Danae Elon ( he, דנאי אילון; born December 23, 1970), is an Israeli documentary filmmaker and

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based in

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Biography

Danae Elon was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. She is the daughter of journalist and author

Amos Elon Amos Elon ( he, עמוס אילון, July 4, 1926 – May 25, 2009) was an Israeli journalist and author. Biography Heinrich Sternbach (later Amos Elon) was born in Vienna. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933. He studied law and history in ...

, and Beth Elon. Elon graduated from

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in 1995.

Film career

In 2009 she received the

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in the category of film. Her work has often centered around Jerusalem and the Palestinian struggle. ''Wild Mint'', which she directed and produced, and ''Cut'' which she photographed and co-produced were the first films she attempted to reconcile state ideology and reality. In 2001 Elon produced her first critically acclaimed film ''Another Road Home'' which received a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Program in 2003. The film premiered at the 2004

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and was showcased in over 20 international film festivals, including IDFA,

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, Encounters South Africa and

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. Another Road Home was theatrically released in 2005 and was shown in fifteen US cities. It was broadcast on the Sundance channel,

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and Israeli television. It was cited as one of the most important films about the subject. Her second feature documentary was ''Partly Private'', about male circumcision. An Israeli-Canadian co-production, it was screened on

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, and Channel 8 Israel. Three other critically acclaimed and award winning documentary films by Elon are P.S Jerusalem, The Patriarch's Room and A Sister's Song.

Academic career

Elon was a lecturer at the

Sapir Academic College Sapir College ( he, המכללה האקדמית ספיר, ''HaMikhlela HaAkademit Sapir'') is a college in Israel, located in the northwestern Negev desert near Sderot. It is the largest public college in Israel, with an enrollment of 8,000 stude ...

and head of the Israeli documentary program at Cinema South International Film Festival She is currently an adjunct lecturer at Queens University at Kingston.

Awards and recognition

Her first documentary film ''Never Again Forever'', released in 1996 showcased in over 25 international film festivals and received a Golden Spire award from the

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as well as an achievement award from the

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. ''Partly Private'' premiered in the 2009

and won the Best New York Documentary award. She won two awards for Another Road Home a bronze medal from the

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, and best documentary from Tursak Film Festival in Istanbul. The Patriarch's Room won Best research and Music award at the

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film festival as well as Best documentary at the

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and Best Documentary at the Beyond Border's Film Festival in Greece. For a Sister's Song she is the recipient of the AIDC award for innovation in documentary filmmaking as well as an

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for cinematography.

Filmography

References

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