Simone Bitton (born 1955) is a French-Moroccan
documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the
César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* C ...
, the
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
, 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. After settling in
France, where she now mainly lives she graduated from the
Institut des hautes études cinématographiques 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
''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...
'' 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
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Siam Mahmud
*Mahmood (singer) (born 19 ...
''
* 2000 : ''
L'Attentat
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''
* 2001 : ''
Citizen Bishara
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Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...
''
* 2004 : ''
Wall (Mur)''
* 2009 : ''
Rachel''
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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