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She is co-director with [[Julia Bacha]] and executive producer of the award-winning feature documentary [[Encounter Point]]. The film was the official selection at [[Tribeca Film Festival]], [[Hot Docs]], [[Jerusalem Film Festival]], [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] and [[San Francisco International Film Festival]]s, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. |
She is co-director with [[Julia Bacha]] and executive producer of the award-winning feature documentary [[Encounter Point]]. The film was the official selection at [[Tribeca Film Festival]], [[Hot Docs]], [[Jerusalem Film Festival]], [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] and [[San Francisco International Film Festival]]s, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. |
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She is also the founder and executive director of [[Just Vision]], a non-profit peace organization that tries to widen the grassroot peace between [[Palestinians]] and [[Israelis|Israeli]]s. |
She is also the founder and executive director of [[Just Vision]], a non-profit peace organization that tries to widen the grassroot peace between [[Palestinians]] and [[Israelis|Israeli]]s.<ref>[http://www.encounterpoint.com/filmmakers/index.php Bio on ''Encounter Point'' Official website]</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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*2003: ''Garifunas Holding Ground'' (Writer/Producer) |
*2003: ''Garifunas Holding Ground'' (Writer/Producer) |
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*2006: ''Encounter Point'' (Director, Producer, Executive Producer) |
*2006: ''Encounter Point'' (Director, Producer, Executive Producer) |
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===Videos=== |
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*''Video for Change: A How-To Guide on Using Video in Advocacy and Activism'' (by Sam Gregory, Gillian Caldwell, Ronit Avni and Thomas Harding) |
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==Awards / Nominations== |
==Awards / Nominations== |
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*Winner, Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film and Digital Media |
*Winner, Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film and Digital Media |
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==References== |
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Ronit Avni is an Israeli peace activist. Ronit graduated with honors with a BA in Political Science from Vassar College. She received a Burnam Fellowship to intern at B’Tselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Concurrently, Ronit volunteered for the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI
Between 2000-2003, she co-produced short videos and online video advocacy features while working for Peter Gabriel’s human rights organization, WITNESS. She wrote and produced a short documentary film, "Rise", with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. She co-edited the book, "Video for Change: A Guide for Advocacy and Activism" (Pluto Press, UK), with staff from WITNESS.
She is co-director with Julia Bacha and executive producer of the award-winning feature documentary Encounter Point. The film was the official selection at Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs, Jerusalem Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festivals, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.
She is also the founder and executive director of Just Vision, a non-profit peace organization that tries to widen the grassroot peace between Palestinians and Israelis.[1]
Filmography
Director
- 2006: Encounter Point (Director, Producer, Executive Producer)
Producer
- 2000-2002: Now is the Hardest Time (Associate Producer)
- 2001: Forgotten People (Associate Producer)
- 2001: Expelled (Associate Producer)
- 2001: Postcards from Peje (Associate Producer)
- 2001: Refuge (Co-Producer)
- 2001: A Right to Justice (Associate Producer)
- 2001: The Road to Pineapple (Associate Producer)
- 2001: Rule of the Gun in Sugarland (Associate Producer)
- 2001: Set Apart (Senior Producer)
- 2001: The Soul Eaters (Senior Producer)
- 2001: Terra Nas Nossas Mãos (Supervising Producer)
- 2001: Youth Interrupted (Associate Producer, 2001)
- 2002: Rise (Writer/Producer)
- 2002: Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations (Associate Producer)
- 2002: Fueling Abuse: Foreign Investment and Terror in Burma (Associate Producer)
- 2002: No Place to Go (Associate Producer)
- 2002: Voices from Silence (Associate Producer)
- 2003: Garifunas Holding Ground (Writer/Producer)
- 2006: Encounter Point (Director, Producer, Executive Producer)
Videos
- Video for Change: A How-To Guide on Using Video in Advocacy and Activism (by Sam Gregory, Gillian Caldwell, Ronit Avni and Thomas Harding)
Awards / Nominations
In 2006, the film Forgotten Point was:
- Winner, Audience Award, Best Documentary at San Francisco International Film Festival
- Winner, Spirit of Freedom Jury Prize at Bahamas International Film Festival
- Voted Top 5 Audience Pick at Kansas International Film Festival
- Opening Night at Vancouver International Film Festival
- Winner, Best Musical Score at BEND International Film Festival
- Director’s Cut Work-in-progress True/False Film Festival
- Director’s Cut Work-in-progress Screening Search for Common Ground
- Winner, Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film and Digital Media