Yaelle KAYAM

Yaelle Kayam was born in 1979 in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Before entering the field of filmmaking, yaelle studied anthropology and acting at the Tel-Aviv University, and the “Sela”- Performing Arts Studio. Her love of travelling led her to move to Melbourne, Australia, where she attended the Victorian College of the Arts B.A program of Film and Television. On her return to Israel she completed her Degree at the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem, and became highly active in human rights organizations in the West Bank. Diploma, her graduating film was screened at the Cinefondation’s Cannes film festival 2009 and won the 3rd prize. It was screened in numerous festivals around the world, as well as by Canal+. Diploma won the Best Screenplay Award and the Intercultural Award at the Munich International Student Film Festival. Yaelle has also directed two documentary films and took part in the Adam Mickiewicz Institute documentary project, New Gaze, in Poland. She is currently developing her first feature, Providence: A dark comedy which takes place in a small settlement situated in the lawless territories of the West Bank.