Dikla Elkaslassy (born 1 November) (

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Biography

Dikla (Jika) was born and raised in

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. At the age of 18, she attended the

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and studied Animation (1998). In 2003 she studied acting at the HaDerech Studio of acting in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. In 2013, Elkaslassy completed the filmmaking track at the Minshar for Art, a film school in Tel Aviv, and graduated with honors. Her movie '' Here I am… There you are'' was an Official Selection at the 2014

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, an Official Selection at the

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, and selected for the Official Competition at the American Film Institute's

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. The film received a nomination for the Ophir, the

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award, for Best Short Film of 2014. Following the film’s success, Elkaslassy was invited to be a judge in the official competition at the

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in 2014. In 2015, Elkaslassy directed the second season of the television series ''

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''. The show was nominated for Best Youth Program that year, and I received a Best Director nomination at the Israeli Television Academy Awards. In 2016, she was awarded a grant from the Yehoshua Rabinovitch Foundation for the Arts to develop a feature-length screenplay based on my short film, ''Here I am… There you are''. In 2017, Elkaslassy directed two short films for the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel. The Ministry of Education continues to screen these films in high schools across the country to this day. That same year, her original story "Arugam Bay" was adapted into an international television series. The screenplay was written with the assistance of the Israel Film Fund. The film was shot in August 2022 in Israel and

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, directed by Marco Carmel, and is currently in the post-production stages.

Filmography

Director

* 2010 - ''Hayerusha'' (short) written and directed * 2011 - ''My Girl'' (short) written, directed, and acted * 2012 - ''Pretty Mess'' (short) written, directed, and acted * 2014 - '' Here I am... There you are...'' (short) written, directed, and acted * 2015 - '' As Far As Tomorrow'' (short) written and directed * 2016 - '' Braking Waves'' season 2 (TV drama series) directed * 2018 - '' All real living is meeting'' (Short animation) produced and directed

Cinema (actress)

* 2008 - ''

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'' directed by

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and

Ronit Elkabetz Ronit Elkabetz ( he, רונית אלקבץ; 27 November 1964 – 19 April 2016) was an Israeli actress, screenwriter and film director. She worked in both Israeli and French cinema. She won three Ophir Awards and received a total of seven nomin ...

* 2009 - ''

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'' directed by Haim Buzglo * 2010 - '' My Lovly Sister'' directed by

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* 2014 - ''

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'' directed by

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Television (actress)

* 2010 - '' Ran 4'' directed by

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3'' directed by Laizy Shapira * 2014 - ''

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* 2014 - '' Harmon'' directed by

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Theatre (actress)

*2007 - ''

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'' of

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- directed by Moty Habarbuch *2008 - ''The 12 juror'' directed by Ilana Kivity

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elkaslassy, Dikla 1979 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli film actresses Israeli film directors Jewish Israeli actresses Jewish women writers

Biography

Filmography

Director

Cinema (actress)

Television (actress)

Theatre (actress)

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