Tali Shemesh

Tali Shemesh (Hebrew: טלי שמש; born in 1969) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker.

Tali Shemesh
טלי שמש
Born1969
Jerusalem
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker

Biography

Shemesh was born in Jerusalem. She graduated from Sam Spiegel film school.[1]

She then directed dozens of investigative and documentary television programs, including Uvda with Ilana Dayan. In 1999, she directed her first documentary film, Hashmena Vehayafa (Fat and Beautiful) for Channel 8.[1]

In 2004, she directed the film Zahav Lavan Avoda Shchora (White Gold Black Work), which deals with the exploitation of outsourced workers at the Dead Sea Works.[2] The film roused a public outcry.

In 2008, she directed the full-length documentary The Cemetery Club, about s a group of elderly Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel from Poland and meet every week for the last 20 years in the cemetery on Mount Herzl, and hold a meeting there that includes discussions and reading their writings.[3] The film opened the DocAviv documentary film festival, to rave reviews, and became the most successful Israeli documentary film ever.[4] Shemesh won the Most Promising Director award at the festival, and the film also won Best Cinematography.[5] The Cemetery Club won the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir Award) Best Film award, the Mayor of Tel Aviv Award, the White Dove Award at the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, and Best Documentary awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival.[1] It was nominated for a European Academy of Film award.[6]

In 2016, Shemesh co-directed the film Death in the Terminal with Asaf Sudri. The film follows the events of the Beersheva bus station shooting, during with an Eritrean refugee, Habtoum Zarhoum, was killed by an angry mob, following an attack on the bus station. The film won several awards at DocAviv, including Best Film.[7]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Death in the Terminal Director, producer, writer
2006 The Cemetery Club Director, writer
2004 Zahav Lavan Avoda Shchora Director, writer
1999 Hashmena Vehayafa Director, writer
1994 Leil Klulot Producer Short
1994 Lihyot Malka Director Short

Awards
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Notes
2006 Shanghai International Film Festival Magnolia Award - Best Asian Documentary The Cemetery Club Won
Warsaw International Film Festival Best Documentary The Cemetery Club Nominated'
DocAviv Most Promising Director Tali Shemesh Won
Dok Leipzig White Dove The Cemetery Club Won
European Film Awards European Documentary The Cemetery Club Nominated
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir) Best Documentary The Cemetery Club Nominated
2016 DocAviv Best Documentary Death in the Terminal Won Shared with Asaf Sudri
IDFA Best Mid-Length Documentary Death in the Terminal Won
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir) Best Short Documentary Death in the Terminal Won
2017 Adelaide Film Festival International Documentary Award - Best Documentary Death in the Terminal Nominated
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Best Mid-Length Documentary Death in the Terminal Won
2018 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Jury Prize - Documentary Feature Death in the Terminal Won
Jury Prize - Human Rights Death in the Terminal Won

See also

References
  1. "טלי שמש". רואים רחוק (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. גודמן, שירה; ברק, מיכל (2011). אתגר הרווחה במדינה הדמוקרטית : מדיניות חברתית-כלכלית בישראל (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Israel Ministry of Education מעלות הוצאת ספרים בע"מ. p. 137.
  3. "מועדון בית הקברות". "פרוייקט קולנוע" - קרן יהושע רבינוביץ לאמנויות תל-אבי (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. איתי שטרן (25 April 2007). "ממש לא בית קברות". nrg (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. מרב יודילוביץ' (7 April 2006). ""מועדון בית הקברות" להקרנות מסחריות". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  6. רב יודילוביץ' (24 October 2006). ""מועדון בית הקברות" מועמד לפרס האקדמיה האירופית". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. אמיר בוגן (25 May 2016). "הזוכה בדוקאביב: סרט על הלינץ' בבאר שבע". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2019.

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