,.
"Shadows" her documentary movie , was selected for the prestigious "Doc aviv" and "Idfa" most important documentary film festival and wan the best movie award of the Israeli documentary guild .
"Shut Up" her short film won the " Shabuya Diversity award" at the Japan international Short Shorts Festival. The film was nominated for the Ofir awards (Israeli Academy award) .
Leah Tonic
A Filmmaker, director and producer of low-budget independent short films, including the films "How to Swim", "Touch" and "Anna". She is also one of the founders of the "Culture of Solidarity" movement.
Michael Dunaway
An editor at Large at Paste Magazine and the former Creative Director of the Sarasota Film Festival. He was the producer and director of 21 Years: Richard Linklater, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Billy Bob Thornton, Jack Black, and many others, and was a New York Times Critics Pick. Most recently, he was an Executive Producer on Dinner in America, which premiered at Sundance 2020. Current projects include a scripted historical civil rights epic with the King and Poitier families and a music documentary with singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer. Michael Rome International Film Festival (Rome, Georgia) creative team in 2021. And serves as the Creative Director for the newly launched Viva Texas Film Festival.