Orna Yarmut Passes Away
Orna Yarmut, EDN Member and Founding Director of the Israeli CoPro initiative, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. This has been announced yesterday by representatives of the CoPro - Documentary and Animation Marketing Foundation.
On the sad occasion of Orna Yarmut's untimely passing, EDN director Paul Pauwels states, "For many in the documentary community, the 7th of August 2018 will forever be a day of sadness. On that day, Orna Yarmut, founder and driving force behind CoPro – The Documentary and Animation Marketing Foundation has passed away".
"EDN wants to pay its respects to this great lady of the Israeli media community and let the world know how much she will be missed. Orna was not only a strong professional who did not take no for an answer and who made the impossible possible, but above all she was a warm person with whom it was a pleasure to work. Many owe her a lot."
To her family, friends and collaborators, we would like to offer our most sincere condolences.
More information about Orna Yarmut's many accomplishments in the documentary sector over the past decades has been made available at the CoPro website here.