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Omer Harel

Utopia 2025 Jury, “Local Orbit” Shorts Competition | Director, Screenwriter and producer

33-year-old filmmaker from Tel Aviv and a graduate of the Sam Spiegel School. He wrote and directed ReFeel, winner of the short film competition at the 2021 Utopia Film Festival, which screened at festivals worldwide. His debut short, Your Mother Will Love Me, won the Desperado LGBTQ Film Festival and was shown at international queer festivals. His films place the LGBTQ+ community at the center, exploring social issues in a creative, distinctive, and honest way. He produced Our Hearts Beat Like War (TIFF 2020, first prize at the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival) and is among the producers of the Israeli-Polish drama MAMA, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.