Elida Gera ( he, אלידע גרא) (1932, New York - May 10, 2017,

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) was an Israeli film director, dancer and choreographer. She is the first Israeli female film director who released a

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(, black and white, 1969). "She’s the boss. A decade of women’s movies is celebrated at the International Women’s Film Fest"
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'', October 16, 2013לפני מחרבמאי: אלידע גרא › 1969 / 78 דקות / עברית, שחור-לבן, 1:1.66, 35 מ"מ
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"מדוע הושכח הסרט הראשון שביימה אישה בישראל?"
("Why was the first film directed by a woman in Israel forgotten?"), '' Haaretz'', June 13, 2018 The second one is

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with her '' Moments'' released ten years later. Gera was born in the United States in 1931. She studied dance at

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, performed off-Broadway and later worked as choreographer. She became interested in cinema and studied directing and photography in Canada. There she married an Israeli artist and

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and the two had three sons. In 1964 they emigrated to Israel and settled in

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. In 2013 her restored film ''Before Tomorrow'' was screened at the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot.

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