“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.”
― Stanley Kubrick

Yuval Avitan Akirav

London-based, early-career filmmaker with 10 years of experience in writing and directing independent fiction.

B.A. Practical Filmmaking, MetFilm School London (2023–2025).
Currently working as a Production Assistant at DNEG.

Notable projects (with attached links):

  • Queen Bathsheba (2026) - Writer, Director, Producer: a biblical chamber tragedy about a bride seducing the king to save her warrior husband. Coming soon.

  • Uneven Hearts (2025) - Writer, Director, Editor: an unromantic comedy about a young man searching for his university crush before accepting his partner's proposal.

  • The Set from Hell - Episode 3 (2025) - Director, Editor: a comedy-horror mini-series about an indie film crew's production getting disrupted by the lead's possession.

  • Back on Track (2024) - Writer, Director: a silent drama about a former runner getting back on her feet.

  • Summer Fever (2019) - Writer, Director, Producer: a short surrealist revenge comedy and sequel to The Long Night.

  • The Long Night (2018) - Writer, Director, Producer: a darkly comic coming-of-age thriller about an adolescent caught between two rival friend groups and forced to choose his true loyalty. (screened at Jaffa Cinema).

  • Uri (2018) - Co-Writer, Editor: a short drama-thriller about a young man who flees home the night before enlisting in a combat unit. (Third place winner of the 2018 JFF for Young Creators).

  • The Kitchen Odyssey (2017) - Writer, Director, Editor: a short horror-comedy about a timid kid who breaks his curfew for the first time to face his strict mum's wrath.

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