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Independent filmmaker
Country of origin
Netherlands

Annet Betsalel (*1956, The Hague) obtained a BA in English, Linguistics and Jewish History at the Bar Ilan University in Israel, followed by documentary training, historical documentary studies and workshop management at the Media Academy in Hilversum. She has a rich experience in educational functions as well as being an (inter-)religious and cultural coordinator of the Jewish community ‘t Gooi (North Holland). She was head of the national Jewish channel in the Netherlands, and representative of the other religious channels. Since 2009 she works as independent filmmaker and is committed to regional interreligious activities, including documentary and festival activities at the regional Film House Bussum; she is the Jewish representative in the organization Judaism, Christianity and Islam of the province North Holland. 

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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