Traveling writer and director Dekel Berenson looks to parlay the recent BIFA win for his third and latest short film, 'Anna,' into funding for a feature-length collection

Israeli-born major Hollywood filmmaker attributes his success to supportive parents and innate Sabra chutzpa

As semi-autobiographical absurdist film 'Synonyms' screens in US from October 25, director explains what is real and not in story about a demobbed Israeli soldier fleeing to Paris