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Ya\u00ebl Bitton<\/strong> is a film-maker-editor-writer, and story consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has been making films for over 25 years and pursues collaborations with filmmakers around the world.
Additionally to her editor’s endeavours, she works independently as mentor, editing and story consultant
as well as for Rough Cut Service<\/em>, Doc Nomads, DokIncubator<\/em>, Doc Montevideo<\/em>, Circle<\/em>, Visions du R\u00e9el<\/em>,
Ex Oriente, Doc Aviv, and Doc Point. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has been working as an editing tutor at the HEAD\/Geneva in the Bachelor of Arts in Cinema
department<\/em> <\/strong>since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ya\u00ebl is a member of The Oscars Academy<\/em><\/strong> in the documentary branch.
She won the Sima editing award<\/strong> for Radio Silence <\/em><\/strong>by Juliana Fanjul in 2020,
and the Best editing at Israel documentary forum <\/strong>for Advocate <\/strong><\/em>by RL Jones and Philippe Bellaiche in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an editor, some of her credits include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Kix<\/strong> by David Mikulan and Balint Revesz 2022\/23(editor)
Prod. ARTE\/Cin\u00e9phage\/Elf Pictures Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Sound of thunderstorm <\/strong>by Biljana Tutorov 2022\/23 (editor and writer)
Prod. Wake up films \/Les films de l’oeil sauvage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Invisible Demons<\/strong> by Rahul Jain 2021 (editor and writer)
Prod. Participant media\/Ikka Vehkalahti\/Majade
(Cannes Film Festival 2021, BFI 2021, Zurich Intl Film Festival 2021…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Hijos del Viento<\/strong> by Felipe Monroy 2021\/22 (editor)
Prod. Adok Films\/RTS
(Soleure 2023; Visions du r\u00e9el 2022; BIFF 2022; EDOC 2022…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Origins of the species<\/strong> by Abigail Child 2020 (editing consultant)
(DOC NYC 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Dans tes yeux je vois mon pays<\/strong> by Kamal Hachkar 2019\/2020 (editor)
Prod.H’Kart Studio\/Timbia films
(PCMMO 2021;Tangier film festival 2020\/\/ WINNER Jury award; PriMed 2020; Durban Int film festival 2020;Marrakech Intl film festival 2019…)

