Diploma

Hebron. The night of the Jewish settlement Masquerade. 15 year old Samer insists on taking his older sister Ayat to collect her diploma from the Palestinian university. Walking through the city rooftops and side narrow allies they must avoid the settlers, the army and the curious foreign news reporters.

Director: Born in 1979 in Tel-Aviv. Prior to her studies at the Sam Spiegel film school, Yaelle studied French at the Sorbonne in Paris, Anthropology in Tel- Aviv University and film at The Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne Australia. She was admitted to third year of the Sam Spiegel Film School. Yaelle is active in a few Human rights organizations that operate in the occupied territories. Her first film was “Pralines”, 2007. “Diploma” is her graduation film which won the third prize award at Cinefondation, Cannes Film Festival, 2009.