Festival Staff

FESTIVAL STAFF 2026

Board of Directors

Mr. Yosi Shalom – Chairman

Mr. Yossi Henig – Member

Mr. Jacov Borovsky – Member

Mr. Raja Zaatry – Member

Mrs. Zila Baruch – Member

Adv. Abed Odeh – Member

Mrs. Tali Goldshtein Orgil – Member

Mr. Artyom Kharchenko – Member

Mr. Tzachi Tarno – Member

Mrs. Reem Ballan – Member

Mr. Eran Michael – Member

Mr. Eli Lotan – Member

Mr. Shlomo Moni Tzfrir – Member

Cpa. Anat Yona – Member

Mrs. Bella Schneider – Member

Management

Ethos General Director: Adv. Igal Zeevi
Cinematheqe and Artistic Festival Director: Yaron Shamir

Cinematheqe Artistic Director: Nugit Altschuler (PhD)

Chief of Operations and the Festival's Executive Producer: Sharon Lugassi

Chief Financial Officer: Accountant Irena Weisbach

Content Production

Programming: Yaron Shamir, Nugit Altschuler, Dana Morag, Einat Rudman, Yaara Ozery, Nir Neeman, Golazin Ardestani

Head of Israeli Film Competitions: Nugit Altschuler

Israeli Film Competitions Producer: Amitai Pnini

Israeli Film Competitions Coordinator: Nir Reznik

Lectors of Israeli Cinema Competition - Fictional: Nugit Altschuler, Yaara Ozery, Nir Neeman, Dana Morag 

Lectors of Israeli Cinema Competition - Documentary: Avi Weissblei, Nir Neeman, Mooly Landesman, Yaara Ozery, Nugit Altschuler, Dana Morag, Shlomo Slutzky, Rachel Elizur, Liat Kamai-Eshed, Efrat Shalom Danon

Lectors of Israeli Cinema Competition - Short: Eyal Amir, Nichita Boico Gaghen, Einat Rudman, Gidon Dayan Forse, Tomer Slutzky, Uri Amitai, Johnny Doov, Noa Dulberg Alter, Shirli Nada Michalevicz, Gal Rosenbluth, Ada Rimon, Yasmine Scheft

Industry Events Curator and Facilitator: Ruth Lev-Ari

Industry Events Coordinators: Iris Lanchiano, Shahar Katzenstein

Industry Events consultant and Associate producer: Gitit Wainer

Film Traffic Manager and Program Coordinator: Orit Levy

Film Traffic Coordinator: Shai Skiff

Abbreviated Catalogue Editor and Hebrew/English Texts: Amalia Rosen

Proofreading: Yossi Tal 

Production Coordinator: Hagar Ezov

Executive Producer Assistant: Adi Mano Miller

Artistic Department Coordinator: Hadar Shoshani

Coordinator and Production of Projects and Events alongside the Artistic Director of the Festival: Yael (Yooki) Ben Shaul

Special Events Producer, Industry Events Logistics: Naama Altshuler

Open air Events Producers: Hagar Ezov, Adi Mano Miller

Culinary Cinema Program Production: Naama Altshuler

Culinary Cinema Moderator: Hilah Alperṭ

Israeli Jury Coordinator: Neta Ben Ari

International Jury Coordinator: Ayelet Baras

Hotels Coordinator: Miri Carmon

Guests Coordinator: Galit Hanien

Advertising and Media Director: Sharon Volman-Ovadia

Advertising and Media Coordinator: Tal Guterman

Website Content Upload and Digital Media Coordinators: Einat Rudman, Idit Rudshtiyn

Digital Content: Leon Shneiderovsky, Hadas Ben-Arzi

Contracts, Invitations and Customer Service: Christina Rivkin

Sales Managers: Dima Aerov, Tal Guterman

Sales Department: Bar Levi, David Aslanyan, Yael Madar, Almog Wasserman, Shachar Omer Baklash

Public Relations: Dorit Hordi, Efrat Gurman

Advertising & Graphic Design: Machtinger Ltd.

Social Media Moderator: Modus

Web Site Design: Tyco Interactive Ltd.

Ticketing Software: Smarticket Ltd.

Still Photography: Tair Zargary, Anastasia Zavyalova, Yosef Hirsch

Opening Ceremony

Director: Igal Zeevi

Executive Producer: Sharon Volman-Ovadia

Manager of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra: Ran Nahum

Conductor: Eran Reemy

Lighting and Sound: Sound Coop

Technical Staff

Technical Management: Gennady Spector

Digital Translation: Ami Winter- Digititle, Roy Pitluk - Royal Titles

Projectionists: Ofer Bronstein, Eilon Morag, Michael Yakobovich, Igal Spector, Ori Dvir, Boris Aerov, Yaron Segal, Moshe Elkabetz, Alex Polyak

Ethos – Haifa Company for Art, Culture & Sport Ltd.

Chief Accountant: Miri Carmon

Accounting: Ilana Amshalom, Maya Gariani, Judith Buskila

Management Secretary and Contract Assistant: Mira Peleg

HR Manager: Christina Rivkin

Advertising and Media Manager: Tal Guterman

Marketing and Content Manager: Adi Kaufman

Box Office Manager: Dima Aerov

Sales Manager: Meital Goldstein

Sales Department: Ella Bar-Nahamov, Michal Shekel, Aviel Azulay

Computerization Director: Leonid Shehtman 

Chief Security Officer: Yossi Cohen

Logistics and Supplies Assistant: Nissim Barmoucha

Business Licensing: Shay Raziel, Limor Marmur Groch

Haifa Cinematheque

Cinematheque Manager: Yaron Shamir

Artistic Director: PhD Nugit Altschuler

Administrative Manager: Orit Levy

Manager of Educational Programs: Hadar Shoshani

Digital Media: Einat Rudman, Idit Rudshtiyn

Ushers: Einat Schwarz, Noya Kopel, Amit Cohen, Adam Gabriely, Maya Cohen, Lian Malka, Svetlana Malashina 

Halls Department (Auditorium, Rappaport, Cinematheque, Beit Hecht, Krieger Hall)

Halls Department Manager (technical): Reuven Efrati

Halls Department Booking Coordinator and Activity Manager: Kama Kozikaro

Artists’ Entrance: Hezi Nagar, Amit Cohen

Auditorium and Rappaport Staff: Igor Korshever, Yuri Alexandrovski, David Ben David, Vladimir Apsov, Lidor Hausner, Yossi Yarimi

Maintenance Staff: Leonid Viner, Valentina Vladovsky, Alla Kondrizuk, Valentina Vladovsky, David Zino

Legal Advice

Adv. Yaakov Gilat, Adv. Ran Brayer

Accountant

BDO Ziv Haft