Lawrence Bender has a career that spans three decades of producing highly successful films with a worldwide box office total of over a billion dollars. His films to date, including such hits as “Pulp Fiction”, “Inglorious Bastards”, and “Good Will Hunting”, have been honored with 37 Academy Award nominations, including four for Best Picture, and have won 9. His film “An Inconvenient Truth”, which raised unprecedented awareness about climate change, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 2020, Bender produced two short films: the Peabody winning animated short film, “Cops and Robbers” and the Academy Award winning short film “Two Distant Strangers”.
Other films include “The Harder They Fall” starring Idris Elba and Regina King (2021), Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016), Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” (2016), Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill”: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (2004) “The Mexican” (2001) starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, “Anna and the King” (1999) starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat, “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996), and “Reservoir Dogs” (1992).
Bender has a long list of Television credits which includes the A&E docu series “The Chicano Squad”, the CW series “Roswell New Mexico”, the Netflix limited series “Seven Seconds” (2019) starring Regina King who won the Emmy for best actress, and the Starz limited series “Flesh and Bone” (2015).

Joseph Cedar is an Israeli screenwriter and film director whose films have won numerous international awards and have been nominated for two American Academy awards.
His first feature film, “Time of Favor” (2001), won 6 Israeli academy awards including Best Picture. Cedar’s third film, “Beaufort" (2008), a drama/action movie about an IDF unit in the Beaufort fortress in southern Lebanon at the end of Israel's occupation in 2000, received the Silver Bear award for Best Director in the Berlin International Film Festival and received a nomination for 2008 Best Foreign Language Film at the American Academy Awards, the Oscars. In 2011, Cedar's film “Footnote” (2011) won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and also received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards. Footnote revolves around a power struggle between a father and son who teach in the Talmud department of the Hebrew University.
Cedar also wrote and directed the American film “Norman” (2017) starring Richard Gere, and the HBO miniseries “Our Boys” (2019).

Born in 1975, Vaslui, Romania, studied Film Directing at the National University of Drama and Film, Bucharest between 1999 - 2003.
He became known in 2006 for his first feature, “12:08 East of Bucharest”, which won the Caméra d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival where it was shown in Directors’ Fortnight. The film received more than 20 awards in festivals all over the world and was distributed in more than 30 countries. “Police, Adjective” is the second film written and directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, released in 2009. The film won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival, in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section. His next feature films, “When Evening Falls On Bucharest Or Metabolism”, “The Treasure” and “The Whistlers” premiered in Locarno Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. Porumboiu also directed two sports documentaries, “The Second Game” and “Infinite Football”, that both premiered in the Berlinale Forum section.

Omri Marcus is an experienced content creator and creative director who specializes in harnessing the powers of groundbreaking technology. Tasked with leading Gitam-BBDO, the largest media conglomerate in Israel, into the era of artificial intelligence, Omri manages multifaceted projects that span creativity, technology, business, and strategy. Following the events of October 7th, Omri was also tasked with overseeing the company's Creative War Room, producing a wide array of videos and images aimed at conveying Israel's perspective to specific audiences.

Marcus has extensive experience in all aspects of content creation, from developing a popular dating show in China, through creating innovative mobile apps in India to leading a successful political campaign in Israel. With over 20 years of experience generating award-winning content worldwide, Omri thrives on driving new ideas from concept to launch and seeing them through high growth to meet business objectives. During his time in a multi-year development contract with Red-Arrow Entertainment and in his work as creative director at companies such as Viacom and Screenz, Omri delivered content that pushed boundaries while still meeting audience engagement, retention, and market share KPIs.

As a comedy writer, Omri has earned three Israeli TV Academy awards for his work as part of the writing staff of "Eretz Nehederet" (What a Wonderful Country), one of Israel's most successful comedy shows. Omri is the founder of Comedy for a Change - an international community of comedy writers dedicated to leveraging the power of comedy for driving social change. He also received a distinguished grant from Europe’s Format Academy for Entertainment, Television & New Media (EMC), an accolade reserved for those shaping the future of media. Omri also contributes to various publications, sharing his insights on technology, content, and contemporary issues.

Graduated with honors from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. "The Death of Cinema and My Father's Too", his debut feature film, was part of the Official Selection at Cannes 2020 and won the Jerusalem Film Festival. His second film, "The Vanishing Soldier", was part of the Official Selection at the Locarno Film Festival 2023 and won the Haifa Film Festival. "Of Dogs and Men", his third feature film, was part of the Official Selection at the Venice Film Festival 2024.
His comedy-drama series “Johnny & the Knights of Galilee” has been purchased for adaptation in Germany (VOX, titled “Milk & Honey”) and France (Amazon Prime, titled “Escort Boys”). He also created the documentary “Zohar, the Return”, which was commercially screened in Israel, and adapted the play “God of Vengeance” for Israel’s leading theater, The Cameri.
His short and medium-length films have been shown at numerous international festivals, including Cannes Cinéfondation, Berlinale, HotDocs, and IDFA.

Born in Los Angeles in 1996, Tom Nesher is a graduate of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. She directed four award winning shorts, and has created dozens of unique freeform documentary pieces as a journalist at one of Israel’s most prominents networks. "Come Closer" is Nesher’s debut feature film, it was screened at Tribeca Film Festival 2024, and won 4 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. In November 2024, Variety named director Tom Nesher as one of their "10 Directors to Watch for 2025."