Omri Bezalel
FILM & TELEVISION
LISTEN
Writer, Director, Producer
Dara Nevo, a young and dedicated soldier in Israel’s elite military intelligence unit, races against the clock to find a captured Israeli soldier hidden in Gaza. When Israel is faced with a prisoner swap that includes the man who killed her dad, Dara will stop at nothing to keep her father’s killer from freedom.
Feature Film (US/Israel) 2024
COME CLOSER
Producer
Winner of the Israeli Academy Award for Best Picture
Winner of the Viewpoints Award - Tribeca Film Festival
After 20-year-old Eden's younger brother dies in an accident, she spirals into desperate actions to fill the void. When she learns he had a secret girlfriend, her obsession takes a dangerous turn.
Director: Tom Nesher
Feature Film (Israel) 2024
DESERT HEART
Co-Producer
Traversing their differences and their pasts, Romi and her brother Yoni hike the Israeli desert.
Director: Carnie Bezalel
Short Film (Israel) 2022
THE LONGEST NIGHT
Producer
When five terrorists who infiltrate an Israeli kibbutz in 1980 find themselves trapped in the children’s nursery with hostages who are less than four years old, Israeli security forces, together with the Kibbutz members, must find a way to save the children. Based on actual events.
Director: Nadav Schirman
Mini-Series (Israel) 2021
APRIL 7, 1980
Producer
When five terrorists who infiltrate an Israeli kibbutz in 1980 find themselves trapped in the children’s nursery with hostages who are less than four years old, Israeli security forces, together with the Kibbutz members, must find a way to save the children. Based on actual events.
Director: Nadav Schirman
Feature Film (Israel) 2020
IRON DOME
Producer
A three-part documentary that tells the impressive story of the Iron Dome (Kippat Barzel), a mobile air defense system developed in Israel to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from Gaza.
Director: Uri Bar-On
Mini-Series (Israel) 2020
LISTEN (SHORT)
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Abigail, a promising 19-year-old soldier in Israel's elite intelligence unit, becomes increasingly conflicted when she begins to develop empathy for the family of a suspected terrorist she's assigned to spy on until she is eventually forced to make a difficult, life-changing decision.
Short Film (US/Israel) 2018
WILD OATS
Executive Producer
When Eva receives a social security check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $500,000, she and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Director: Andy Tennant
Feature Film (US) 2016
A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS
Producer
Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival
The childhood story of famed Israeli Author Amos Oz and his relationship with his mother during his youth in the Kibbutz in Jerusalem during the British Mandate and the first days of the State of Israel, as he takes his first steps as a writer.
Director: Natalie Portman
Feature Film (US/Israel) 2015
ENCIRCLEMENTS
Producer
Thirteen-year-old Aharon is thrilled to carry the Torah during "Simchat Torah," believing it will change his life. But when his selection stirs old tensions between his parents, the celebration turns into a dangerous struggle.
Director: Lee Gilat
Feature Film (Israel) 2014
JAIME MARKS IS DEAD
Producer
Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
After Gracie finds the body of her classmate Jamie Marks', cross-country star Adam is drawn to the boy's ghost. Torn between his romance with Gracie and his connection to Jamie, Adam is pulled into the world of the undead.
Director: Carter Smith
Feature Film (US) 2014
THE DOVE FLYER
Producer
The story of the last days of the 1950s Baghdad Jewish community and their Aliya to Israel as Iraq struggles to overcome its defeat in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as told through the eyes of a 16-year-old Jewish boy.
Director: Nissim Dayan
Feature Film (Israel) 2013