Izrael (IL) 2009 colour 22 min.

dir  Yaelle Kayam
pro The Sam Spiegel Film&TV School  
sc Yaelle Kayam
ph  Ziv Berkovich 
ed Or Ben-David
cast Ossama Arbia, Youssra Barakat

Hebron. The night of the Jewish settlement Masquerade. 15-year-old Samer insists on taking his older sister Ayat to collect her diploma from the Palestinian university. Threading their way between rooftops and narrow side allies, they must avoid the settlers, the army and the curious foreign news reporters.

Yaelle Kayam (1979)

Prior to her studies at The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel, Yaelle studied French at the Sorbonne in Paris, Anthropology in Tel-Aviv University and film at The Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia. “Diploma” is her graduation film which was awarded The Third Prize / Cinefondation, Cannes Film Festival and Special Mention, The Jerusalem International Film Festival.