\u2013 Radio Silence<\/strong> by Juliana Fanjul 2019\/2020 (editor)
Prod. Akka films \/Cactus films Mexico
(FIFDH 2020 \/\/WINNER Prix Gilda Vieira de Mello; Fipadoc 2020; Ambulante 2020; DOKFEST 2020 Comp\u00e9tition Horizonte; Millenium -Festival international du documentaire ; FIPADOC 2020- Comp\u00e9tition Impact; Solothurner Filmtage 2020;Journ\u00e9es du Soleure; Idfa 2019…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Advocate<\/strong> by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche 2019 (editor)
Prod. Homemade docs\/Paul Cadieux\/Close up films
(Emmy 2021\/\/WINNER Best Documentary; Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) \/\/ WINNER Best Documentary Feature; International Documentary Association Awards (IDA) \/\/ NOMINEE Best Documentary Feature and Best Directing; Producers Guild of America (PGA) \/\/NOMINEE Best Documentary Feature; European Film Awards (EWA) \/\/ Documentary Selection; Israel Documentary Forum Awards \/\/ WINNER Best Documentary Feature; Cinema Eye Honors \/\/ HONOREE The Unforgettables; Social Impact Media Awards \/\/ Winner Best Directing;Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Golden Alexander; Thessaloniki International Film Festival \/\/ WINNER FIPRESCI Prize; Hong Kong Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Jury Prize; Docaviv Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Best Israeli Documentary; Krakow Film Festival \/\/WINNER Golden Horn; Moscow Jewish Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Best Documentary Feature; Antenna Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Best Film; Antenna Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Audience Award; Festival des Libert\u00e9s \/\/ WINNER Prix Smart; Loft Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Cinema Art Award \/\/ International Confederation of Art House Cinemas; UK Jewish Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Best Documentary; Verzio Human Rights Film Festival \/\/ WINNER Best Human Rights Film;Palm Springs Film Festival \/\/ WINNER GoE Bridging the Borders)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 D’Angelo-The chosen one<\/strong> by Carine Bjilsma 2019 (editor)
Prod. Interakt\/Pulse Films\/SIgnificant productions
(Tribeca film festival 2019; LA film festival 2019\/\/WINNER Best Music Documentary; Chicago 2019 \/\/The Audience Honorable mention award; nominated for the Golden Kalf awards in Holland 2019; and the Eurosonic media prize 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The Edge of Democracy <\/strong>by Petra Costa 2019 (editing and story consultant)
Prod. Netflix\/Busca Vida filmes
(Oscar shortlist 2020; Netflix release; Sundance International competition 2019; and many more)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 One more Jump <\/strong>by Manu Gerosa 2019 (editing supervisor)
Prod. Amka films\/Graffitis Films
(PriMed 2020\/\/ WINNER 3 awards Prix des Jeunes de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, Prix Premi\u00e8re Oeuvre and Prix \u00e0 la diffusion 2M; PRIX EUROPE for BEST DOCUMENTARY 2020; Kazan Film Festival 2020\/\/WINNER Prize of the Russian Guild of Film Critics; Trento Film Festival 2020\/\/WINNER prize Cinema AmoRe; London Palestine Film Festival; Other Israel FF; Docs MXvisions du r\u00e9el 2020…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Retrospective<\/strong> by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Bel 2019 (editor)
(Sheffield 2020, FID Marseille 2019, Doc Lisboa 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Soeurs Jarariju<\/strong> by Jorge Cadena 2018 (editor)
Prod. Golden Egg Productions
(Berlinale 2019 Generation\/\/ SPECIAL MENTION; Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival\/\/ Special mention of jury…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Las fantasmas del Caribe<\/strong> by Felipe Monroy 2018 (editor)
Prod. Adok films\/RTS
(International competition Visions du r\u00e9el 2018; Malaga Film Festival 2019)\/\/WINNER Best Documentary director)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Disappearances <\/strong>by Anat Even 2016 (editor)
(Doc Aviv 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Machines <\/strong>by Rahul Jain 2016 (editor)
(Griersons awards 2017\/\/WINNER Best documentary ; Sundance film festival 2017\/\/WINNER Best Cinematography; Thessaloniki International film festival\/\/WINNER International Jury award, Human value award, FIPRESCI award; Doc Fortnight MOMA opening film, and many more)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Thy father’s chair<\/strong> by Antonio Tibaldi and Alex Lora 2015 (story editor and editing consultant)
(L’Alternativa Film Festival 2016 \/\/WINNER Jury Prize; Euganea Film Festival 2017\/\/WINNER Best International Documentary;Filmmaker Film Festival 2016; IDFA 2015 Competition Feature-Length Documentary; Danish Film Institute ; Docaviv; Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival; Belfast Film Festival ; DocumentaMadrid; San Francisco Jewish Film Festival; Message to Man International Film Festival; DOC NYC; Dokufest (Kosovo); Verzio Film Festival; Flahertiana IDFF; Antenna International Documentary Film Festival; Docudays UA ;True\/False Film Fest; Open City Docs; Biografilm Festival | International Celebration of lives ; Docs Against Gravity Film Festival…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The wonderful kingdom of Papa Alaev <\/strong>by Noam Pinchas and Tal Barda 2015 (editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Muchachas<\/strong> by Juliana Fanjul 2014 (editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Jugando con los pajajos<\/strong> by Simona Canonica 2014 (editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The idiot cycle<\/strong> by Emmanuelle Schick 2011(editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 La main de Dieu<\/strong> by Francois Sculier 2011 (editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Tinghir-Jerusalem<\/strong> by Kamal Hachkar 2010 (editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yael is known to work closely with music, and she pursues close collaborations with experimental and jazz musicians<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has edited the musics of Kimmo Pojhonen, Hector J.Ayala, D’Angelo, Darko Rundek, John Zorn, Doug Wiesleman,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Parkins , Neta Elkhayam and Amit Hai Cohen, Roy Nathanson, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-more credits and CV available upon request .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As director,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

she has directed two feature length documentaries. Both were invited to film festivals worldwide, and were broadcasted
and distributed in Europe and the USA: Not for Sale<\/strong>, 2003 and The Rabbi’s 12 children<\/strong>, 2007.
She also directed various shorter formats for television (ARTE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She graduated in film directing at INSAS in Brussels in 1995. Since her first directorial endeavours, from conducting a film workshop in a psychiatric hospital in Brussels, or portraying young Israeli soldiers towards the end of their military service following the second intifada, to documenting the changes in the social fabric of her neighbourhood in NYC during the big first wave of gentrification, or telling the history of her father’s family by reassembling the stories of 12 siblings living across three countries, after living Morocco in the 60’s, her filmic investigations have been addressing this basic question: what makes people who they are?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From to 1995 to1999 she worked as a script supervisor on various feature films in the USA and in Europe, including:
Lisbon story<\/strong> <\/em>by Wim Wenders, Girlfight<\/em><\/strong> by Karin Kusama, Hamlet<\/em><\/strong> by Michael Almereyda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was born in Geneva, lived in Israel, Brussels, New York, Spain and now lives in Paris .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French\/English
Spanish\/German\/Italian\/Hebrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

contact@yaelbitton.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Yael
Ya\u00ebl Bitton, image by \u00a9 Tami Notsani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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