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Yariv Mozer

Yariv (Mordechai) Mozer, (born 17 February 1978)[1] is an Israeli film producer, screenwriter and film director.[2]

Yariv Mozer
Born (1978-02-17) 17 February 1978 (age 46)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationFilmmaker
Websitemozer-films.com

Biography

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Mozer was born in Tel Aviv-Yafo and raised in Herzliya.[3] He served in the army as an armament officer in the Artillery Corps. After serving in the Second Lebanon War, he was promoted to the rank of major in the reserves. He graduated with distinction from the Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.[2] Mozer served as director of the 10th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (2004) which hosted Richard Gere (USA), Patrice Leconte (France), Catherine Breillat (France), Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark), and Nabil Ayouch (Morocco) in Tel Aviv.[2]

From 2005 to 2007, he was the supervising producer of Alma Films LTd., owned by Israeli producer Arik Bernstein. He supervised the productions of “Tik Lo Sagur” (2005) directed by Naftali Gliksberg, "5250" (2005) directed by Uri Bar-On,[4] "Hot House" (2006) directed by Shimon Dotan, recipient of a special Jury mention at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and the television series "Six Days in June" (2007) directed by Ilan Ziv. Between 2007 and 2011 he headed the Entrepreneur Production Studies at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School.[5]

In 2006, he founded Mozer Films Ltd a film and television production company. In 2008 he premiered his first documentary film as a director, My First War,[6] depicting his personal experience at the 2nd Lebanon War,[7] which was premiered at the IDFA[8] 2008 and won the 2008 DocAviv Special Jury Award[9] and the 2009 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Best Documentary Award. [10] In 2009, he directed the documentary film There Must Be Another Way[11] following the Israeli representatives at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, singers Noa and Mira Awad.[12] In 2010. he was the first Israeli to be accepted into EAVE Producers workshop.[13] In 2012, he directed the documentary "The Invisible Men" on persecuted gay Palestinian,[14] which received an honourable mention[15] at Docaviv Film Festival[16] and the Outstanding Documentary Feature Award at the 36th Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival.[17] His debut feature film "Snails in the Rain" was released in 2013 as the opening film of TLVFest, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival[18] and had its International Premier at the First Films World Competition of the 2013 Montreal World Film Festival.[19] Leading actors Moran Resenblat and Yoav Reuveni won a Special acting award as part of the 2013 TLVFest.[20] Both The Invisible Men and Snails in the Rain were selected as The Gay UK and 10 Best Israeli Gay Movies.[21] In 2015, he served as part of TLVFest Jury.[22]

In 2016, his film, co-produced and edited by Yael Perlov,[23] Ben-Gurion, Epilogue, focused on the last years of David Ben-Gurion's life and revealed for the first time a long interview with David Ben-Gurion, in which he expressed himself freely about the country and his life.[24] The film had its World premiere at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival.[25] The film won the 2017 Ophir Israeli Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary[26] and was commercially distributed in theaters all over Israel and at Film Forum New York.[27] The film had its US premiere at the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival[28] and opened the 2017 LA Israel Film Festival.[29] The film received excellent notices in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter.

As of 2018, he teaches at the Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University.[30]

His film Eizenkot was released in 2019.[31] The documentary accompanied the 21st Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant general Gadi Eizenkot in his last months in uniform, and received an exclusive approach to the chief of staff's role. The film was broadcast by Israeli Kan 11 and produced by IDF Spokesperson.

A documentary series The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes was broadcast on Israeli television in the summer of 2022 drawing on interview recordings of Adolf Eichmann made by a Dutch Nazi journalist Willem Sassen in Argentina during 1957. "This is proof against Holocaust deniers and a way to see the true face of Eichmann", Mozer told The New York Times.[32]

Mozer is a member of the European Film Academy,[33] a member of the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum, and a member of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.

