Tomer Heymann is an Israeli

Israel

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  filmmaker.

Life

Heymann has directed many documentary films and series in the past ten years, most of them long-term follow-ups and personal documentations. His films won major awards at different prestigious film festivals including his first film “It Kinda Scares Me”. Paper Dolls

Paper Dolls (film)

Paper Dolls is a 2006 documentary by Israeli director Tomer Heymann, which follows the lives of transgender migrant workers from the Philippines who also perform as drag queens during their spare time...

won three awards at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

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 and the audience’s award at the Los Angeles Film Festival

Los Angeles Film Festival

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. The film and TV series "Bridge over the Wadi”, co-produced with the American ITVS, won the Israeli Documentary Film competition, participated in IDFA Festival's prestigious competition and won many awards around the world. Tomer's new 8-part series "The Way Home" was recently broadcasted by the Yes Doco Channel in Israel and won the best documentary series award at the 2009 Jerusalem International Film Festival. I Shot My Love, his latest film, premiered at Berlin Int'l Film Festival in 2010, won the Best Mid-length Award at Hotdocs and was screened in major film festival including: Dok/Fest Sheffield, Taiwan Int'l Documentary Film Festival, Kassel Film Festival and more.

Filmography

• 2010 - I Shot My Love– 56/70 min
• 2009 - The Way Home - 8-part series
• 2007 - Debut - Hofaat Bechora - 5-part series
• 2007 - Out of Focus - 52 min
• 2007 - Black Over White - 50 min
• 2006 - Paper Dolls
  Paper Dolls (film)
  Paper Dolls is a 2006 documentary by Israeli director Tomer Heymann, which follows the lives of transgender migrant workers from the Philippines who also perform as drag queens during their spare time...
  
  - 35 mm, 80 min
• 2006 - Bridge Over The Wadi - 55 min
• 2006 - Cinderellas - 4-part series
• 2005 - Bridge Over the Wadi - 4-part series
• 2004 - Paper Dolls - 6-part series
• 2003 - Aviv-F*****-up Generation - Documentary 35mm, 60 min
• 2001 - It Kinda Scares Me - 57 min
• 2000 - Laugh Till I Cry - 45 min

Films Festivals and Awards

• I Shot My Love - Warsaw Jewish Film Festival

Category

• Biography