Ari Folman

Award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. In 1996 he co-directed SAINT CLARA which participated in over 40 festivals, received numerous awards and opened the Panorama section at the Berlinale. Folman went on to write and direct several acclaimed films, including MADE IN ISRAEL (2001), WALZ WITH BASHIR (2008) which was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe, and THE CONGRESS which won the European Academy Award for Best Animated Film. Folman's newest film, WHERE IS ANNE FRANK, was selected to open the Jerusalem Film Festival after its acclaimed premiere at Cannes.