Filmography as Director

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Filmography as Producer

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References

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  1. ^ Yariv Mozer, Ishim site
  2. ^ a b c Yariv Mozer, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, December 3, 2012
  3. ^ Interview with Yariv Mozer, A Wider Bridge, October 17, 2012
  4. ^ 52/50, Israel Film Center
  5. ^ Biography, A Wider Bridge
  6. ^ Meron Rapoport, Levy's Choice, Haaretz, April 3, 2008
  7. ^ Griff Witte, Revisiting a War That's Seldom Discussed, Washington Post, April 20, 2008
  8. ^ My First War, IDFA
  9. ^ Simon Kilmurry, The DocAviv Film Festival, pov.org, April 14, 2008
  10. ^ An Interview with Yariv Mozer, the Winner of TJFF's 2009 Tzimmie* Award, Beyond the Toronto Jewish, Film Festival, May 7, 2009
  11. ^ There must be another way, Institut de la Mémoire Audiovisuelle Juive
  12. ^ There Must Be Another Way, UK Jewish Film
  13. ^ Yariv Mozer participant, EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2010
  14. ^ Sigal Samuel, “The Invisible Men” Accused of Pinkwashing, The Daily Beast, November 12, 2012
  15. ^ Docaviv 2012 – Awards, Midnight East
  16. ^ Nirit Anderman, Tel Aviv Documentary Festival Puts Gay Issues and Politics in the Spotlight, Haaretz, March 6, 2012
  17. ^ Peter Knegt, ‘Cloudburst,’ ‘Kuchu’ Tops Winners at 36th Frameline Film Festival, Indie Wire, June 27, 2012
  18. ^ Ayelet Dekel, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival: June 8-17, 2013, Midnight East, May 23, 2013
  19. ^ Allegra Tepper, Montreal World Fest Includes 113 Int’l Premieres, Variety, August 6, 2013
  20. ^ TLVFest 2013 Winners, TLVFest
  21. ^ Top 10 Best Israeli Gay Movies, The Gay UK
  22. ^ 2015 TLVFest Jury, TLVFest
  23. ^ Ofer Aderet, Two Filmmakers Scoured the Globe for Last Ben-Gurion Interview, Before Finding It in Israeli Desert, Haaretz, February 28, 2017
  24. ^ Israel Ben-Gurion-Interview, The New York Times, August 13, 2016
  25. ^ Wendy Ide, 'Ben-Gurion, Epilogue': Jerusalem Review, Screen Daily, 15 July 2016
  26. ^ Edna Fainaru, 'Foxtrot' wins top prizes at Israeli Academy awards amid controversy, Screen Daily, 20 September 2017
  27. ^ Owen Gleiberman, Film Review: ‘Ben-Gurion, Epilogue’, Variety, March 15, 2017
  28. ^ Larry Gleeson, Ben-Gurion, Epilogue will have its US premiere at the Santa Barbara Int’l film festival, HollywoodGlee, January 17, 2017
  29. ^ Gregg Kilday, 'Transparent's' Jeffrey Tambor to Be Honored at Israel Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter, October 20, 2017
  30. ^ Course Sylabus, Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University
  31. ^ Eizenkot, IMDb
  32. ^ Kershner, Isabel (4 July 2022). "Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  33. ^ Yariv Mozer, The European Film Academy
  34. ^ Passiflora Waltz
  35. ^ a b My First War
  36. ^ Bed Stories
  37. ^ There must be another way
  38. ^ The Invisible Men
  39. ^ Snails in the Rain
  40. ^ a b Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
  41. ^ a b To Err is Human
  42. ^ Eizenkot
  43. ^ 52/50
  44. ^ "Hot House". Variety. 2007-01-31. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31.
  45. ^ Monkey Business
  46. ^ Hummus Curry
  47. ^ Six Days in June
  48. ^ The Talkbackers
  49. ^ The House on Tabenkin Street
  50. ^ The Heart of Jenin
  51. ^ Between Two Passovers
  52. ^ The Life and Death of Gotel Botel
  53. ^ My Child Will Sing Again
  54. ^ Prince of Jerusalem
  55. ^ Bus
  56. ^ Jeannette
  57. ^ The Invisible Men
  58. ^ Heritage
  59. ^ Snails in the Rain
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