Simone Bitton (born 1955) is a French-Moroccan
documentary filmmaker
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. Her films have been nominated for or won the
César Award, the
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the
Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (for ''Mur'').
Personal life
Bitton was born the daughter of a Jewish jeweller in Morocco. She describes herself as a
Mizrahi Jew
Mizrahi Jews ( he, יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () or ''Mizrachi'' () and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are a grouping of Jewish communities comprising those who remained i ...
. After settling in
France
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, where she now mainly lives she graduated from the
Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC; the "Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies") is a French film school, founded during World War II under the leadership of Marcel L'Herbier who was its president from 1944 to 1969. ...
in 1981.
[French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience]
New York Times. 12 June 2010
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Bitton signed an open letter published in ''
Libération'' demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the
2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.
Filmography
* 1981 : ''
Solange Giraud, née Tache''
* 1997 : ''
Palestine/israel, histoire d’une terre''
* 1998 : ''
Ben Barka, l’équation marocaine''
* 1998 : ''
Mahmoud Darwich''
* 2000 : ''
L'Attentat''
* 2001 : ''
Citizen Bishara''
* 2004 : ''
Wall
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* Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the sup ...
(Mur)''
* 2009 : ''
Rachel
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References
External links
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IMDbFidmarseille.org
Moroccan film directors
20th-century Moroccan Jews
French people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
Moroccan emigrants to France
French women film directors
Israeli women film directors
French film directors
1955 births
Living people
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