SPEAKERS
OLIA LIALINA
Net Artist, Animated Gif Model. Writes on New Media and Digital Folklore. Professor at Merz Akademie, Stuttgart.
ARI FOLMAN
Israeli film director, screenwriter, film score composer and Golden Globe winner. Perhaps best known for directing the animated documentary Waltz With Bashir
and the live-action/animated film The Congress.
NONNY DE LA PEÑA
A pioneer in virtual reality, known primarily for her work in immersive journalism.
JOHAN KNATTRUP JENSEN
Director and writer, works in the fields of film, cross media, photography, theatre, music, and performance art.
MERAV SHIFMAN
Creative director with 20 years experience in the Israeli TV industry. Served as Head of Innovation at Keshet Broadcasting. Currently provides designated research to media companies and develops new TV formats.
GAL RAZ
Gal Raz is a Visiting Lecturer at TAU's Steve Tisch School of Film and Television and a researcher at the Functional Brain Center, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
UDI BEN ARIE
Lecturer and researcher at TAU's Steve Tisch School of Film and Television. Specializes in interactive storytelling.
LIAD GOLDSMITH
An award winning interface designer, a graduate of the Bezalel Academy and owner of a leading UI/UX studio in TLV. Liad recently wrote the first hebrew guide for designers & developers working alongside.
ARIK BERNSTEIN
International Film, TV and New Media producer.
LIOR ZALMANSON
Founder and artistic director of Print Screen Festival for digital culture and arts.
YOAV PAZ & DORON PAZ
The Paz Brothers are award-winning Israeli film directors who directed the Horror-Suspense films Jeruzalem, Phobidilia and the Israeli TV series Metim Lerega, Asfur and Chasufim.
AMIT BREUER
Israeli-Canadian award winning documentary filmmaker and innovative interactive media producer and consultant.
YORAM SCHAFFER
Documentary filmmaker and founder of Movie Discovery VOD platform.
RAFAEL BALULU
Award winning Scriptwriter and film director. Graduate of Sam Spiegel Film School, he has written and directed 15 shorts and a feature documentary.
NITZAN BARTOV
Architect, game designer and glitch artist. Co-founder of n-Dimensional game studio, a NEW INC member and a Babycastles resident.
MOSHON ZER-AVIV
A designer, an educator and a media activist based in Tel Aviv.
LILA CHITAYAT
An architect, new media artist and an experimental practitioner of design specializing in design for museum exhibitions. Professor at H.I.T's design department.
TOMER PIGI BLUSHINSKY
Level 26 gamer and game developer, lives on a diet of fun and junk food.Can be found in the wild either developing, playing, or talking about video games.
PROF. NITZAN BEN SHAUL
Head of the forthcoming Digital Media program at the Steve Tisch School of Film andTelevision. Has published extensively on complex cinema and interactive films