Ruth Litan is a filmmaker and a visual artist working in fiction and documentary filmmaking, moving image and sound installation.
Ruth holds a BFA from the Sam Spiegel Film School Jerusalem ans MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received the New Artist Society scholarship from the Film, Video, New Media and Animation program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The James Nelson Raymond fellowship.
Her films were internationally screened in festivals where she won various prizes, such as FIPA, Biarritz, France, Women Filmmaker’s Award for Encouragement, Rehovot Women Film Festival, Israel, Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico, etc.

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Her focus and commitment are to examine patriarchy and capitalism through storytelling in cinema, with particular emphasis on exploring the history and subject matter of cinematic language, and how it functions to communicate meaning. She investigates how this language operates to shape perception, activate collective memory, and serve as a cultural unconscious, revealing trauma and political realities.

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Her approach involves using cinematic materials as matter. By transforming cinematic images into tactile, physical forms using materials such as glass, metal, and fabric, she reflects on how the moving image and sculpture may intertwine, opening up new ways of understanding both mediums and fostering a dialogue between them.