# Barak Heymann > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barak_Heymann > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barak_Heymann.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_Heymann > Source revision: 1289846695 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Israeli film director}} '''Barak Heymann''' ({{Langx|he|ברק הימן}}) is an Israeli [film director](/source/film_director) and [producer](/source/Film_producer). == Biography == Heymann joined the "[Heymann Brothers Films](/source/Heymann_Brothers_Films)" company in 2003 and has since directed and produced several [documentary](/source/documentary) films and series.{{cite web | url=http://heymannfilms.com/about/barak-heymann/ | title=Barak Heymann's Biography | publisher=Heymann Brothers Films | access-date=November 5, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106014324/http://heymannfilms.com/about/barak-heymann/ | archive-date=November 6, 2014 | url-status=dead }} Together with his brother [Tomer](/source/Tomer_Heymann) he created the TV series ''[Bridge Over the Wadi](/source/Bridge_Over_the_Wadi)'' (2005), which won the Best Series Award at the [Israeli Documentary Competition](/source/Israeli_Documentary_Competition) and was adapted to a one-hour film that was co-produced with the American [ITVS](/source/ITVS) company and won many awards around the world. Barak's film ''[Dancing Alfonso](/source/Dancing_Alfonso)'' was screened at the [SXSW Festival](/source/SXSW_Festival) and won the Silver Award in [Shanghai TV Festival](/source/Shanghai_TV_Festival) as well as the best directing award at [Cronograph Film Festival](/source/Cronograph_Film_Festival) in [Moldova](/source/Moldova). The film ''[Lady Kul el-Arab](/source/Lady_Kul_el-Arab)'' (by Palestinian director [Ibtisam Mara'ana](/source/Ibtisam_Mara'ana)) won the special jury award in [IDFA](/source/International_Documentary_Film_Festival_Amsterdam) 2008 and one year later one more documentary he produced, ''[Sayed Kashua](/source/Sayed_Kashua) - Forever Scared''(By [Dorit Zimbalist](/source/Dorit_Zimbalist)) was participating in the prestigious competition in IDFA. Together with Tomer Heymann, he directed the series ''Debut'' (2008) which won the Best Series Award at the Israeli Documentary Competition. Barak's latest productions are the 8-part TV series "[The Way Home](/source/The_Way_Home_(TV_series))" (2009 - directed by Tomer Heymann) which won the first prize in the Int'l film festival in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) and the award-winning film ''[I Shot My Love](/source/I_Shot_My_Love)'' (2010 - directed by Tomer Heymann), which premiered in [Berlinale](/source/Berlinale) and won many different prizes including the best mid-length documentary in [HOTDOCS](/source/HOTDOCS), the Audience award in [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) and more. His documentary ''[The Lone Samaritan](/source/The_Lone_Samaritan)'' (2009) was screened in FIPA and [Krakow Film Festival](/source/Krakow_Film_Festival)s, won the Best Documentary Award at the [Toronto Jewish Film Festival](/source/Toronto_Jewish_Film_Festival), was nominated to the [Israeli Academy Awards](/source/Israeli_Academy_Awards) and was invited to the [Human Rights Film Festival](/source/Human_Rights_Film_Festival) in [Paris](/source/Paris). Currently Barak is working on a new TV series dealing with couples after their [divorce](/source/divorce); he teaches [cinematography](/source/cinematography) in two Israeli schools and is involved in the production of several new projects. The 2016 documentary ''[Who's Gonna Love Me Now?](/source/Who's_Gonna_Love_Me_Now%3F)'', directed by Barak and Tomer Heymann, explores the life of Saar, a gay HIV-positive Israeli man living in London whom Tomer met in Tel Aviv in 1994.{{Cite news|url=https://www.filmdoo.com/blog/2017/06/06/interview-tomer-and-barak-heymann-talk-whos-gonna-love-me-now/|title=Interview: Tomer and Barak Heymann talk Who's Gonna Love Me Now?|date=2017-06-06|work=FilmDoo|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}} == Filmography == * 2005 – Producer – ''Zorki'' * 2005 – Director & Producer – ''My Village'' * 2005 – Producer – ''Zorki'' * 2005 – Director & Producer – ''My Village'' * 2006 - Director & Producer - ''Bridge Over The Wadi'' * 2007 – Director & co-producer - ''Dancing Alfonso'' * 2007 - Director - ''Debut - Hofaat Bechora'' * 2007 - Producer - ''Stalags- Holocaust and Pornography in Israel'' * 2008 - Producer - ''Lady Kul el-Arab'' * 2009 - Director & Producer - ''The Lone Samaritan'' * 2009 – Producer – ''The Way Home'' * 2009 - Producer, ''Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared'' * 2010 - Producer - ''I Shot My Love''{{cite web | url=http://ishotmylove.com/ | title=I Shot My Love | publisher=Heymann Brothers Films | access-date=November 5, 2014}} * 2016 - ''[Who's Gonna Love Me Now?](/source/Who's_Gonna_Love_Me_Now%3F)'' == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141106014324/http://heymannfilms.com/about/barak-heymann/ Barak Heymann's Biography] at Heymann Brothers Films * {{facebook|barak.heymann}} * {{IMDb name|1406809}} * {{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/movies/29fest.html?_r=2& | title=Beyond Them and Us: Films About Israeli Arabs | work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date=October 28, 2008 | access-date=November 5, 2014 | author=Pogrebin, Robin | author-link =Robin Pogrebin}} (about the ''Other Israel Film Festival'' featuring films about [Israeli Arabs](/source/Israeli_Arabs) including 3 by Barak Heymann {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heymann, Barak}} Category:Living people Category:Israeli film directors Category:Israeli film producers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Barak Heymann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_Heymann) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_Heymann?action=history)). 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