Netalie Braun (

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: נטעלי בראון; born June 12, 1978) is an Israeli poet, writer and filmmaker. She won the 2017

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for the best short documentary film.

Career

Braun completed her BA in literature and philosophy, and an MA in film at

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. She also completed a poetry course at Helicon.

Film

Braun makes both documentary and narrative films. Her two short fiction films ''Tabur'' (2004) and ''The Last Supper of N. Braun'' (2005) were screened at film festivals in Israel and around the world. Her documentary ''Metamorphosis'' (2006), which weaves together testimonies by women who were victims of rape with myths about sexual violence, was released to rave reviews. It premiered at the

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and was shown at many international film festivals. It was broadcast on Israel's Channel One and at a United Nations convention on the status of women. ''Metamorphosis'' won the 2006 Aliza Shagrir Award for the best documentary film and the Association for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation's International Media Award. Braun's short film ''Gevald'' (2008) had its international premiere in the Panorama section of the

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, followed by many international screenings. It won first place at the Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival, at the Paris Queer Film Festival, and at the Goethe Institut's competition for films dealing with human rights. ''Hatalyan'', the documentary film that Braun produced and directed with Avigail Sperber, is about

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's hangman

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. The film was broadcast on

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, and won first place at the Haifa International Film Festival of 2010. It was a finalist for the best short documentary at IDFA, and won the 2011 best documentary award at the Forum of Documentary Filmmakers competition. Her short film ''Vow'' won the short independent film awards at the

of 2014, the best directing award in the Independent Films competition of the Student Film Festival (2015) and first prize at the Seoul International Women's Film Festival (2015). Braun's documentary film, ''Hope I'm in the Frame'', about director and actor

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, received a special mention at

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film festival (2017), and the

for best short documentary. Braun was the art director for the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot between 2011 and 2013. In 2018, Braun was selected to participate in the first documentary filmmakers lab conducted by the

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, in cooperation with the Forum of Documentary Filmmakers, which will take place in 2019, to work on her documentary film about the movement to build the

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Poetry

In 2005 Braun won first prize in the

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municipality competition "Poetry Along the Way", in which poems are displayed in public areas such as bus stations and wall of buildings. One of the prizes was funding for publication of her first collection, ''To Kill and to Breathe'', which was published in 2006.

Personal life

Braun was in a relationship with Avigail Sperber, and they had one child. After they broke up, Braun remarried and had another child. They also collaborated on ''Metamorphosis'', ''Gevald'', and ''Hatalyan'' (''The Hangman'').

Awards

, - , 2004 , ''Last Supper of N. Braun'' , Special mention,

, , , - , 2004 , ''Last Supper of N. Braun'' , Best Short Film, Tokyo Short Film Festival , , , - , 2004 , ''Last Supper of N. Braun'' , Best Short Film, VGIK Moscow Student Film Festival , , , - , 2011 , ''Gevald'' , Best Short Documentary,

Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival The Paris Feminist and Lesbian Film Festival (French: Festival International du Film Lesbien et Féministe de Paris) is a women-only film festival founded in Paris, France, in 1989. The festival is organized by Cineffable, an association dedicated ...

, , , - , 2014 , ''Vow'' , Best Independent Short Film,

, , , - , 2014 , ''Vow'' , Best Short Screenplay, Galilee Film Festival , , , - , 2017 , ''Hope I'm in the Frame'' , Special Honorable Mention,

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Documentary Film Festival , , , - , 2018 , ''Hope I'm in the Frame'' , Best Documentary in Cinema, Master of Art Film Festival , ,

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Netalie 1978 births Living people 21st-century Israeli poets 21st-century Israeli women writers Israeli film producers Israeli women film directors Israeli women poets Israeli lesbian artists Lesbian poets Israeli lesbian writers Israeli LGBTQ film directors LGBTQ film producers Israeli LGBTQ poets Ophir Award winners Tel Aviv University alumni Israeli women film producers Israeli documentary film directors Lesbian Jews