Tami Berenstein

Tami Berenstein is an Israeli animation and documentary director, concept artist, animator and illustrator, and a graduate of the Screen-Based Arts Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, which she headed from 2019 to 2023. She has developed and directed animated TV series, including Cuddlies, which aired on 85 channels worldwide and won an ASIF award for Israeli animation, as well as channel branding, games and children's books; her independent work includes Drawing of the Inevitable, made with cellist Maya Belsitzman. In 2016 she founded and curated the international animation festival AniNation in Jerusalem, and she was the first woman named Animix Festival Notable, Israel's highest animation honour.