SXSW 2012

Pres
Amythos Media/Films
Amit Breuer is an award-winning docmedia producer–director based in Canada. Born and raised in Israel, she founded Amythos Films (now Amythos Media), one of the first independent documentary production companies in the country. Her body of work received the Israeli official ”Art of Cinema” Award in 2002. In 2004, Breuer relocated to Toronto, along with her family, continuing to produce successful projects for traditional and emerging media platforms. Some noteworthy projects include Testimonies (1993); St. Jean (1993); The Specialist (1999); Purity (2003, Yamagata audience Award, Golden Fipa Biarritz); Checkpoint (2004, winner of over 12 major international awards); Love Letters To the Future (2009, an innovative ARG that ‬ won two 2010 Webby Awards and a Gemini and was a finalist at SXSW). ‬Guantanamo Trap a theatrical feature documentary premiered at Hot Docs 2011 and won Special Jury Award. Current projects include my September 11th, an innovative social media companion project for the film and Exile a multi-platform property that is a Canada-France co-production. Breuer has been a speaker ,presenter and mentor invited regularly to countless industry conference panels in venues such as Berlinale 2012, Hot Docs and Dok Leipzig 2011 to mention few , She a was member of the jury at CPH DOX Copenhagen Amnesty Award, Doc Aviv ,Hot Docs and IDFA among others.