France
Yolande Zauberman
They were a fleeting vision in the night. I was told that one of them had walked from Gaza to Tel Aviv. In my head, I called her THE BELLE FROM GAZA.
A documentary on trans identity in Israel, in which several transgender people talk about their lives.
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 1993, 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.
Filmography
M (2018); Would You Have Sex with an Arab? (2011); Clubbed to Death (Lola) (1996)
