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Shira Arad
Biography
Originally from Israel and now residing in NY – Shira is an experienced, award-winning editor and a member of both the Israeli Film Academy and the Israeli Editors Guild.
In 2016 she won the Best Picture editing Award in the Israeli Film Academy Awards for editing the film "Our Father" by Meni Yaesh. She also won the Best Picture Editing Award at the Haifa International Film Festival 2016 for editing the film "Antenna" by Arik Rotstein.
In 2019 Shira was nominated for the Best Picture Editing Award in the Israeli Film Academy Awards for editing the film "Incitement". The film won Best Picture and was Israel's submission to the Oscars. It was distributed by Greenwich Entertainment and screened in NYC's Angelika Film Center and the Landmark at west 57th.
The first feature film Shira edited, “Room 514”, won Special Jury Mention in Tribeca 2012.
In New York, Shira edited the American Indie Feature Film, “Empathy Inc.”, by Yedidya Gorsetsman, that was screened at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival as well as Austin and Philadelphia Film Festivals.
The documentary film, “Family in Transition”, by Ofir Trainin, that won the DocAviv International Documentary Film Festival and Shira was the additional editor of, screened at the DOC NYC film festival, it’s theatrical rights were bought by Abramorama, was qualified for the Oscars 2019, and it was hailed by the press.
Shira is also an experienced music consultant. One of her major projects was music research for the critically acclaimed feature film “Borat”.
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