The Producers
Julie Shles- Director.
Award winning director, recipient of six Ophir awards, winner of three Jerusalem Film Festival awards for best film, and of various international awards.
Julie is a social and political activist and teaches documentary filmmaking at the Seminar HaKibbutzim college.
Among her titles: Storiez (2019, docu-series), Last Stop (2014 documentary ), Sewing for Bread (2002 docu-Series), Afula Express (1997 feature), Baba Luba (1995 documentary), St. Jean (1993 documentary).
Hilla Medalia Director/Producer
Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and producer has received four Emmy® nominations. Her projects have garnered critical acclaim and screened internationally in theaters and on television including HBO, MTV, BBC and ARTE. Her range of titles include: ‘The Reason Why’ 2021 (Jerusalem Film Festival), ’Love & Stuff’ 2020 (HotDocs, DOCNYC), ‘Leftover Women’ 2019 (Tribeca, ARTE), ‘Transkids’ 2019 (a 5 episode series for yesDocu and film), ‘The Oslo Diaries’ 2018 (Sundance, HBO), ‘Muhi - Generally Temporary’ 2017 (San Francisco FIlm Festival, Hot Docs), 'Censored Voices' 2015, (Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale), 'The Go Go Boys' 2014 (Cannes Film Festival), 'Web Junkie' 2014 (Sundance Film Festival, POV, BBC), 'Dancing in Jaffa' 2013 (Tribeca, IFC Sundance selects), 'Numbered' 2012 (ARTE), 'After the Storm' 2009 (MTV), 'To Die in Jerusalem' 2007 (HBO). Hilla is a member of the American Academy of Film and Television and she holds an M.A. from Southern Illinois University.
Suleiman El-Abid was sentenced to 27 years in jail for the rape and murder of Israeli teenager Hanit Kikos, based on an unrecorded confession. A few days after re-enacting the crime, he retracted his confession and has been claiming innocence ever since. Did he receive a fair trial or did the justice system incriminate him to whitewash their own failures? Almost three decades later, the mystery surrounding the case endures.
Jerusalem Film Festival- Official Selection
