About The Company

Heymann Brothers Films has been operating for over a decade and specializes in long term documentary projects with a social and political orientation, as well as very personal ones. The company was founded by
Tomer Heymann, one of the leading documentary directors in Israel.

In 2001 he created “It Kinda Scares Me” which won the Academy Award in Israel, and other awards in Torino, Milan, New York, Taipei and Melbourne. In 2003 his film "Aviv-F****d Up Generation" came out commercially and brought a vast amount of viewers to the cinemas, as it correspondingly participated in many festivals worldwide. In 2006 his film "Paper Dolls" won three awards at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival and other awards in Torino, Manila, Zurich, Los Angeles, Copenhagen and more. In 2007 both of his new films "Out of Focus" and "Black over White" participated in the Haifa International Film Festival, Full Frame and many others. During 2007 Tomer also directed a 4-part T.V series called "Cinderellas" for the Israeli Channel 2.

In 2003 Barak Heymann, Tomer’s younger brother, joined the company and has since directed and produced an impressive number of documentary films for television and cinema: In 2005, together with Tomer, he created the TV series "Bridge over the Wadi" for the Yes Doco channel in Israel. The series won first place in the Israeli Documentary Competition and praising reviews. About a year later the Heymann brothers created a one-hour version of "Bridge over the Wadi". The film, co-produced with the American ITVS, participated in IDFA Festival's prestigious competition and won many awards around the world. Their latest mutual TV series "Debut" (2007) won the Israeli Documentary competition.
 
Barak's film "Dancing Alfonso" (2007) was screened at the 2008 SXSW festival and won the silver award in the Shanghai TV festival, and his latest film “Lone Samaritan” (2009) was recently screened at the FIPA Film Festival and got great reviews. Among Barak’s outstanding work as a producer is the film "Lady Kul el Arab" (2009) by the award winning Palestinian director Ibtisam Mara'ana, which won a special jury award in IDFA and many other awards worldwide. "Stalags - Holocaust and Pornography in Israel" (2007) by director Ari Libsker was screened at the Film Forum in New York, in Hot-Docs and many other festivals throughout the world and won the first camera award at RIDM Festival in Montreal. Barak's latest broadcasted production is the film "Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared" (2009) by director Dorit Zimbalist which was screened at IDFA Film Festival.

During 2008 four retrospective events for the Heymann Brothers filmmaking work were held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Tel Aviv.

The Heymann Brothers latest 8-part TV series “The Way Home” (2009), directed by Tomer, was recently broadcast on Yes Doco channel in Israel and won the Best Documentary Series Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival and raving reviews.

“I Shot My Love” (2010, co-produced with WDR/ARTE) is Tomer’s new documentary and his most personal film. The film’s world premiere will be at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 13th 2010.