One of Israel’s most prominent and acclaimed actresses and creators.
She gained international recognition for her role in Steven Spielberg’s Munich. Since then, she has starred opposite Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons, and appeared in Man of Steel, in Last Days in the Desert alongside Ewan McGregor, and in Darling Companion with Diane Keaton. Additional film credits include Vantage Point, Fugitive Pieces, Ben-Hur, and her award-winning performance in Nina’s Tragedies, for which she received the Israeli Academy Award for Best Actress.
On television, Zurer appeared in Marvel’s Daredevil, Netflix’s You, and Losing Alice, which was acquired by Apple TV+ and praised by critics worldwide. She has won two Israeli Television Academy Awards for her performances in In Treatment and Hostages, as well as the Golden Nymph Award for Best Actress at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for Hostages. Additionally, she was nominated for the Czech Lion Award for her leading role in Milada.
In addition to acting, Zurer is a screenwriter, author, and illustrator. She illustrated the bestselling novel Badolina by Gabi Nitzan and Shorts by Paulo Coelho, and created As of Now, a collection of her own writings and illustrations. She currently stars in House of David (Amazon Prime Video) and Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+).
 

b. June 25, 1981 in Voronezh, Russia.
A German filmmaker, director, author, and artist. She has created numerous short animated films that won prizes at festivals worldwide. She works with clay, clay on glass, and other analogue materials, combining them into films that are often narrative and documentary-based. She served as senior lecturer in BA illustration and animation at Kingston University until September 2022, and now lives and teaches in Berlin.
Gostrer and her family emigrated from Russia to Germany in 1996 as jewish refugees, and she has never returned to Russia. She studied communication design in Munich and animation directing in Kassel, and completed the equivalent of a PhD-in-practice program in Potsdam. She worked in design agencies in Munich before turning to animation and teaching full-time. She was married to historian Jan Plamper, who passed away in 2023.

b. August 5, 1985.
An Israeli film and TV actor and musician who composes for film and television in Israel and abroad.
Winner of the 2022 Ophir Award for Best Original Music and 2024 Israeli Television Academy Award for Best Original Music for the series “The Truth”.
Recipient of 4 awards for best original music for films and TV at various festivals around the world.
Nominated give times for the Israeli Television Academy Awards.
Nominated twice for the Israeli Oscars – the Ophir Awards.
Selected recent works: No Man’s Land – Season 2, Disney & Hulu, Karaoke – Feature film, Hamada – Feature film, Bloody Murray – Seasons 1 & 2, Russian Compound.

Graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem in 2005, and since then has worked between Israel and Germany. Her films include TALES OF THE DEFEATED (2009), which premiered at Visions du Réel, and FAREWELL, HERR SCHWARZ (2013), which won awards at DOK Leipzig and the Haifa Film Festival. Her most recent film, PROMISED LANDS (2021), won the Documentary Prize at the Jewish Film Festival Berlin, and was nominated for the German Film Critics Association Award.
In addition to her work as a documentarian, Yael creates video installations for museums. Notable works include TUNICATA (2017) at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, and MESUBIN (2020) for the core exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin.
In 2024, Yael served as visiting professor at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. She is currently working on a sound installation for the garden of the House of the Wannsee Conference, which opened in April 2025.

40 years old. An Oscar nominated producer, born and raised in Natanya and currently living in Jaffa. Graduated from the Film and Television Department of Tel-Aviv University, alumnus of EAVE and Emerging Producers workshops, established KM PRODUCTIONS to focus on creating sustainable relationships with young, innovative directors in order to produce shorts, features, and documentaries.
His features include the creative documentary "Necropolis": won best cinematography at DocAviv. "Cabaret Total": won 2 Israeli film academy awards, Honorable Mention at Mar del Plata.
The Road to Eilat: 3 awards including Best Feature at Jerusalem IFF, 11 Israeli Academy nominations; The Dive: 4 awards including Best Feature at Jerusalem IFF, 2 awards at Locarno, screened a.o. at Toronto, AFI Fest.; and Water (Israeli-Palestinian omnibus film): Amnesty International Award, opened Venice Critics’ Week.
His short films, including White Eye (Oscar-nominated), Mission Hebron (EFA shortlisted), I See You (winner of the Israeli academy awards) have been screened at major festivals worldwide such as Cannes, Venice, IDFA, Locarno, Toronto, Telluride, SXSW, DOC NYC, Annecy and sold to HBO, Canal+ and more.

A graduate of the Soundtrack Program – Music and Sound for Film at the School of Audio and Visual Arts, Sapir College.
She currently works at DB Studios as a sound designer.
In recent years, she has contributed to the sound work of dozens of television series as well as both Israeli and international films, including First Light, Seven Blessings, The Head, and more.