Anna Somershaf is an Israeli documentary filmmaker and producer, born in Moscow and immigrated to Tel Aviv in her childhood. Women of Valor is her first feature-length documentary as a director. Her previous projects as a director include Jihad Now (a TV series about Global Jihad) and Holyland (about a Ghanaian pastor of migrant workers in Tel Aviv). As a producer Anna completed Shai K. by Ari Davidovich; Mixed Feelings, by the Emmy award winner Guy Davidi; and Women of Valor. She worked on international award-winning documentaries such as Advocate (Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche), In His Image (by Tami Ravid for EO, IDFA), Disturbing the Peace (by Steve Apkon for Netflix) and produced the Greenhouse Project for filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa. Anna graduated with honors from Sapir College Film School (BFA), participated in an international program at La Fémis film school in Paris, and completed her MA in cultural studies in Tel Aviv University. Festival director Neal Schindler spoke with Anna for our Q&A.