Omri Dekel-Kadosh
Omri Dekel-Kadosh is a director and screenwriter, winner of the Ophir Award for Best Short Film. His works challenge the traditional boundaries between documentary and fiction, exploring truth and cinema to create a hybrid realm where personal narratives intertwine with cinematic storytelling.
His graduation short film, “Portrait of My Family in My 13th Year,” in which he also acts with his father, premiered at the prestigious San Sebastián International Film Festival and won Best Short Film at the Jerusalem International Film Festival. Additionally, the web-series “Benafsham,” which he created for Kan11, attracted over 3 million viewers.
For his independent short film, “The Accident,” he won the Ophir Award for Best Short Film, Best Independent Short Film at TISFF, and the Most Promising Filmmaker Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, and has been screened at numerous festivals worldwide.