BEST DIRECTOR

MCIF Montréal

2023 Winner

Banff World Media Festival

Opening and Best Film

Doc Aviv International Film Festival

and more +

Roman Shumunov

Award Winning Film Director, Screenwriter and Editor

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Portfolio

MEMORY FOREST

  • TV Series
  • 4 Episodes
  • 2022

A group of teens embark on a trip to Poland and the concentration camps for an up-close lesson on the blood-soaked history of WWII.
WINNER of BANFF World Media Festival 2023.

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MUNICH 72

  • TV series
  • 3 Episodes
  • 2022

Munich 1972′ is a new documentary series about the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The 3-part series is co-produced by Global Screen, a German entertainment company co-owned by actor and media mogul Will Smith, and is directed by Israeli film director Roman Shumunov.

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ONE AND A HALF GENERATION

  • TV Series
  • 3 Episodes
  • 2022

TV series documentary that captures the personal historical drama of the immigration of Jews to Israel after collapse of the soviet regime.

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Berenshtein

  • Drama
  • 105 min
  • 2021

A fascinating story of Leonid Bernstein, who was a partisan battalion commander during ww2. He was responsible for destroying the development facility of the terrifying Nazi V-2 rocket, the last hope of Hitler to change the outcome of war.

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Back To Chernobyl

  • TV Documentary
  • 52 min
  • 2020

The film presents the story of the Chernobyl disaster, as a mosaic of stories, unique video archives and experiences, from the difficult past and the sad results of the present, which is told from several different perspectives.

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Here and now

  • Drama
  • 90 min
  • 2018

Andrey, a young immigrant living with her little sister in slums, forms a hip-hop band with his three best friends. They believe their music will allow them to make their voices heard, to make their voices heard, to influence their harsh reality.

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babylon dreamers

  • Documentary
  • 90 min
  • 2016

A group of young dancers from Israel’s periphery, whose members are immigrants, are trying to win the International Break-dance Championship.

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no one but us

  • Fiction
  • 35 min
  • 2011

Andrew, a new immigrant discovers that in order to save his sick father’s life he must buy an expensive drug that is well beyond his means.  Andrew decides to get the money for the medicine his father so desperately needs at all costs.

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About

Roman Shumunov is an award-winning Israeli film director, screenwriter, and editor. With a repertoire spanning various genres, Roman has been actively involved in TV and cinema projects as both a director and writer. His name gained prominence in 2016 when his documentary "Babylon Dreamers" was selected to inaugurate the International Documentary Film Festival - DOCAVIV, where it also won the first prize. In the same festival, Roman was lauded as the most promising young director. In 2018, he directed a full-length social drama about young immigrants titled "Here and Now", which garnered the Ophir Award (Israeli Oscar) for Best Music, as well as awards for Best Screenplay and Best Film. In 2020, Roman revisited his passion for documentaries with the critically acclaimed "Back to Chernobyl". This film gained international traction and was distributed to dozens of countries and film festivals worldwide. His epic and award-winning drama film "Berenshtein - The Last Partisan" was released in 2021, after 4.5 years of production. Based on the true story of Ukrainian Jewish partisan commander Leonid Berenshtein, the film spotlights Berenshtein's role in locating Hitler's secret facility, thereby altering the course of WWII. This film has become one of the most successful in its genre in Israeli cinema, dubbed into six languages and screened in cinemas across countries such as the USA, Germany, Japan, England, Australia, and South Korea. It has also won first prizes at numerous global festivals. In 2022, Roman released "Memory Forest", a four-episode series filmed in Poland that follows a group of teenagers on a journey to Poland's concentration camps, offering them a visceral lesson on the blood-soaked history of WWII. The series made its mark by winning the first prize for Best Series at the BANFF Media Festival, Rockie Awards 2023. That same year, he worked on "Generation 1.5", a three-episode TV series that quickly became one of the most talked-about series of the year. Additionally, he directed and co-produced "Munich 72", a new three-episode TV series about the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, in partnership with Global Screen, a German entertainment company, and Israeli broadcaster Ch8.

Awards

Winner
BANFF World Media Festival
2023
Best Feature Film
Stony Brook Film Festival USA
2023
Audience Award
PJFF USA
2023
Best Feature Film
PJFF USA
2023
Best Feature Film
Festival du cinema de Montreal
2022
Best Director
Festival du cinema de Montreal
2022
Best Music Award
Ophir Awards, Israeli Oscar
2018
Best Screenplay
Zabaikalsky International F. F.
2018
Best Feature Documentary Film
Budapest International F. F.
2018
Best Feature Film
Kiev International Film Festival
2017
Audience Award
Moscow Doker Film Festival
2017
Opening Film
DocAviv Film Festival
2016
Best Film Award
DocAviv Film Festival
2016
Best Film
Israeli Documentary Awards
2016
First prize
Jerusalem Film Festival Pitch Point
2015
Best Short Film
Mexico International Film Festival
2012
Best Actor
Haifa International Film Festival
2011
Best Student Film
For the Development of Social Problems
2012
Best Original Music
South Cinema Festival
2011
Winner
Cinema South Film Festival
2012
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Press

VARIETY

Munich ’72,’ Olympic Village Black September Attack Series, Boarded by Global Screen

VARIETY

TELEVISION BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL

TBI — Global Screen & Tadmor partner for ‘Munich ’72’ terror attack docuseries by Roman Shumunov

TELEVISION BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL

i24 NEWS

Will Smith’s company to produce series on Munich massacre by Roman Shumunov

i24 NEWS

SCREENDAILY REVIEW — «HERE AND NOW»

Hip-hop drama set in an Israeli slum is an engaging debut from Roman Shumunov

“A modest, engaging, slice-of-life film”

SCREENDAILY

CITY MOUSE

“Despair seems more convenient than ever”

CITY MOUSE

ISRAEL TODAY

«Babylon Dreamers’ will not leave a dry eye in the audience» by Israel Today.

ISRAEL TODAY

HUNGARY NEWSPAPER — «BABYLON DREAMERS»

A review of Babylon Dreamers, winner of the Budapest International Documentary Festival 2018 and interviews with actors and the director about hidden part of Israeli society and the hip hop scene in periphery.

“The Thriving Hip Hop Scene of Babylon”

HUNGARY NEWSPAPER
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