Zohar Dvir

Zohar Dvir (; born August 28, 1991) is an Israeli-German director, screenwriter, and animator. She is known for her work in animated short films, characterized by blending unique visual storytelling with experimental techniques. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Visual communication from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 2017, and proceeded with a master's degree in Moving Image Design from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2020, from which she graduated with her film Mercury's Retrograde.

Career and style Dvir has directed and written several animated short films exploring themes of identity, emotion, and surrealism. Her films are usually characterized by blending unique visual storytelling with experimental techniques. One example is Butterfly Kiss (2024), which starts as an apparently classic love tale between two women, but takes a surreal turn when one wakes up in an apocalyptic world and finds that her lover has transformed into a butterfly. Another film which demonstrates her signature style of blending techniques is Mercury’s Retrograde (2020), a satire deriving from Carl Jung's theory of the archetypes of the collective unconscious, about a never-ending quest toward self-realisation, self-improvement, and life’s answers.

Awards and recognition Dvir's films have been screened at international film festivals and have garnered significant recognition and critical acclaim within the animation community, earning awards and being showcased at major international festivals. Notably, her film Butterfly Kiss won the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Mercury's Retrograde

Filmography Butterfly Kiss (2024) – Director, Screenwriter – Produced by Fabian Driehorst (Fabian&Fred) and Amit Gicelter (The Hive Studio), We Are Future Shock (2019) – Director, Screenwriter, Animator