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Susan Youssef is the director of two dramatic features and a short that now streams on Netflix. Her two features, a documentary, and shorts have been screened at film festivals, such as Venice, Toronto International, Cannes, and Sundance and have been programmed in museums, including The Museum of Modern Art (New York). The focus of Susan’s films has been human and civil rights. Human Rights Watch and Movies that Matter have toured her work. Her second feature Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf Academy Awards qualified and streamed in the Academy screening room. Susan has been commissioned by Tate Modern. 21st Century Fox hired her to make the short Amsterdam to Anatolia that now streams on Netflix. Susan is a Fulbright Fellow, Princess Grace Award Winner, Poynter Fellow (Yale University), and 21st Century Fox Director Fellow.

Susan Youssef

Film

We Are One People, One Land: An Open Letter About Gaza

Actress Inbar Lavi is best known for her roles on Bravo’s Imposters and Fox’s Prison Break. She is currently starring as Eve in Lucifer; Part B of the show’s fifth season premieres on Netflix on May 28. During quarantine, Inbar created the brand Lavi, with all proceeds going to female-owned business hit hard by the pandemic. Inbar is also an ambassador of The Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and The Make-a-Wish Israel Foundation and volunteers at Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles, a community-run Kosher kitchen that brings people together to assist the less fortunate. She will be releasing her first single this summer as well, and are excited to share a link to her song with you soon. Inbar was born and raised in Israel, and currently resides in Los Angeles. (Image by Rowan Daly.)

Inbar Lavi

Three Great Things: Inbar Lavi

An Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner, Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi released his first feature Interrupted Streams in 2010, which was followed in 2012 by the acclaimed 5 Broken Cameras, made with Palestinian co-director Emad Burnat. The film was nominated for the 2013 Best Documentary Oscar and won the 2013 International Emmy Award for Best Documentary. It won awards in more than 40 film festivals worldwide and commercially distributed worldwide. Davidi&#8217;s latest film, Mixed Feelings, is the story of Israeli director and acting teacher Amir Orian, a once-successful actor who left his blooming career to create an alternative theater in his own apartment. The first feature he has made about Israeli society and in his hometown, Tel Aviv, it plays at the Socially Relevant Film Festival in New York City on March 17.

Guy Davidi

How I Learned the Importance and Value of Anger in Art

The New York Times called Jennifer Prediger a &#8220;busy indie actress&#8221;. She is also a busy writer, director and producer living in Los Angeles. She made her directorial debut in 2014 with collaborator Jess Weixler with their movie Apartment Troubles, starring Weixler, Prediger, Megan Mullally, Will Forte and Jeffrey Tambor. She has appeared in such movies as Joe Swanberg&#8217;s Uncle Kent, Hannah Fidell&#8217;s A Teacher, Bob Byington&#8217;s Infinity Baby, Madeleine Olnek&#8217;s The Foxy Merkins, Onur Tukel&#8217;s Applesauce and Richard&#8217;s Wedding, Alex Karpovsky&#8217;s Red Flag, and the Gotham Award-winning web series The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes. Find out more at <a href="https://www.luckyprediger.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">luckyprediger.com</a>.

Jennifer Prediger

Jennifer Prediger (Apartment Troubles) Talks Talya Lavie’s Zero Motivation

Israel