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Berlin Chic
Director Sigal Rosh, Producer Dorit Hessel, Executive Producer Alexis Bloom
The Holocaust and the world of fashion collide in Berlin Chic, which chronicles how Nazi “Aryanization” wiped out Berlin’s thriving Jewish fashion industry and reconstructs its stolen place in history and in global style today.
Sigal Rosh
Director
Sigal Rosh is a leading producer, director, and content editor in the Israeli documentary film industry. Over her extensive career, she has produced for major international networks, including ARTE, BBC, MSNBC, and PBS. Her notable producing credits include the acclaimed documentary The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes (2022) for MGM Studios and Kan 11, alongside numerous international co-productions such as Sentenced to Marriage and Capitalism. Recently, Rosh made her directorial debut with Rubina, A Glorious Tragedy, a documentary exploring the lives of iconic actress Hanna Rovina and her daughter Ilana, which premiered to critical acclaim at the Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival. In addition to her filmmaking career, Rosh has been sharing her industry expertise as a faculty member at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School since 2008.
Dorit Hessel
Producer
Dorit Hessel is an Emmy Television Academy Honors and Rose d’Or award-winning producer recognized for her Paramount+ feature documentary We Will Dance Again (2024), co-produced with HOT8, HSCC, Sipur, MGM Television, Bitachon 365, and the BBC. She is the Head of Productions and Originals at leading Israeli documentary channel HOT8. Her selected filmography includes: We Will Dance Again (2024), Michtav Le’David (2025), Golda’s War Diaries (2023), TABOO – Amos Guttman (2024), Prisoner X (2023), and Munich 72″ (2022). She has chaired and judged the Documentary Forum in Israel.
