Yariv Mozer

Mozer was born in Tel Aviv-Yafo and raised in Herzliya.

[https://awiderbridge.org/interview-with-yariv-mozer/ Interview with Yariv Mozer], A Wider Bridge, October 17, 2012 He served in the army as an armament officer in the Artillery Corps. After serving in the Second Lebanon War, he was promoted to the rank of major in the reserves. He graduated with distinction from the Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. Mozer served as director of the 10th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (2004) which hosted Richard Gere (USA), Patrice Leconte (France), Catherine Breillat (France), Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark), and Nabil Ayouch (Morocco) in Tel Aviv.

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,[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/52-50 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.[https://awiderbridge.org/yariv-mozer-filmmaker/ 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, [https://www.haaretz.com/1.5014608 Levy's Choice], Haaretz, April 3, 2008

depicting his personal experience at the 2nd Lebanon War,Griff Witte,

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041901864_pf.html?noredirect=on Revisiting a War That's Seldom Discussed], Washington Post, April 20, 2008 which was premiered at the IDFA[https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/806ad4aa-1b04-4865-895d-3a784870a9b9/my-first-war My First War], IDFA 2008 and won the 2008 DocAviv Special Jury AwardSimon Kilmurry,

[http://archive.pov.org/blog/news/2008/04/the_docaviv_film_festival/ The DocAviv Film Festival], pov.org, April 14, 2008 and the 2009 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Best Documentary Award.

[http://tjff09.blogspot.com/2009/05/interview-with-yariv-mozer-director-of.html 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

[http://www.imaj.be/film/?film_id=8125 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.

[http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/there-must-be-another-way/ There Must Be Another Way], UK Jewish Film In 2010. he was the first Israeli to be accepted into EAVE Producers workshop.[https://eave.org/network/21242 Yariv Mozer participant], EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2010 In 2012, he directed the documentary "The Invisible Men" on persecuted gay Palestinian,Sigal Samuel, [https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-invisible-men-accused-of-pinkwashing?ref=scroll “The Invisible Men” Accused of Pinkwashing], The Daily Beast, November 12, 2012 which received an honourable mention

[https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=19151 Docaviv 2012 – Awards], Midnight East

at Docaviv Film FestivalNirit Anderman, [https://www.haaretz.com/1.5202465 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, [https://www.indiewire.com/2012/06/cloudburst-kuchu-tops-winners-at-36th-frameline-film-festival-46306/ ‘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, [https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=26183 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,

[https://variety.com/2013/film/global/montreal-world-film-fest-2013-1200574776/ 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.

[http://www.tlvfest.com/en/?p=3051 TLVFest 2013 Winners], TLVFest[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003340/2013/1/ 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.

[https://www.thegayuk.com/top-10-best-israeli-gay-movies/ Top 10 Best Israeli Gay Movies], The Gay UK In 2015, he served as part of TLVFest Jury.[http://www.tlvfest.com/en/?p=5408 2015 TLVFest Jury], TLVFest

In 2016, his film, co-produced and edited by Yael Perlov,Ofer Aderet, [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/movies/.premium.MAGAZINE-two-filmmakers-scoured-the-globe-for-last-ben-gurion-interview-before-finding-it-in-israeli-desert-1.5442732 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.[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/world/middleeast/israel-ben-gurion-interview.html 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,

[https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/ben-gurion-epilogue-jerusalem-review/5106709.article 'Ben-Gurion, Epilogue': Jerusalem Review], Screen Daily, 15 July 2016 The film won the 2017 Ophir Israeli Academy Award for Best Feature DocumentaryEdna Fainaru,

[https://www.screendaily.com/news/foxtrot-wins-top-prizes-at-israeli-academy-awards-amid-controversy/5122492.article '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, [https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/ben-gurion-epilogue-review-1202009731/ Film Review: ‘Ben-Gurion, Epilogue’], Variety, March 15, 2017 The film had its US premiere at the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film FestivalLarry Gleeson,

[https://hollywoodglee.com/2017/01/17/ben-gurion-epilogue-will-have-its-us-premiere-at-the-santa-barbara-intl-film-festival/ 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, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/transparents-jeffrey-tambor-be-honored-at-israel-film-festival-1050918 '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.

