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Country: Israel
T-Port Partner: The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University
Tamar Schwarz is an Israeli director, screenwriter, and cinematographer, and a graduate of the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. In 2026, she completed her studies in the production track, specializing in directing and cinematography. Before her academic studies, she astudied theater at Alon High School for the Arts, where she wrote the play “It’s Not Me”, dealing with ADHD, which was staged at the end of her senior year. Her short film “Dear Tarantino” (2025) is a 22-minute female action-comedy starring Naomi Harari and Michael Moshonov. The film follows Gaya, an ambitious waitress who dreams of becoming a famous actress and discovers that Quentin Tarantino is coming to dine that night at the restaurant where she works. Together with two fellow waitresses, she sets out on a wild and humorous journey that turns the power dynamics upside down and leads to a Tarantino-style revenge. The film was supported by the Israel Film Fund and the Blavatnik Fund, was selected for the International Competition at the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival. In 2025, Tamar directed and co-shot “Who Cares?”, a 55-minute documentary feature produced by Deutsch & Co. The film explores the U.S. mental health system and the struggles of social workers working within it, examining questions of care, burnout, social responsibility, and limited institutional resources. In 2024, Tamar directed “Cry Already”, a Tel Aviv University short film supported by the university’s War-time Open Call. The film explores the tension between pain, repression, and the need to break down. It was selected to ARFF Berlin and New York Indie Shorts Awards. Her short film “Season 21” (2023), which she wrote and directed, was produced with the support of the Blavatnik Fund. The film won Best Student Film at the Rome International Film Festival, was an Official Selection at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, and screened at TISFF. Alongside her film work, Tamar works as a director and cinematographer on commercial and music projects, including music videos, live sessions, and commercials. Her work combines a strong visual sensibility with genre cinema, black comedy, sharp female characters, and a cynical, self-aware cinematic tone. As both a director and cinematographer, she places visual language at the center of her work, using light, color, composition, and movement to create aesthetic and emotionally charged cinematic worlds. Her work aims to create bold female genre cinema that connects cinematic pleasure, dark humor, and exposed emotion.
Gaya, ambitious waitress dreaming of stardom, discovers director Quentin Tarantino will come dine in the...
