ANAT ZURIA

Anat Zuria, born 1961, is a profound film maker and activist. A graduate of the "Midrasha Art School" in Ramat Hasharon, she has shown a number of exhibitions of her video-art in Israel, Europe and Canada. In 1998, she graduated from the "Maale Film School". Since 2006, she has served as film critic for Eretz Acheret magazine.

Work experience

Director & Scriptwriter

Al-Quds Syndrome Documentary, 90 min. Current

Black Bus Documentary, 70 min. 2009

Sentenced to Marriage Documentary, 60 min. 2004

Purity Documentary, 60 min. 2002

Producer

Al-Quds Syndrome current

Black Bus 2009

Adviser

"The Dreamers", film by Efrat Shalom, won first prize at Israel Women Film Festival, 2011

Jury

Jerusalem Film Festival 2009

FIPA, France 2007

South Korea women festival 2006

Docaviv Tel Aviv Film Festival 2010

Honors and Prizes

Purity

Special Jury Prize, Yamagata International Doc. Film Festival, Japan, 2003

First Prize, FIPA International Festival. Audio-Visual Programs, France, 2003

Award for Best Director, Munich Film Festival, Germany, 2003

Discovery of the Year award, SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia), 2004

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, purchased and exhibited, 2004

Sentenced to Marriage

The Wolgin Award for Best Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2004

Honorable Mention, IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, , Netherlands, 2004

First Prize, Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, Canada, 2005

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, purchased and exhibited,, 2005

Black Bus

First Prize, Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2009

Berlinale Film Festival, Forum of New Cinema, Germany, 2010

Skills

Director, Producer, Scriptwriter, Lecturer, Film Adviser, Film Critic, Painter.

Education

Maalah film school, Jerusalem, 1998

Midrasha Art School, Ramat-HaSharon, 1984