Gum Films is a production house for feature films and documentaries. Its founders, Yoav Roeh and Aurit Zamir, graduated from the prestigious Sam Spiegel Film and Television school. In 2008 they started Gum Films, a home for fresh talents and unique cinematic voices.
Yoav Roeh- Producer. Yoav has produced feature films and documentaries within different collaborations.
Among them:
Zion and His Brother/Eran Merav (Sundance 2009),
State of Israel vs. Tali Fahima/Tal Hakim (Jerusalem Film Festival, 2006),
Noodle/Ayelet Menahemi (special Grand Prize of the Jury, Montreal, 2007),
What A Wonderful Place/Eyal Halfon (Special Prize of the Jury, Karlovy Vary, 2005, Best Film- Israel Academy Awards, 2005),
Melting Siberia/Ido Haar (Official Selection, Silverdocs, 2005),
Miss Entebbe/Omri Levi (Special Mention, Berlinale, 2003).
Aurit Zamir- Producer. Aurit graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School with special honors in 2002. Her graduation film "800 Calories" was screened at festivals around the world and won many prizes. After graduation she established herself as a leading first AD on feature films, dramas and TV series. She is currently writing a script for a feature film with development funds from the Israel Film Fund. Becoming a producer brings together her organizational skills and love of a good story.
Anna Gurevich is a graduate of the Film and Television Department of Tel-Aviv University. She has produced a short film "Sinner" by Meni Philip (Venice Nomination at the European Film Awards 2009) as well as held production and research positions in various theater, TV and film projects. Her short film "Sashenka" released in February 2011, has been screened at festivals around the world. In November 2011 it won the best film at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival. Anna joined Aurit and Yoav at Gum Films as the company junior producer in 2010.