I came upon Yudit in a magical way, that felt like higher powers were leading me straight to her. I am a filmmaker and was having problems getting my latest film financed. Many obstacles kept appearing. We came close to going into production at least three times over quite a few years, but something always happened and the project crashed repeatedly. As a rest and escape, I flew to Israel to visit my mother, intending to eat some humus, lie on the beach and relax–and to stay about a month. By “chance” once, discussing these “obstacles” with a stranger in a cafe in Jerusalem… I was given a phone number……I called……my life was never the same.
I came to Yudit hoping to resolve the block that was stopping me from getting my film made.
From the first meeting, I realized that the process was going to be deep, involved my most basic family relations, and had no obvious or clear connection to anything to do with filmmaking or obstacles of financing and production.It is difficult to describe the process. It was extremely deep. As someone who had completed 4 years of Jungian Analysis with an advanced and highly experienced analyst in Los Angeles, I can say that Yudit made Analysis look like BABY FOOD.
My visit to Israel which was planned for one month extended to 7 months. At the end of seven months, when we felt we had accomplished what I came to Israel to do… I returned to the USA.
Within a month I had found a producer for my film. Within 2 months the film was financed. Within 6 months I shot the film, and less than 1 year later I premiered this new film–PHANTOM LOVE (2005) at The Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.
Rave reviews are also due to Yudit Baruch who is a genius healer and remains a dear friend.