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Adi Halfin

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Adi Halfin is a Berlin-based commercial and dance-film director who builds brand storytelling around choreography and bodies in motion.

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Production company & representation
Chelsea Pictures
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
One Club Awards — Documentary Award for Toyota / Dergin Tokmak
One Club · 2019 · award
Genero TV contest winner for Mark Ronson 'Daffodils' (chosen by Ronson among top three)
Genero · 2015 · award
Toyota Dergin Tokmak shortlisted at Cannes
Cannes · award
Selected clients
ToyotaMcDonald'sVolkswagenSamsungCALIAAnswearDaikineToroMarshall Headphones

Bio & background

Adi Halfin is a Berlin-based commercial and dance-film director who builds brand storytelling around choreography and bodies in motion. Born in Jerusalem and raised between Israel and London, she graduated with honours from the Sam Spiegel Film School; narrative shorts screened at Cannes and Berlinale, and she worked as first assistant director to Amos Gitai. She is rostered with Chelsea Pictures (US) and Lief (UK), with European presence via Rejell and no.agency. Documented advertising includes McDonald’s McCrispy and McCafé (DDB Poland/Dobro), CALIA for Dick’s Sporting Goods (‘There’s Beauty in the Burn,’ Directors Notes We Are DN Dance nominee), Answear ‘Warmth,’ Volkswagen’s 100% Electric ID.3 (Dentsu), Marshall Headphones, Daikin, Burgenland Energie/Bessere Energie, eToro, and Toyota Start Your Impossible shorts—Dergin Tokmak (One Club Documentary Award; Cannes shortlist; LBB) and Atita Verghese. Chelsea also lists Samsung. Her commercial signature is movement-led: gym-dance hybrid for CALIA, choreographic lifestyle for Answear and Marshall, EV work for Volkswagen, and docu portraits for Toyota. Earlier, Home Alone for Batsheva collected roughly ten prizes including Best Commercial at the LA Film Awards. She has juried D&AD and AICP and teaches dance-film workshops internationally.

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Awards
  • One Club Awards — Documentary Award for Toyota / Dergin Tokmak
    One Club · 2019
  • Genero TV contest winner for Mark Ronson 'Daffodils' (chosen by Ronson among top three)
    Genero · 2015
  • Toyota Dergin Tokmak shortlisted at Cannes
    Cannes
  • Cannes Lions and 1.4 Show shortlists; Vimeo Staff Pick
    Cannes Lions / 1.4 / Vimeo
  • We Are DN Awards — Dance category nominee for CALIA 'There's Beauty in the Burn'
    Directors Notes · 2024
  • Earth Odyssey / Lost Horse — festival prizes (LA Fashion Festival Best Music; Dance Camera West; Istanbul Fashion Film Festival)
    Multiple fashion/dance film festivals · 2020
  • Dergin Tokmak shortlisted for VOW MADE BY HER
    VOW MADE BY HER · 2019
  • Home Alone — Best Commercial and Best Inspirational, LA Film Awards
    LA Film Awards · 2017
  • True Love Waits — Best Unofficial Music Video and other festival prizes
    LA Music Video Festival · 2017
  • Home Alone — Best short under 5 min
    San Francisco Dance Film Festival · 2014
  • Press
    • 2026 Virtual Filmmaking Masterclass instructor bio
      San Francisco Dance Film Festival · 2026
    • Adi Halfin Captures the Dance of Fitness in CALIA's 'There's Beauty in the Burn'
      Directors Notes · 2024
    • Master of Movement Adi Halfin Directs New Campaign for Answear / CALIA nomination coverage
      Chelsea Pictures · 2024
    • Blow Your Mind with the Latest McDonald's Poland
      Tracks & Fields · 2023
    • Toyota ad showcases unique talents of disabled dancer Dergin Tokmak
      LBB · 2018
    • VOW Fest profile — Toyota Start Your Impossible docs
      The Voice of a Woman