Medalia Productions
Medalia Productions is a creative production company that produces feature films, documentaries, television shows and commercials. Our projects have garnered critical acclaim, earning us three Emmy nominations, a Peabody award, and countless awards and nominations in film festivals around the world. We collaborate with international organizations and companies, providing them with a variety of production services in the US, Europe, and Israel. Our projects have aired around the world on networks including HBO, MTV, BBC, AOL and Arte, and many more.
HILLA MEDALIA
Director/Producer
Hilla Medalia is an Academy Award®-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary director and producer whose work is recognized worldwide for its emotional depth, cultural insight, and narrative boldness. She has received six Emmy nominations for her films, and her projects have screened internationally in theaters and on major platforms, including HBO, MTV, PBS, BBC, ARTE, and Netflix.
Her range of titles includes:’Children no More – “Were and are Gone” (2025, Academy Award Nominated® for Best Documentary Short), ’Adaptation to Darkness’ (Best Research Docaviv 2025), ‘Grounded’ (Haifa FF) ‘ADA – My Mother, the Architect’ 2024 (JFF), ‘Tropicana’(Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival) Wanted: ‘Roni Kalderon’ 2024 (DocAviv), ‘Prisoner X’ 2023 (Jerusalem Film Festival ), ‘Mourning in Lod’ 2023 (2 Emmy award nominations, MTV Documentaries, DocAviv) ‘Innocence’ 2022 (Venice International Film Festival), ‘H2: The Occupation Lab’ 2022 (Hotdocs, Fipa), ’Love & Stuff’ 2020 (HotDocs, DOCNYC), ‘ Leftover Women’ 2019 (Tribeca, ARTE), ‘The Oslo Diaries’ 2018 (Sundance, HBO, ARTE), ‘Muhi’ 2017 (IDFA, HotDocs), ‘Censored Voices’, 2015 (Sundance, Berlinale), ‘The Go Go Boys’ 2014 (Cannes), ‘Web Junkie’ 2014 (Sundance, POV, BBC), ‘Dancing in Jaffa’ 2013 (Tribeca, IFC) and more.
Hilla is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the PGA and she holds an M.A. from Southern Illinois University.
MARIEL OSTROWER
Head Producer
Producer and post producer with deep experience in the Israeli documentary industry. Mariel’s resume includes work on award winning documentaries She is Passionate about her work and has extensive knowledge in the many facets of documentary film making – from the early stages of idea development and pre-production to post production and distribution.
Mariel is also a writer and translator of film portfolios for festivals and funds submissions and a perpetuate student of anything craft and DIY.