PHILIPPA KOWARSKY, Managing Director, Cinephil, Israel

Philippa Kowarsky graduated with an M.A. in Communication Policy Studies from City University of London. She has been working in the Film & TV industry in various fields since 1993. Philippa established Cinephil in 1997. She has co-produced many films, including 2014 Academy Award nominee Dror Moreh’s ‘The Gatekeepers’ and Dror Shaul’s ‘Sweet Mud’ that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Recent titles include Sundance winners ‘FLEE’ by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and ‘President’ by Camilla Nielsson, ‘Collective’ by Alexander Nanau, ‘Gunda’ by Victor Kossakovsky and The Ross Brother’s ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’.

INSTITUTE PROFILE

Cinephil is an international sales and advisory firm, with a strong reputation for securing international distribution, broadcasting and financing deals for documentaries from around the world on behalf of producers and directors. With a history of selling unique and award-winning films, Cinephil also acts as a strategic advisor and co-producer. The firm has facilitated the sale and financing of well over a hundred films.

Cinephil represented (and produced) the 2013 Academy Award nominee, ‘The Gatekeepers’; 2014 Academy Award nominee, ‘The Act of Killing’, executive produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris; ‘Cathedrals of Culture’, a 3D project executive produced by Wim Wenders and including films by Wim Wenders and Robert Redford, and Martin Scorsese’s documentary, ‘The 50 Year Argument’.