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Jürgen Brüning FilmProduktion and The Glass Prince present an Amir Ovadia Steklov film
The New Jews (80:18, 4K, 2025)
a daring documentary with striking visuals.
Amir Ovadia Steklov is a filmmaker and animator who isn’t afraid to stir the pot. His works often explore themes of identity, queerness, migration, and belonging. Born in Jerusalem and now based in Berlin, he’s a Berlinale Talents 2024 alumnus and a member of the European Film Academy.
Since graduating from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in 2013, Amir’s films have screened at festivals around the world and picked up a few awards along the way. The New Jews (2025)—his first full length documentary—premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2025, Bi The Way (2022) won prizes at CINHOMO, OutReel Cincinnati, and QueerX. Don’t Be a DICK! (2020) took Best Animation at SPLICE, and Between Two Walls (2019) won Best Animation at the Berlin Independent Film Festival. His recent projects: Invisible Countdown (2024) and Kotti Express (TBA), continue to grapple with questions of identity, community, and how we shape the stories we live in.
Outside his own films, Amir runs The Glass Prince, a post-production studio where he crafts animation, VFX, and edits with the same attention to story, tone, and detail that define his directorial work. Whether collaborating with clients or pursuing personal projects, he brings a playful edge and a hands-on approach to everything he creates.
Jürgen Brüning is a Berlin-based film producer and director with a prolific career spanning decades. Since 1987, his production company has released over 20 feature-length films and documentaries. Brüning has collaborated with numerous queer luminaries, including Dennis Cooper, Cheryl Dunye, Thunska Pansittivorakul, G.B. Jones, Shu Lea Cheang, Lior Shamriz, and Ela Troyano. He is perhaps best known for his longtime partnership with filmmaker Bruce LaBruce, producing the debut feature No Skin Off My Ass (1990) as well as many of LaBruce’s subsequent works, including Hustler White (1996), The Raspberry Reich (2004), and The Misandrists (2017).
Brüning has also collaborated with Shu Lea Cheang on projects such as UKI (2023), FLUIDØ (2017) and the multi-film installation 10 case 10 films for 3x3x6 (2019).
In addition to his production work, Brüning curates several film festivals and founded the Porn Film Festival Berlin in 2006. The festival has grown in reputation and attendance over the years, drawing an increasingly international audience to celebrate boundary-pushing cinema.
The Glass Prince is a Berlin-based production studio dedicated to crafting visually striking and innovative content. Founded by award-winning filmmaker and animator Amir Ovadia Steklov, the studio specializes in video editing, animation, and digital compositing, providing end-to-end post-production services. Equipped with advanced editing tools and a private cinema, The Glass Prince offers filmmakers a collaborative and inspiring environment to bring their stories to life.