[https://www30.tau.ac.il/yedion/syllabus.asp?course=0851381501&year=2018 Course Sylabus], Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University

His film Eizenkot was released in 2019.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9827314/reference 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.{{cite news|last=Kershner|first=Isabel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/world/middleeast/adolf-eichmann-documentary-israel.html?smid=tw-share|title=Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 July 2022|access-date=9 July 2022}}

Mozer is a member of the European Film Academy,[https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/Presentation.presentation.0.html?&no_cache=1&uid=106 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[https://vimeo.com/24820824 Passiflora Waltz]
• 2008 My First War[https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/my-first-war/id1282463280 My First War]
• 2009 Bed Stories[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdqatxW0sEQ&list=UUvAd-H6bTzVEPR8E96q18Bw Bed Stories]
• 2009 There must be another way[http://www.israelfilmcenterstream.org/film/there-must-be-another-way There must be another way]

• 2012 The Invisible Men[https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0792BS78J/ref=atv_dl_rdr The Invisible Men]
• 2013 Snails in the Rain[https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01D2209VM/ref=atv_dl_rdr Snails in the Rain]
• 2016 Ben-Gurion, Epilogue[https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bengurionepilogue Ben-Gurion, Epilogue]
• 2018 To Err is Human (Litot Ze Enoshi)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_lT1XLTMzI To Err is Human]
• 2019 Eizenkot.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aihEaBOO7i8 Eizenkot]
• 2022 The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes{{Cite web |title=The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes |url=https://www.docaviv.co.il/2022-en/films/the-devils-confession-the-lost-eichmann-tapes/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Docaviv 2022 – Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival |language=en-US}}
• 2024 We Will Dance Again[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/sep/26/surviving-october-7th-we-will-dance-again-review-an-unflinching-moving-account-of-hamas-attack Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again review – an unflinching, moving account of Hamas’ attack] The Guardian. 27 September 2024

• 2006 52/50[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/52-50 52/50]
• 2006 Hot House{{cite web |title=Hot House |date=2007-01-31 |website=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131132/https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/hot-house-1200510708/ |archive-date=2019-03-31 |url-status=live |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/hot-house-1200510708/}}
• 2006 Monkey Business (HaMilchama Shel Giori)[http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/monkey-business/ Monkey Business]
• 2006 Hummus Curry[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/hummus-curry Hummus Curry]
• 2007 Six Days in June[https://shop.pbs.org/six-days-in-june-dvd/product/WG42169 Six Days in June]
• 2007 The Talkbackers[http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/the-talkbackers/ The Talkbackers]
• 2008 My First War
• 2008 The House on Tabenkin Street[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/the-house-on-tabenkin-street The House on Tabenkin Street]
• 2008 The Heart of Jenin[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/dokumentarfilm-ein-herz-fuer-den-feind-1.359692 The Heart of Jenin]
• 2008 Between Two Passovers[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/between-two-passovers Between Two Passovers]
• 2009 The Life and Death of Gotel Botel[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/the-life-and-death-of-gotel-botel The Life and Death of Gotel Botel]
• 2009 My Child Will Sing Again[http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/my-child-will-sing-again My Child Will Sing Again]
• 2009 Prince of Jerusalem[https://dafilms.com/film/8098-jerusalem-moments-prince-of-jerusalem Prince of Jerusalem]
• 2009 Bus[https://dafilms.com/film/8097-jerusalem-moments-bus Bus]
• 2011 Jeannette[http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/jeannette/ Jeannette]
• 2012 The Invisible Men[http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/the-invisible-men/ The Invisible Men]
• 2012 Heritage[https://www.seecinema.net/single_movie.php?film_id=391 Heritage]
• 2013 Snails in the Rain[https://gay-themed-films.com/gay-essential-talks-to-yariv-mozer/ Snails in the Rain]
• 2016 Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
• 2018 To Err is Human (Litot Ze Enoshi)

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• [http://www.mozer-films.com Official website]
• {{IMDb name|2103438}}
• [https://www.amazon.com/Yariv-Mozer-Prime-Video/s?k=Yariv+Mozer&rh=n%3A2858778011 amazon Prime – Yariv Mozer]
• [https://www.youtube.com/user/yarivmozer?feature=guide official YouTube channel]

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