Oren Rudavsky has been developing and producing films since 1981. He has produced, directed and photographed over a dozen award winning documentaries that have been broadcast on PBS, ABC, Discovery and other networks. Films which have been released theatrically include the Emmy nominated A Life Apart, And Baby Makes Two and the Independent Spirit nominated, Hiding and Seeking. Among the award winning films Oren has photographed are Twitch and Shout, and The Last Klezmer.

Oren has also been involved as a producer, post-production supervisor and cinematographer on television programs as diverse as The Real World, Tales From the Darkside, Monsters, PrimeTime Live, Wide Angle, and Saturday Night Live. Since 2003, Oren has shifted his focus toward directing feature-length fiction films.

The Treatment is his first fiction feature. It stars Famke Janssen, Chris Eigeman and Ian Holm recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and early May. Oren Rudavsky was one of the 2006 Tribeca Award Winners. Next it will travel to the Newport International Film Festival and the Munich International Film Festival this summer.

Michal Aviad has been working as a director and producer of documentary films in San Francisco and Tel Aviv since 1986.

Among her films are the 1987 award-winning American documentary ACTING OUR AGE (60 min, 16mm), which she produced and directed. The film explores women and aging and was part of many international film festivals including the U.S. Sundance Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival. The film was aired in many countries and was selected in 1988 to be the first program on PBS’s P.O.V documentary series.

In 1992 Aviad produced and directed with The corporation for Public Broadcasting in the U.S. the film THE WOMEN NEXT DOOR (80-min, 16mm). Filmed during the Intifada, the film examines the roles of Palestinian and Israeli women in the conflict. The film was part of the Forum in the Berlin International Film Festival where it received Honorable Mention. It took part in many festivals including Jerusalem, Pesaro, Munich, Chicago, San Paolo, Portugal, India, and INPUT ’93. The film was aired in many countries including a national broadcast on PBS’s P.O.V. series. more...