Dana Goldberg (; born March 1, 1979) is an Israeli poet, filmmaker and playwright.

Biography

Goldberg was born in

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. Her father was a pilot and her mother worked at a bank. As a child, she studied many different creative fields: photography, music, plastic art, and writing. After high school, she studied at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts and at

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, while also beginning her path as a poet. Her work was published in literary journals, first in HaMe'orer and then others, including

Iton 77 ''Iton 77'' ( he, עיתון 77) is an Israeli monthly literature and culture magazine published in Israel. History and profile ''Iton 77'' was established by the poet and editor Jacob Besser in 1977. The magazine also owns a small publishing ...

, Helicon, and Shebo, and she was on the editorial board of the online poetry journal Anonymous Fish?. Her first collection, ''Orange Coral'', was published in 2011. Beginning in 2003, Goldberg created a series of short films, including ''Alligator'' (2009), for which she won the Emerging Director award at the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot. In 2005, she was invited to take part in the Young Talent Campus of the

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. In 2012, her first full-length feature film came out, ''Alice'', about a woman who works the night shift in a residential rehabilitation school, and spends her days sleeping. The film won three awards at the

Jerusalem Film Festival The Jerusalem Film Festival ( he, פסטיבל הקולנוע ירושלים, ar, مهرجان القدس السينمائي) is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, It was established in 1984 by the Director of the Jerusal ...

, a special mention at the Rehovot International Women's Film Festival, and was selected to open the Berlin Israel Film Festival in 2014. In 2018, the film ''

Death of a Poetess ''Death of a Poetess'' is a 2017 Israeli film, directed and written by Efrat Mishori and Dana Goldberg. The lead roles in the film are played by Evgenia Dodina and Samira Saraya. The film premiered at the 2017 Jerusalem Film Festival. Plot s ...

'' came out, which she directed and wrote together with Efrat Mishori. While much of Goldberg's work includes romantic and sexual relationships between women, she says, "My work isn't lesbian, it is feminist and critical of the society I live in, and the community I live in...There are many other important aspects of my life as an artist and also as a lesbian." In 2016, Goldberg and Mishori founded Kinoclan, a non-profit organization that works to promote the creation and distribution of literary and film works that give voice to women's worlds, told from women's perspectives. In theater, Goldberg wrote the play ''Father, Mother, Whore'', which was published in the literary journal Masmerim, and was stages in the format of "directed reading" at the Tsav Kria festival (2010). She also wrote Esti of the Pines, which was staged at the Theatronetto festival in 2014.

Awards

, - , 2018 , ''

'' , Best Debut Film,

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, , Shared with Efrat Mishori , - , 2017 , ''Death of a Poetess'' , Best Israeli Feature,

, , Shared with Efrat Mishori , - , 2012 , '' Alice'' , Best Israeli Feature – Honorable Mention, Jerusalem Film Festival , , Haggiag award , - , 2012 , ''Alice'' , Best Screenplay, Jerusalem Film Festival , , Gottlieb award , - , 2012 , ''Alice'' , Best Israeli Feature, Jerusalem Film Festival , , Haggiag award

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