Английская Википедия:Amit Breuer
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Amit Breuer is a Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker and producer.[1][2] She is the founder of Amythos Media, formerly known as Amythos Films.[3]
Early life
Amit Breuer was born in Israel and received her Bachelor of Arts in general history of art from the Tel-Aviv University in 1983.[3][4] Following her graduation, Breuer studied cinematography at Beit Tzvi Institute of Cinema, Ramat Gan.[4]
Career
Breuer founded Amythos Films, an Israeli independent documentary production company, in 1993.[3] In 2004, she moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and brought her company with her.[3] The company was later renamed Amythos Media. Amythos Media has produced award-winning documentaries including Testimonies, St. Jean, On the Edge of Peace, The Guantanamo Trap, Sentenced to Marriage, Junction, Checkpoint, and Purity.[5]
In 2006, Breuer cofounded the Voices Forward Festival with Stacey Donen, which they aimed to build a bridge between Israeli and Palestinian communities.[6] The festival featured movies, art exhibits, music performances, lectures and plays.[7] Amit served as the artistic director until 2009.[8]
In 2006, Amit Breuer co-founded the DocAgora Association, an organization that hosts events and forums on the documentary film industry at festivals and markets worldwide.[9] She also served as the association's president until 2009.
Breuer produced Planet Sin, a series of short films centered around the seven deadly sins in 2011.[10][11] The shorts were screened at Shorts Under the Stars in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[10] Later that year, she co-produced Love Letters to the Future, a transmedia project designed to send messages about climate change to future generations.[3]
Selected projects
Production filmography
- Exile: A Myth Unearthed (2012)[12][13]
- The Guantanamo Trap (2011)[2][14][15]
- Kurt Masur: Adventures in Listening (2008)[12]
- Le Blues de l'Orient/Between Two Notes (2006)[1]
- Mekudeshet/Sentenced to Marriage (2004)[1][16][17]
- The Junction (Video Documentary) (2003)[12]
- Checkpoint (2003)[1][2]
- Tehora/Purity: Breaking the Codes of Silence (2002)[2]
- Human Weapon (2002)[18][19]
- Sumud (2001)
- The Specialist (1999)[1][4]
- King David Hotel, Jerusalem (1998)
- Baba Luba (1996)
- All Hell Broke Loose (1995)
- Mendelssohn Returns to Leipzig (1994)[4][20][21]
- On the Edge of Peace (1994)[5]
- Itgabar/He Will Overcome (1993)[4]
- St. Jean (Documentary) (1993)[22]
- Testimonies (1993)[4]
- The Unpromised Land (1992)[4]
Direction filmography
Television and transmedia
- My September 11 (2011) Producer
- Seven Sins/Planet Sin (2011) Producer[15]
- Love Letters to the Future (2009) Producer, Co-Creator[3]
Awards
In 1993, St. Jean won Best Documentary for the Wolgin Award for Israeli Cinema, Jerusalem film Festival and the Israel Academy Awards.[5][22] Human Weapon was featured in the Middle East Studies Association FilmFest and won Special Commendation from Prix Europa in 2002.[18]
In 2003, Checkpoint won many awards including Best International Documentary at the Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; best feature-length documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival; and the Docupolis Award for Best Documentary in Barcelona Docupolis.[24][25] Later that year, Purity won the Fipa d'Or Award for Creative Documentary; the International Documentary Film Festival's Special Documentary Award; the Jerusalem Internal Film Festival's Mayor Award for Best Documentary Film; the SCAM Prize's Discovery of the Year; and both the Citizens Prize and Special Prize from the Yamagata International Documentary Film.[26]
Love Letters to the Future won two Webby Awards for the Green Category and the People's Choice Award in 2010. It also won a Gemini award for Best Non-fiction Series Online.[2][27] In 2011, The Guantanamo Trap won the Best Canadian Documentary Award from the National Film Board of Canada and the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs Film Festival.[14]
Other ventures
In 2001, Breuer served as a member of the jury to select award winners for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[28]
She also served as a moderator in 2012 and a presenter in 2013 at South By Southwest, an annual film, interactive media and music festival in Austin, Texas.[29][30] She has also served as a juror for the CPH DOX Copenhagen Amnesty Award.[29]
References
External links
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