Tel-Aviv University, 1983 Beit Tzvi Institute of Cinema
Occupation(s)
Documentary filmmaker Producer
Known for
Founder of Amythos Media
Amit Breuer (Hebrew: עמית ברויאר) is a Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker and producer.[1][2] She is the founder of Amythos Media, formerly known as Amythos Films.[3]
Breuer founded Amythos Films, an Israeli independent documentary production company, in 1993.[3] In 2004, she moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and brought her company with her.[3] The company was later renamed Amythos Media. Amythos Media has produced award-winning documentaries including Testimonies, St. Jean, On the Edge of Peace, The Guantanamo Trap, Sentenced to Marriage, Junction, Checkpoint, and Purity.[5]
In 2006, Breuer cofounded the Voices Forward Festival with Stacey Donen, which they aimed to build a bridge between Israeli and Palestinian communities.[6] The festival featured movies, art exhibits, music performances, lectures and plays.[7] Amit served as the artistic director until 2009.[8]
In 2006, Amit Breuer co-founded the DocAgora Association, an organization that hosts events and forums on the documentary film industry at festivals and markets worldwide.[9] She also served as the association's president until 2009.
Breuer produced Planet Sin, a series of short films centered around the seven deadly sins in 2011.[10][11] The shorts were screened at Shorts Under the Stars in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[10] Later that year, she co-produced Love Letters to the Future, a transmedia project designed to send messages about climate change to future generations.[3]
In 1993, St. Jean won Best Documentary for the Wolgin Award for Israeli Cinema, Jerusalem film Festival and the Israel Academy Awards.[5][22] Human Weapon was featured in the Middle East Studies Association FilmFest and won Special Commendation from Prix Europa in 2002.[18]
In 2003, Checkpoint won many awards including Best International Documentary at the Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; best feature-length documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival; and the Docupolis Award for Best Documentary in Barcelona Docupolis.[24][25] Later that year, Purity won the Fipa d'Or Award for Creative Documentary; the International Documentary Film Festival's Special Documentary Award; the Jerusalem Internal Film Festival's Mayor Award for Best Documentary Film; the SCAM Prize's Discovery of the Year; and both the Citizens Prize and Special Prize from the Yamagata International Documentary Film.[26]
Love Letters to the Future won two Webby Awards for the Green Category and the People's Choice Award in 2010. It also won a Gemini award for Best Non-fiction Series Online.[2][27] In 2011, The Guantanamo Trap won the Best Canadian Documentary Award from the National Film Board of Canada and the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs Film Festival.[14]
In 2001, Breuer served as a member of the jury to select award winners for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[28]
She also served as a moderator in 2012 and a presenter in 2013 at South By Southwest, an annual film, interactive media and music festival in Austin, Texas.[29][30] She has also served as a juror for the CPH DOX Copenhagen Amnesty Award.[29]
