Simone Bitton
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Personal life
Bitton was born the daughter of a Jewish jeweller in Rabat, Morocco. In 1966 she immigrated to Israel with her family and served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War. She describes herself as a Mizrahi Jew.[1] After settling in France, where she now mainly lives she graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in 1981.[2][3]
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.[4][5][6]
Filmography
- 1981 : Solange Giraud, née Tache
- 1990 : Great Voices of Arab Song[7]
- 1992 : Palestine: story of a land
- 1996 : Umm Kulthum
- 1997 : Palestine/israel, histoire d’une terre
- 1998 : Ben Barka, l’équation marocaine
- 1998 : Mahmoud Darwich
- 1999 : Pigu'a / The Bombing
- 2000 : L'Attentat
- 2001 : Citizen Bishara
- 2004 : Wall (Mur)
- 2009 : Rachel
References
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- ↑ Director's bio Template:Webarchive Wall the movie. Retrieved on 2 July 2010
- ↑ French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience New York Times. 12 June 2010
- ↑ WALL The Middle East Magazine. November 2004
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External links
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- Filmfestivals.com
- Fidmarseille.org