38IFF Guests

Alon Gur Arye is an Israeli comedy filmmaker behind the cult favorite Mossad (2019) and Operation Egg (2017). He collaborated with Airplane! director David Zucker and directed documentaries on Israeli screen legends Yehuda Barkan, Ze’ev Revach, and Chaim Topol. He is currently directing a new Air Force comedy.

Moshe Rosenthal is an Israeli filmmaker. His second feature, Tell Me Everything, an Israeli-French co-production, premiered at Sundance 2026 (World Cinema Competition). His debut film, Karaoke, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has participated in more than 70 festivals around the world, won Best Director and Best Screenplay awards at the Raindance Film Festival in London, and has been acquired for remakes in the US, Germany, and France. His web series Confess won Grand Prix and Best Screenplay Awards at the Marseille Web, s sold for an American TV adaptation by AMC Network, and was developed by Academy Award nominee Julie Delpy.

Reut Akkerman is an Israeli actress and filmmaker. A graduate of the Yoram Levinstein Acting Studio, she appeared in films including Michal Vinik’s Barash and Tomer Shushan’s Oscar-shortlisted White Eye. She also acted in Naomi Maroz’s short Dayenu, presented at the Cannes Short Film Corner. Stay! marks her directorial debut.

Ruthy Pribar is an Israeli writer-director, exploring emotionally resonant narratives with a subtle directorial style. An honorary graduate of The Sam Spiegel Film School, her debut feature film ASIA premiered at Tribeca 2020 and garnered critical acclaim, earning multiple awards, including the Nora Ephron prize. The film went on to win nine Israeli Academy Awards and represented the country at the Oscars. Her second feature film, 'What Is to Come' premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival.