Ruah Edelstein is a contemporary artist and a film director best known for her series of conceptual work including animated films, paintings, graphics and site-specific installations. Coming from a background in animation, Edelstein’s work is showcased internationally, including film festivals, museums, theaters, TV, galleries, universities, and conferences. Travels often incorporate artist talks and master classes. Edelstein received BFA in Character Animation from CalArts in 2010 and MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts in 2012. Within a collaborative project with filmmaker Masha Vasilkovsky Edelstein’s work received an Emmy Nomination in 2019. Edelstein is also a recipient of 1st Prize Experimental Animated Film Athens Animfest, Best Animated Short Film Lisbon International Film Festival, Best Animation Award Golden Reel International Film Festival, among other awards. Edelstein is a faculty at California Institute of the Arts, where the artist teaches film production in the Department of Character Animation.
Masha Vasilkovsky is an Experimental Animation Artist, internationally known for her animated films, made in direct techniques, ‘Fur and Feathers’ (2000) and ‘Eyes of the Azure’ (2016). Her films screened at Pompidou Museum, Annecy Animation Festival, and Museum of Modern Art New York, among other venues. Masha’s animation is featured in such productions as, "Il Doctor", Suzan Pitt (2005) and "Lo Azul Del Cielo", Juan Uribe (2012). In 2012 Masha co-founded Lumen Animae, an Amity of Creative Partnerships, presenting work at US Open, Sundance, and Tribeca Film Festivals, National TV of China, and other venues. Masha has directed and created over 25 productions, such as: ‘Mysterium Georgicus’, animated installation, permanent exhibit, Virginia (2017) and 'Ashe '68’, VR Sand animation, Emmy nomination (2019). Since 2014, at College of the Canyons, Masha brought together Holocaust survivors and students to create animated documentaries based on stories of survival, such as: 'My Angel of God’ (2019) and 'The Promise’ (2018). Masha holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (1995) and an MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts (1998). Masha teaches animation production at CalArts since 2007.

In 2012 filmmakers, Masha Vasilkovsky and Ruah Edelstein, founded LUMEN ANIMAE, Amity of Creative Partnerships. Network of creative partnerships enables LUMEN ANIMAE to bring different art forms together, such as cinematic arts, theater, art, dance, music, and literature. The amity fosters socio-centric philosophy of sharing inspiration and knowledge with the community through film productions, master classes, and shows. An example of the amity's work is a collaboration with The Righteous Conversations Project, where together with Holocaust survivors and groups of students Lumen Animae directs animated documentaries based on the stories of survival or at times produces Public Service Announcements on issues of modern day context.

LUMEN ANIMAE PRODUCTIONS

ASHE '58
VR , 2018
5min, multi-media installation, Center for Georgical Jubilism, Virginia, USA
MYSTERIUM GEORGICUS
multi-media installation, 2017
7min,  Sand on Glass, US Open, New York USA
THREEPENNY OPERA
Theater Production, 2013
4min, cut-out/ drawn/ object animation, CalArts Theater Production,  dir. Kameron Steele, Los Angeles, USA
I SEE YOU
Theater Production, 2014
4min, cut-out/ drawn/ object animation, CalArts Inter-Disciplinary Production, Los Angeles, USA

2019-present 'Coming of Age', animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of David Weiner
2019-present ‘Chain of Rocks’, animated feature commissioned by Mooshido Productions
2019 'My Angel of God', 15min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Av Perlmutter,
2018 'Ashe 68' 7min, VR sand animation, made for US Open 2018
2018 'The Allegory of Two Caves', 4min, PSA, Jewish- Muslim Partnership of Los Angeles
2017 'Mysterium Georgicus', permanent installation, Center for Georgical Jubilism, Virginia, USA
2017 'Dieu Merci', 10min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Michele Rodri
2017 'Seder Plate', 3min, animated short made for Shalhevet School
2017 'C'est Normal’, 10min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Marie Kaufman
2016 'Peace by Piece’, 10min, cutouts, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Harry Davids
2018 ‘The Promise’ 10min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Leon Malmed
2016 ‘Period’ 3min, PSA
2016 ‘Letter to the Future’ 3min, PSA
2016 ‘My Genesis’, 3min, animated short, AMAZE SexEd Series
2016 ‘Key to Mystery’, 3min, animated short, AMAZE SexEd Series
2016 ‘The Departure’, animation for live-action film by Noka Films, New York. (Art Direction, Animation Artist)
2015 ‘When Man to Man is a Wolf’ 10min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Lidia Budgor
2015 ‘The Story of Three Rings’, 8 min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Dana Schwartz
2015 ‘Tipping Scales’, 6 min, animated documentary, Holocaust Survival story of Lisa Jura
2015 ‘Rites of Passage’, feature documentary
2015 ‘Censorship’, PSA, Harvard Westlake School and Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
2015 ‘Freedom of Speech’, PSA, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
2014 ‘River of Art’, feature documentary for the National TV of China
2014 ‘The Monster Within’, PSA, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
2014 ‘My Vision’, PSA, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
2014 ‘Better Place’, PSA, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
2014 ‘Pay Attention’, PSA Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
2013 'Threepenny Opera', CalArts Theater Production, dir. Kameron Steele
2013 ‘Re-Invent Education’, PSA, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
2013 ‘I See You’, 7min, Shadow Puppet Theater, Dance, Music, Animation.
2013 ‘Sharing the Planet’, 3min, BIL conference 2013, Long Beach, CA, animated short made with audience.