About the School:

With uncompromising standards of excellence, The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School is forging new directions in the Israeli film industry while gaining worldwide recognition for the outstanding achievements
of its students. It has been playing a key role in the Israeli film renaissance of the last decade, by virtue of its distinctive focus on a personal and sensitive dialogue with the audience.

The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, was established in 1989 by The Israeli Ministry of Education and The Jerusalem Foundation. It pursues a story-centered approach to filmmaking, concentrating on the short film as a legitimate film genre.

The school’s approach to film and T.V. is considered unique and innovative as the school’s teaching method is founded on atriangular structure: Filmmaking program, Creative Writing program and Entrepreneur Producer’s program.

The school won The Best Film School award 15 times at various student film festivals. In 1996 Sam Spiegel became the first school ever selected for a retrospective by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. To date, the school's films have been shown at 120 retrospectives in 45 countries. Some of the largest film festivals in the world such as Berlin, Rotterdam, Clermont- Ferrand, Hong Kong, The Hamptons and Jerusalem have honored the school with tributes. Its student films represent Israel at more than 130 international festivals each year and have won more than 250 international prizes including the first prize in the Cinéfondation category of Cannes Film Festival 2008.

Throughout its 20 years, The Sam Spiegel Film & Television School has consistently strived to bring the most authentic voices of young Israeli filmmakers to international audiences.