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Film Festival Team

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    • Yuval Adar

    Youngest member of the Utopia team. Part of the film festival team since 2013 (age 15).

    Dolev Amitai

    Student and assistant teacher at the Tel-Aviv University, Filmmaker and writer for different magazines (Off-Screen, Takriv, Tel-Aviv Cinematheque).

    Lital Amos

    Content Writer

    Nadav Aronowicz

    Israeli film director, writer & producer. His directing credits include March '19, The Altman Method and The Glory of Defeat.

    Asaf Asulin

    An Israeli screenwriter and director, born in 1984. His debut feature film, "Horse with No Name", released in April 2025.

    Uri Aviv

    Director of the Utopia Festival for Science Fiction and Future Story-telling. As the Promethean Consultancy, program curator, PMO, artistic consultant and producer, writer and speaker on topics of technology and society, science fiction and the future.

    Rina Jean Baroukh

    Literature researcher, writer, translator, editor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and in the Be'er Sheva Writer's House, Editor of the literary magazine "Speculation".

    Yaara Better Pocker

    Yaara Better Pocker is a writer, producer and a cliche of herself.

    Amir Bogen

    Bogen is a veteran film journalist, film program curator, academic scholar and festival director at LIFF (Lighthouse International Film Festival, NJ, USA)

    Yuval Brenner

    Brenner creates and explores visual world and themes using both digital tools and traditional techniques.

    Hadas Daniel

    Cinephile, MA student in Cinema Studies. Former manager and curator of “Documentary at Shapira” project.

    Yotam Dobrin

    Film programmer, co-founder of the Instagram page “The 4th Wall”, film critic at the websites “Seret” and “Geeklopedia”.

    Ohad Ephrath

    Video producer and editor working as tech director for numerous Israeli film festivals.

    Alex Fridman

    Arts & culture researcher, curator, producer and entrepreneur - a cultural jack-of-all-trades

    Shay Gabso

    Living a simple life in Tel-Aviv while dreaming and writing about other worlds. Holds great appreciation for creatives & artists.

    Eitan Gafny

    Film director who pioneered Hebrew Horror. He's also a published author and a nice person in general, with a terrible fear of cockroaches.

    Prof. Olga Gershenson

    Professor of Jewish Studies and Near Eastern Studies and Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

    Itamar Heifetz

    Artist, graphic designer, typographer, with expertise in typographic and calligraphic design, alongside design for the arts & culture worlds.

    Yotam Ishay

    International Programming Team, Utopia 2021, Actor, Writer, Amateur Gardner, Bird Enthusiast, Sailor, Dad of a Good Doggo

    Jonathan Kopievker

    Cultural researcher, content editor, and film critic at Portfolio Magazine. Has lived and breathed cinema from a young age and lives as someone who writes to find meaning.

    Danny Lerner

    Director, Screenwriter and film-lecturer. Wrote and directed FROZEN DAYS (winner of Best Film award at Haifa Film Festival), THE ASSASSIN NEXT DOOR, THE MINISTER WHO BECAME A SPY and HOMESICK (currently in post-production).

    Tamar Lieberson

    Tamar Lieberson is a film producer working across film and festival contexts, involved in creative processes and professional collaborations.

    Didi Lubetzky

    Maya Magnat

    Theater and performance artist, academic researcher, educator and social activist at the focal point of digital culture, technology, media and intimacy.

    Eran May-Raz

    Filmmaker, content creator and VFX artist.

    Tal Sara Meiri

    Artistic director and film curator., Music, film and culture researcher, DJ and actress.

    Erika Mejia

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    Yuval Ofer

    Producer, content writer and curator, DJ and activist. Former journalist and news-editor. Ofer is a member of the Utopia magazine editorial board and an artistic consultant for the film festival.

    Yoav & Doron Paz

    The Paz Brothers are writer-directors.

    Michael Plutno

    Documentary filmmaker and film theorist, photographer.

    Gili Porat

    Film producer, curator and researcher. Porat is the Holon Cinematheques producer and co-founder of the "Trashtalk" podcast, alongside Shani Kiniso.

    Gil Rimon

    Web developer, writer

    Dana Schweppe

    International Programming Team, Utopia 2021. MA in literature, researching Hebrew literature in America, interested in Jewish dystopian writing and genre films.

    Oron Shamir

    A seasoned film critic (Haaretz, City Mouse, Mako) and founder of the award-winning film-blog srita.net. currently based in Brooklyn, NY.

    Neta Shenitzer

    Film maker and a writer.

    Amital Stern

    Amital Stern writes film, theater and other texts. She teaches experimental writing workshops.

    Amital Stern

    Amital Stern writes film, theater and other texts. She teaches experimental writing workshops.

    Barak Stern

    Screenwriter, director, and producer. A graduate of the Film Department at Minshar for Art.

    David Tauber

    Jerusalem-based filmmaker and screenwriter, married and a father of four. He has written and directed several short films.

    Narkis Tepler

    screenwriter, DJ, XCCV

    Omer Tobi

    Tobi’s works have been presented and awarded at many festivals, including Sundance, Karlovy Vary, Locarno, AFI, Jerusalem and Haifa. Tropicana is his first feature film.

    Dana Tor

    Researcher and writer in the field of Psychoanalysis, holder of Master's degree in English Literature from TAU, in Lacanian psychoanalytic formation.

    Hilla Vidor

    Film actress, working in Israeli and international cinema, exploring complex female characters and questions of identity and transition.

    Achinoam Virt

    Virt is a creative, writer and artistic producer, she addresses identity, urbanism and digital spaces in her creative work.

    Daphna Yeminy

    Utopia 2023 production team, Yenimy comes from a background in design, from stage and costumes design, to jewelry and carpentry.