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Diploma (2009)
HEBREW TITLE
Diploma
6
DIRECTOR
Yaelle Kayam
PRODUCTION
JSFS
LENGTH
20:00 Min
LANGUAGE
Arabic
SYNOPSIS
It’s the night of the Jewish settlers’ Purim holiday party in Hebron. Fifteen year old Sahmer insists on taking his older sister, Ayat, to pick up her diploma from the Palestinian university. Walking on the rooftops and down narrow allies, they must avoid the settlers and the Israeli soldiers.
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Yaelle Kayam (b. 1979) is known for her debut feature Mountain (2015), which screened at the Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. Kayam is a feminist political activist and teaches at Sapir Academic College.
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