Yahav Winner
Yahav Winner was an Israeli filmmaker, actor, producer and cinematographer. He was killed in the Kfar Aza massacre, part of the October 7 Hamas-led attack which sparked the 2023 Israel–Hamas War. Winner graduated from the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in 2014. He was also a graduate of the film department at Minshar School of Art.
Between 2014 and 2018 he was an actor in theatre (Habima and Kibbutz theatre) and in television. His short film Faith won the best students' film at the 2020 Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, as well as best screenplay at the Little Wing Film Festival.
His short film Neurim was screened at Cinefondation in Cannes and at the Palm Springs Shortfest. His last film The Boy, focused on a father and son from a kibbutz near the Gaza strip facing incoming rocket fire and nearby combat, won the best cinematography prize at the 2023 Tel Aviv International Students Film Festival. Posthumously, The Boy and Winner won the best screenplay and Prix Interculturel awards at the 2023 Filmschoolfest Munich.
Between 2014 and 2018 he was an actor in theatre (Habima and Kibbutz theatre) and in television. His short film Faith won the best students' film at the 2020 Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, as well as best screenplay at the Little Wing Film Festival.
His short film Neurim was screened at Cinefondation in Cannes and at the Palm Springs Shortfest. His last film The Boy, focused on a father and son from a kibbutz near the Gaza strip facing incoming rocket fire and nearby combat, won the best cinematography prize at the 2023 Tel Aviv International Students Film Festival. Posthumously, The Boy and Winner won the best screenplay and Prix Interculturel awards at the 2023 Filmschoolfest Munich.
Born
June 4, 1986
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2024
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