Yolande Zauberman

Biography:
Born in Paris, Yolande Zauberman was introduced to cinema by director Amos Gitaï. In 1987, she made her first documentary, "Classified People", about apartheid in South Africa, which won numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Paris Film Festival. In 1989, "Caste Criminelle", shot in India, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Three years later, she directed her first fiction film in Yiddish, "Me Ivan, You Abraham", which won several international awards, including the Youth Award at the Cannes Film Festival. This was followed by a documentary trilogy set in the Israeli night: "Would you have sex with an Arab?" (Venice Film Festival 2011); "M" (awarded worldwide, César for Best Documentary 2020); and finally "The Belle From Gaza".

The Belle from Gaza