WHO
WE ARE
Carole Zabar +
Founder
Mrs. Zabar has been an active supporter of Israeli documentary filmmaking over the last decade and has recently founded the Other Israel Film Festival. As part of her support for Israeli cultural, social and political causes, Mrs. Zabar serves as board member of The JCC in Manhattan, New Israel Fund, and the American Friends of Meretz.
Isaac Zablocki +
Executive Director
Director of film and literary programs at The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, Isaac grew up in Israel and served in the IDF as an educational filmmaker and recently completed his first feature film, "Reality Lost."
Ravit Turjeman +
Festival Director
Founder and Managing Director of Dragoman Films, a NYC-based boutique distribution company, specializing in marketing of Israeli Cinema in North America. Ravit also serves as director and programmer of numerous film festivals in the Tri-State area.
Ilya Tobvis +
Outreach Coordinator
Ilya Tovbis joined the JCC film department and the Israel Film Center as a Program Associate after five years of programming and administering film festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area, in addition to founding the multidisciplinary cultural arts department at the JCC of the East Bay.
Advisory Committee +
Jessica Balaban
Director, Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
Daniel Chalfen
Filmmaker, DJC Films
Uri S. Cohen
Professor, Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures and Languages, Columbia University
Victoria S. Cook
Entertainment Attorney
Gil Kulick
Environmental and Middle East Peace Activist
Richard Lorber
President, Koch Lorber Films
Richard Pena
Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center. Professor, Columbia University Film Department
Stephen D. Shapiro
Member of Inter Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
Ravit Turjeman
Festival Director (Dragoman Films)
Samah Zoabi
Filmmaker
Isaac Zablocki
Festival Executive Director (The JCC Manhattan)
Carole Zabar
Festival Founder
