New Love Films

NEW LOVE FILMS

OUR WORK

DOCUMENTARIES

AMERICAN POT STORY
NINA is an ATHLETE
YIDDISH THEATER: A LOVE STORY
OUT FOR LOVE... BE BACK SHORTLY
COMPANY JASMINE
VIOLINS IN WARTIME
SHIVAH FOR MY MOTHER
SHORES OF LIGHT
GRANDMA HAD A GUN
THE ALBANIAN CODE
SHORES OF LIGHT

COMMERCIALS

SHORTS

PASSING THE TORCH

Passing the Torch is a series of documentary shorts celebrating the life and legacy of four of LA’s biggest Jewish philanthropists. In the series they each described their inspiring ascent from poverty to the financial peak they each achieved.

Their stories demonstrate how early challenges can build up strength, resilience and entrepreneurship. 

The four men: Parviz Nazarian, Guilford Glazer, Jona Goldrich and Max Webb, are being interviewed in the series by Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple – named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek Magazine and one of the hundred most influential. He discusses with them their deep commitment to the Jewish value of “Tikkun Olam” (repairing the world) that informs their philanthropy.

CONVERSATIONS

A collaboration between visual artist Sigal Bussel and performing artist Diana Wyenn.

Produced by Sigal Bussel & Diana Wyenn
Directed by Diana Wyenn
Installation by Sigal Bussel
Cinematography by Dan Katzir
Edited by LABAN

 

IN DEVELOPMENT

ABOUT

New Love Films is a Los Angeles based creative company that produces award-winning critically-acclaimed content for film, television, and digital platforms. Our films aired on HBO, Channel 4 UK, and France 2, to name a few; played in movie theaters across the US garnering stellar reviews in the LA TIMES, NY TIMES, and the Hollywood Reporter, as well as many other publications; and have been screened in hundreds of film festivals, Ivy League universities, museums and other educational institutions around the world. We collaborate with networks, non-profit and corporate clients in the US, Europe and Israel, providing production services from inception, through research, all the way to post-production. Past clients include Mentorn/Channel 4 UK, Channels 8, 10 and 1 Israel.

Dan Katzir

Dan Katzir’s films have won dozens of international awards in the US, Europe and Asia as well as being nominated for an Israeli Academy Award. His films have played in hundreds of film festivals and have been shown on multiple networks around the world including HBO in the US, channel 4 in the UK and France 2, to name a few. 

Before becoming a filmmaker, Katzir served as a drill sergeant in the Israeli commandos and he was also both a combat soldier and an officer in the Israeli paratroopers.

He graduated from Tel Aviv University’s film department magna cum laude and received his MFA from the American Film Institute in Hollywood.  A WGAW member, Katzir currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, filmmaker Ravit Markus and their son.

Ravit Markus

Award-winning filmmaker Ravit Markus had documentary features in Slamdance two years in a row, winning the Audience Award in 2023 for “American Pot Story: Oaksterdam” and receiving wonderful reviews for Paralympic doc “Nina is an Athlete” in 2024, as part of the disability focused Unstoppable program. Winner of multiple international awards by now, “Oaksterdam” is a 10-year exploration of the power of the activist, no matter the cause, “a must-watch for every American” (Film Threat). Her previous documentaries include the critically acclaimed “Yiddish Theater: A Love Story” which she wrote and produced. It became a cultural phenomenon when it commercially played in theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Tel Aviv for months and months garnering raving reviews at the NY Times, LA Times, and the NY Magazine, to mention a few, resulting in a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It also made critic Jennifer Merin’s top 10 documentaries list of 2007 in About.com. Ravit co-produced Jewish Film Festivals’ darling “Rock in the Red Zone”; and produced the Channel 4 UK documentary “Porn Shutdown”, which aired worldwide including on the Sundance Channel, and received excellent reviews in The Guardian and the London Time Out. Ravit is a recipient of the NY Women in Film & TV (NYWIFT) Disability Awareness Completion Grant for “Nina” which was hailed for its authentic and universal look at womanhood and disability. She holds a dual BFA in Screenwriting and Directing from The Film and TV Department at Tel Aviv University.

CONTACT

For semi-theatrical, educational and private screenings contact Ravit@newlovefilms.com

For documentary consulting click HERE.