Barak Heymann is an Israeli

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and producer.

Biography

Heymann joined the " Heymann Brothers Films" company in 2003 and has since directed and produced several documentary films and series. Together with his brother

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he created the TV series '' Bridge Over the Wadi'' (2005), which won the Best Series Award at the Israeli Documentary Competition and was adapted to a one-hour film that was co-produced with the American

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company and won many awards around the world. Barak's film '' Dancing Alfonso'' was screened at the

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and won the Silver Award in

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as well as the best directing award at Cronograph Film Festival in

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. The film ''

Lady Kul el-Arab ''Lady Kul El-Arab'' is a 2008 Israeli Documentary film, documentary directed by Ibtisam Mara'ana which tells the story of Angelina Fares, Doaa "Angelina" Fares, a Druze Model (person), model who entered the Miss Israel beauty contest in 2007. Thi ...

'' (by Palestinian director

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) won the special jury award in IDFA 2008 and one year later one more documentary he produced, ''

Sayed Kashua Sayed Kashua ( ar, سيد قشوع, he, סייד קשוע; born 1975) is a Palestinian author and journalist born in Tira, Israel, known for his books and humorous columns in Hebrew and English. Biography Sayed Kashua was born in Tira in th ...

- Forever Scared''(By

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) was participating in the prestigious competition in IDFA. Together with Tomer Heymann, he directed the series ''Debut'' (2008) which won the Best Series Award at the Israeli Documentary Competition. Barak's latest productions are the 8-part TV series "

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" (2009 - directed by Tomer Heymann) which won the first prize in the Int'l film festival in

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and the award-winning film '' I Shot My Love'' (2010 - directed by Tomer Heymann), which premiered in

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and won many different prizes including the best mid-length documentary in

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, the Audience award in

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and more. His documentary ''

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'' (2009) was screened in FIPA and Krakow Film Festivals, won the Best Documentary Award at the

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, was nominated to the

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and was invited to the

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. Currently Barak is working on a new TV series dealing with couples after their

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; he teaches

cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of Film, motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens (o ...

in two Israeli schools and is involved in the production of several new projects. The 2016 documentary '' Who's Gonna Love Me Now?'', directed by Barak and Tomer Heymann, explores the life of Saar, a gay HIV-positive Israeli man living in London whom Tomer met in Tel Aviv in 1994.

Filmography

* 2005 – Producer – ''Zorki'' * 2005 – Director & Producer – ''My Village'' * 2005 – Producer – ''Zorki'' * 2005 – Director & Producer – ''My Village'' * 2006 - Director & Producer - ''Bridge Over The Wadi'' * 2007 – Director & co-producer - ''Dancing Alfonso'' * 2007 - Director - ''Debut - Hofaat Bechora'' * 2007 - Producer - ''Stalags- Holocaust and Pornography in Israel'' * 2008 - Producer - ''Lady Kul el-Arab'' * 2009 - Director & Producer - ''The Lone Samaritan'' * 2009 – Producer – ''The Way Home'' * 2009 - Producer, ''Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared'' * 2010 - Producer - ''I Shot My Love'' * 2016 - '' Who's Gonna Love Me Now?''

References

External links

Barak Heymann's Biography
at Heymann Brothers Films * * * (about the ''Other Israel Film Festival'' featuring films about

Israeli Arabs The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic and ...

including 3 by Barak Heymann {{DEFAULTSORT:Heymann, Barak Living people Israeli film directors Israeli film producers Year of birth missing (living people)