Keren Yedaya, born November 23, 1972, is an Israeli filmmaker. She was born in the United States, but her family moved to Israel in 1975 when she was only three years old. She studied at the Camera Obscura art school in Tel Aviv.
A committed feminist, Keren Yedaya advocates for women's rights and... More
Keren Yedaya, born November 23, 1972, is an Israeli filmmaker. She was born in the United States, but her family moved to Israel in 1975 when she was only three years old. She studied at the Camera Obscura art school in Tel Aviv.
A committed feminist, Keren Yedaya advocates for women's rights and participates in protest movements against the Israeli military presence in the West Bank. Her films reflect her political commitment. She began her career with the short films Elinor (1994), about the tribulations of an Israeli conscript in the army, while Lulu (1998), about prostitution in Israel. After these works, French producer Emmanuel Agneray invited her to France where she shot her third short film, Underwear (in English), about a Parisian lingerie store.
In 2001, she received financial support from the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema to shoot a feature film. The result was her first feature film, My Treasure (in English, Or (My Treasure)), which was released in 2004 and won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Her next feature film, Jaffa (2009), also screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
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