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The Israeli Short Film Competition: Jury Members

The Israeli Short Film Competition: Jury Members
Tova Ascher

Director and film editor, winner of the Ophir Prize for editing Joseph Cedar’s Time of Favor. Asher has edited many Israeli feature films including Bar 51, Fictious Marriage, and The Syrian Bride. In 2015 she won the Critics Forum Award for Best Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival for her direction of A.K.A. Nadia. 

Asaph Polonsky

Asaph Polonsky's debut feature, One Week and a Day, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week, where it won the Gan Foundation Award. It went on to win Best Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Best Supporting Actor for Tomer Kapon at the Ophir Awards. His thesis film, Samnang, premiered at the New York Film Festival and was nominated for a Student Academy Award. He is currently directing the series Traitor, created by Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen. (Israel)

Javier Porta Fouz

Javier Porta Fouz is the director of BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - where, as its former curator, was responsible for fifteen festival editions. He has been curating for VOD platform Qubit.tv since 2011 and currently works as a film journalist and critic. In 2017, he made his debut as a lead actor in the series Cineterapia.