Amos GITAI

Born in Haifa, Israel, in 1950, Amos Gitai originally trained as an architect but became a filmmaker, inspired by his service in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. After moving to Paris in 1982, he produced over 80 titles including video productions and received honorary awards from many international film festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival. Some of his major works are Field Diary (1982), Esther (1986), Berlin-Jerusalem (1989), Kadosh (1999), Eden (2001), Promised Land (2004), One Day You’ll Understand (2008), and Rabin, the Last Day (2015). His latest films A Tramway in Jerusalem (2018) and Laila in Haifa (2020) were both premiered at the Venice Film Festival.