Festival Staff

FESTIVAL STAFF 2025

Board of Directors

Mr. Yosi Shalom – Chairman

Mr. Yossi Henig – Member

Mr. Kirill Karetnik – Member

Mr. Jacov Borovsky – Member

Mr. Raja Zaatry – Member

Mr. David Lurie – Member

Mrs. Zila Baruch – Member

Adv. Abed Odeh – Member

Mrs. Tali Goldshtein Orgil – Member

Mr. Tzachi Tarno – Member

Mrs. Reem Ballan – Member

Mr. Eran Michael – Member

Mr. Eli Lotan – 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

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: Yaron Shamir, Nugit Altschuler, Yaara Ozery, Nir Neeman, Dana Morag 

Lectors of Israeli Cinema Competition - Documentary: Orit Ofir Ronell, Yulie Cohen, Avi Weissblei, Talia (Tulik) Galon, Mordechai Vardi, Mooly Landesman

Lectors of Israeli Cinema Competition - Short: Eyal Amir, Aviv Ziv, Adi Mozes, Liat Mer, Hila Royzenman, Nichita Boico Gaghen, Einat Rudman, Gidon Dayan Forse, Uriya Hertz, Dani Sahar, Tomer Slutzky

Industry Events Curator: Ruth Lev-Ari

Industry Events Coordinator: Iris Lanchiano

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 Miller

Artistic Department Coordinator: Hadar Shoshani

Coordinator and Production of Projects and Events alongside the Artistic Director of the Festival: Shahar Katzenstein

Special Events Producer, Industry Events Logistics: Naama Altshuler

Open air Events Coordinator: Hagar Ezov, Adi Miller

Culinary Cinema Program Production: Naama Altshuler

Culinary Cinema Moderator: Hilah Alperṭ

Israeli Jury Coordinator: Ayelet Baras

International Jury Coordinator: Maayan Erlich

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: Hadas Ben-Arzi

Contracts, Invitations and Customer Service: Christina Rivkin

Sales Manager: Dima Aerov

Sales: Tal Guterman, Shanny Alon

Sales Department: Amit Keren, Bar Levi, Alin Kilen, David Aslanyan, Adi Waisman, Ronna Gonshorek

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: Idan Menachem, Tair Zargary, Yosef Hirsch

Opening Ceremony

Director: Igal Zeevi

Executive Producer: Sharon Volman-Ovadia

Manager of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra: Ran Nahum

Conductor: David Sofer

Lighting and Sound: Cameo Multimedia

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: Sharon Volman-Ovadia

Advertising and Media Coordinator: Tal Guterman

Marketing and Content Manager: Adi Kaufman

Box Office Manager: Dima Aerov

Sales Manager: Meital Goldstein

Sales Department: Ella Bar-Nahamov, Michal Shekel

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, Suzanne Lotem, 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, Arkadi Finkelstein

Auditorium and Rappaport Staff: Barak Zarfati, 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, Andrey Tchaikovsky 

Legal Advice

Adv. Yaakov Gilat, Adv. Ran Brayer

Accountant

BDO Ziv Haft