90 minutes | Accompanied by a presentation | Required equipment: projector, screen, sound system, microphone or Madonna headset
In Times Like These, When Fear Becomes an Inseparable Part of Our Lives – Itai Anghel and Amos Nachum, Face to Face in a Conversation about Fear and Creation
Itai Anghel, winner of the Sokolov Prize for Journalism, has been reporting from the front lines of the world's toughest human conflicts since the early 1990s in Bosnia, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere, as the only Israeli journalist that ever did it.
Amos Nachum, a two-time winner of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award (in the animal behavior category) and the fresh winner of the 2023 NOGI Award for Art, photographs large predators such as the polar bear, the killer whale, the Nile crocodile, the anaconda, and the white rhino – from zero distance and without protection, and how all this is related to the trauma he experienced in the Chinese Farm battle in the Yom Kippur War.
A special and fascinating encounter between two people who manage to create out of fear and uncertainty, and who touch with their creations – each in their own special way – the hearts of many.
Itai Anghel is an Israeli correspondent and documentary filmmaker. He is a staff reporter for Uvda, a television news program on Channel 12. He mainly covers conflict zones all over the world. Anghel is also a lecturer of history and international relations. He teaches a course about world conflicts in universities in Israel.
In 2010, Anghel received a Cutting Edge prize from the International Council for Press and Broadcasting at the sixth annual International Media Awards in London to celebrate high standards of analysis and reporting in the Middle Eeast.
In 2017 Anghel won the 'Sokolov Award' which is the highest award for journalism in Israel. In the reasons for the award it was written: "The award for excellence in journalistic work is given to Itai Anghel on bringing Israeli viewers a real picture from war zones and remote conflicts with a considerable degree of personal risk. In all his years, Anghel has been very successful in highlighting the human aspect of wars.”
Itay has also won 5 times the ‘Best TV documentary’ award by the ‘Israeli forum of documentary filmmakers' in the past 7 years.
2011 – The revolution across the border – The revolution in Egypt
2012 – Human trafficking of Eritrean refugees in Sinai peninsula
2013 – The Syrian rebellion in Edlib
2015 – The front line against ISIS and the women guerrilla fighters
2017 – Invisibles in Mosul – The battle for the capital of ISIS in Iraq
Amos Nachoum has lead great expeditions for individual adventurers and institutions like Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Discovery Channel, Armani, Disney, and Colombia Pictures. For National Geographic, he was team leader for separate photo expeditions to document the Red Sea, Great White Sharks, and Killer Whales.
His photos and essays have appeared in hundreds of publications around the globe, including National Geographic, Time, Life, The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Le Figaro, Terra Sauvage, Airone, Mondo Somerso, Der Spiegel, Unterwasser, and many more. His work has also been included in the books The Living Ocean, The World of Nature, and Oceans. He has appeared on National Geographic Explorer, Today, and Good Morning America and featured in People, Esquire, and Money magazines. Amos’s photography has won Nikon, Communication Arts, and BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.
Above all else, Amos loves people as much as wildlife. His concern for both inspired him to co-found Israel’s Marine National Park on the Red Sea.
Though his interest in conservation began with sharks, he looks to bring attention to the most fragile regions of the underwater realm with preservation of the environment foremost in his mind. His favorite way to raise awareness and stimulate passion for the ocean is to help guests experience it first-hand. For those unable to join him on his adventures, he brings the oceans to the world through his photography and public speaking engagements.
In 2019 Amos was honored to be selected as 2019 Sea Keeper of the year!