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Keren Yedaya

Keren Yedaya is an Israeli film director and screenwriter whose first feature, Or, won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes in 2004.

born 1972The film OrThe 2004 Caméra d'OrFilms on women's rights

Born: 23 November 1972, United States
Occupation: film director, screenwriter, director

Keren Yedaya was born in 1972 in United States

Keren Yedaya was born in the United States in 1972, and her family moved to Israel in 1975. She is the daughter of artist Oded Yedaya and writer Ronit Yedaya. She attended Tichon Hadash high school in Tel Aviv.

She studied at the Camera Obscura School of Art in Tel Aviv. Her short film Elinor, about two female soldiers at an army base, was made as her graduation project.

Her short film Lulu, about a prostitute in Tel Aviv, came out in 1998. In France she made the short Les Dessous with Sari Azouz. Her feature Or, starring Ronit Elkabetz and Dana Ivgy, won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes in 2004.

Her film Jaffa followed in 2009, and That Lovely Girl, about incest between a father and daughter, competed in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2014. In 2020 she released Mami, based on a rock opera. She is active in feminist causes and in protests against the Israeli military presence in the West Bank.

She teaches film and screenwriting at the Minshar School of Art. She is married to director Meni Yaesh, and they have 2 children. She lives in Bat Yam.