Yariv Mozer

 ( 1978 Births ) 

From 2005 to 2007, he was the supervising producer of Alma Films LTd., owned by Israeli producer Arik Bernstein. He supervised the productions of “Tik Lo Sagur” (2005) directed by Naftali Gliksberg, "5250" (2005) directed by Uri Bar-On, 52/50 , Israel Film Center "Hot House" (2006) directed by Shimon Dotan, recipient of a special Jury mention at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and the television series "Six Days in June" (2007) directed by Ilan Ziv. Between 2007 and 2011 he headed the Entrepreneur Production Studies at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School. Biography , A Wider Bridge

In 2006, he founded Mozer Films Ltd a film and television production company. In 2008 he premiered his first documentary film as a director, My First War,Meron Rapoport, Levy's Choice, Haaretz, April 3, 2008 depicting his personal experience at the 2nd Lebanon War,Griff Witte, Revisiting a War That's Seldom Discussed, Washington Post, April 20, 2008 which was premiered at the IDFA My First War, IDFA 2008 and won the 2008 DocAviv Special Jury AwardSimon Kilmurry, The DocAviv Film Festival , pov.org, April 14, 2008 and the 2009 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Best Documentary Award. An Interview with Yariv Mozer, the Winner of TJFF's 2009 Tzimmie* Award, Beyond the Toronto Jewish, Film Festival, May 7, 2009 In 2009, he directed the documentary film There Must Be Another Way There must be another way, Institut de la Mémoire Audiovisuelle Juive following the Israeli representatives at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, singers Noa and Mira Awad. There Must Be Another Way, UK Jewish Film In 2010. he was the first Israeli to be accepted into EAVE Producers workshop. Yariv Mozer participant, EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2010 In 2012, he directed the documentary "The Invisible Men" on persecuted gay Palestinians,Sigal Samuel, “The Invisible Men” Accused of Pinkwashing, The Daily Beast, November 12, 2012 which received an honourable mention Docaviv 2012 – Awards, Midnight East at Docaviv Film FestivalNirit Anderman, Tel Aviv Documentary Festival Puts Gay Issues and Politics in the Spotlight, Haaretz, March 6, 2012 and the Outstanding Documentary Feature Award at the 36th Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival.Peter Knegt, ‘Cloudburst,’ ‘Kuchu’ Tops Winners at 36th Frameline Film Festival, Indie Wire, June 27, 2012 His debut feature film "Snails in the Rain" was released in 2013 as the opening film of TLVFest, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film FestivalAyelet Dekel, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival: June 8-17, 2013, Midnight East, May 23, 2013 and had its International Premier at the First Films World Competition of the 2013 Montreal World Film Festival.Allegra Tepper, Montreal World Fest Includes 113 Int’l Premieres, Variety, August 6, 2013 Leading actors Moran Rosenblatt and Yoav Reuveni won a Special acting award as part of the 2013 TLVFest. TLVFest 2013 Winners, TLVFest TLVFest - The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival IMDB. Retrieved on 21 November Both The Invisible Men and Snails in the Rain were selected as The Gay UK and 10 Best Israeli Gay Movies. Top 10 Best Israeli Gay Movies, The Gay UK In 2015, he served as part of TLVFest Jury. 2015 TLVFest Jury , TLVFest

In 2016, his film, co-produced and edited by Yael Perlov,Ofer Aderet, Two Filmmakers Scoured the Globe for Last Ben-Gurion Interview, Before Finding It in Israeli Desert, Haaretz, February 28, 2017 Ben-Gurion, Epilogue, focused on the last years of David Ben-Gurion's life and revealed for the first time a long interview with David Ben-Gurion, in which he expressed himself freely about the country and his life. Israel Ben-Gurion-Interview, The New York Times, August 13, 2016 The film had its World premiere at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival.Wendy Ide, 'Ben-Gurion, Epilogue': Jerusalem Review, Screen Daily, 15 July 2016 The film won the 2017 Ophir Award for Best Feature DocumentaryEdna Fainaru, 'Foxtrot' wins top prizes at Israeli Academy awards amid controversy, Screen Daily, 20 September 2017 and was commercially distributed in theaters all over Israel and at Film Forum New York.Owen Gleiberman, Film Review: ‘Ben-Gurion, Epilogue’, Variety, March 15, 2017 The film had its US premiere at the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film FestivalLarry Gleeson, Ben-Gurion, Epilogue will have its US premiere at the Santa Barbara Int’l film festival, HollywoodGlee, January 17, 2017 and opened the 2017 LA Israel Film Festival.Gregg Kilday, 'Transparent's' Jeffrey Tambor to Be Honored at Israel Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter, October 20, 2017 The film received excellent notices in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter.

As of 2018, he teaches at the Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University. Course Sylabus, Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University

His film Eizenkot was released in 2019. Eizenkot, IMDb The documentary accompanied the 21st Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant general Gadi Eizenkot in his last months in uniform, and received an exclusive approach to the chief of staff's role. The film was broadcast by Israeli Kan 11 and produced by IDF Spokesperson.

A documentary series The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes was broadcast on Israeli television in the summer of 2022 drawing on interview recordings of Adolf Eichmann made by a Dutch Nazi journalist Willem Sassen in Argentina during 1957. "This is proof against Holocaust deniers and a way to see the true face of Eichmann", Mozer told The New York Times.

Mozer is a member of the European Film Academy, Yariv Mozer, The European Film Academy a member of the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum, and a member of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.

• 2003 Passiflora Waltz Passiflora Waltz
• 2008 My First War My First War
• 2009 Bed Stories Bed Stories
• 2009 There must be another way There must be another way