Agora Market Manual 2010

Crossroads Projects51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010 - Agora/Market ManualDIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHYI Will Drink My Tears, 2011, post- productionThat’s the spirit, 2008 Video ArtHerzliya BiannaleShred of Hope, 2007, shortClermont-Ferrand Short Film FestivalEdinburgh Intl Film FestivalHong Kong Intl Film FestivalThe Hungry Heart, 2005, shortKarlovy Vary Intl Film FestivalHampton Film FestivalFresh Film FestivalVan Gogh in Tel Aviv, 2002, shortOslo Intl Film FestivalLodz Intl Film FestivalDIRECTOR’S CVTom Shoval was born in 1981 in Israel. He has graduatedwith merit the Sam Spigel’ School for Cinema and Television,in Jerusalem in 2007. In the course of his studies, he madetwo short films, The Hungry Heart 2005 and Shred of Hope2007. The films participated in festivals around the world;among them Clermont-Ferrand FF, Edinburgh FF, JerusalemFF, Karlovy Vary FF, and many more. He won numerousprizes, such as Best Film in the Pisticchi FF 2007 in Italy andBest Israeli Short Film in the Eilat FF. Tom Shoval is one ofthe founders of the “Baboon Group” - a group of young directors,assembled together to create short films, withoutfinancial governmental support, in order to achieve creativefreedom. The films were shown in international film festivalsand were screened commercially in selected Israeli cinematheaters. In this venue he made the short Van Gogh in Tel-Aviv 2002. That’s the Spirit 2008, a Video Art commissionedby the Herzliya Biannale, won Shoval raving reviews andwas shown publicly outdoors. Today he teaches cinema directingin the ‘Sam Spigel’ school and writes regularly forIsraeli culture and cinema magazines such as: Cinematheque,Maaravon and Ha’ir.Tom Shoval, Directorpresent at CrossroadsPRODUCER’S FILMOGRAPHYIt’s Never Too Late, 2010, post - productionby Ido FlukGai Oni, 2009Jerusalem Intl Film FestivalTo Kill a Bumble Bee, 2009, shortBest Short, Haifa Intl Film FestivalLocarno Intl Film FestivalGolden Spike Award, Valladolid Intl Film FestivalPassing Shadow, 2008, shortHaifa International Film FestivalFribourg International Film FestivalCinemed – Montpelier Mediterranean Film FestivalPRODUCER’S PROFILEGreenspan was accepted to be a member of the first classof the Entrepreneurial Film Production track of the SamSpiegel School for Film and Television in 2005 and graduatedin 2008. During this time he self-produced five student finalfilms, two of which were accepted into several internationalfilm festivals – Getting Even 2006, directed by VeredYerucham and Shred of Hope 2007, directed by Tom Shoval.In 2009 he opened Greenproductions, and produced twoindependent short films: Passing Shadow written and directedby Shimon Shai, and To Kill a Bumblebee written anddirected by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit, which won thefirst prize in Valladolid Intl Film Festival. In that same yearhe was the producer of a feature film by Dan Wolman, GaiOni. In 2010, produced the Independent feature film It’sNever Too Late, written and directed by Ido Fluk, and the 50minutes drama, The Sand, written and directed by RonySasson.Previous Work available at the Film MarketShred of Hope 2007 and The Hungry Heart 2005are available at the Digital Video – Library.Gal Greenspan, Producerpresent at Crossroads65