Navot Papushado, portrait via TMDB.

Navot Papushado

Writer at AFIN

Film director · Screenwriter · Israel

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Biography

Navot Papushado is an Israeli film director and screenwriter who grew up in Lismore.

Born in Haifa, Israel.

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Credits at AFIN

Selected filmography beyond AFIN

Primarily credited in directing across their wider career, per TMDB.

  • Gunpowder Milkshake posterGunpowder Milkshake Director · Writer1h 54m2021

    To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.

  • South of Heaven posterSouth of Heaven Screenplay2h2021

    Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life - unfortunately it’s not that simple.

  • ABCs of Death 2 posterABCs of Death 2 Director2h 4m2014

    Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

  • Big Bad Wolves posterBig Bad Wolves Director · Writer1h 50m2013

    The twisted paths of three very different men brutally collide due to a chain of unspeakable murders: a grieving father who has been doomed to seek vengeance and a police detective who boldly crosses the narrow boundary between law and crime meet a religion teacher suspected of being the murderer.

  • Rabies posterRabies Director · Screenplay1h 30m2010

    A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help.

  • Zeitgeist Director25m2007

    A haunting short film by Navot Papushado, co-director of Rabies and Big Bad Wolves, which explores the persistence of Holocaust memory on the contemporary Israeli psyche. Unsettling and beautifully realized.

  • Once Upon a Time in Palestine posterOnce Upon a Time in Palestine Director · Screenplay

    A heavily influenced by classic cinema look at life in the Palestine of 1946 under British rule.

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