Yaël Abecassis
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

Kadosh
(1999)Amos Gitai’s impassioned feminist polemic selected for the 1999 Cannes Film Festival is set in an ultra-Orthodox enclave of Jerusalem and follows a pious woman who is rejected by her community when her marriage proves childless. Meanwhile, her beloved sister is in love with a young man who has fled the community to lead a secular life.

Tel Aviv Stories
(1992)Sharona goes on a search for Mr. Right, a wannabe divorcée takes hostages and Sophie turns the city upside down to rescue a kitten from a storm drain.

Dancing Arabs
(2014)In the early '90s, a Palestinian boy finds himself struggling with issues of language, culture, and identity when he is accepted into a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem.

Papa
(2005)Louis has a funny dad: always smiling, joking, laughing. But Louis does not really want to laugh. On the road which brings them back home, the father and his son will find themselves. At the end of their voyage, there will be the light.
Prisoners of War
Prisoners of War begins with the return of two Israeli soldiers who had been held captive for 17 years. During their absence, the two have become national icons. Bumper stickers with their names, flags with their pictures adorn the streets of Israel. The series examines how the two cope with the re-entry into the Israeli society at a national and personal level.

Live and Become
(2005)In 1984 Israel, an Ethiopian boy is taken from a Sudanese refugee camp. He conceals his true identity in hopes of building a better life.

Hunting Elephants
(2013)In Jerusalem, a bullied teen, his grandfather, and his long-lost uncle decide to rob a bank in order to solve their financial problems.

One Day in October
One Day in October is a powerful anthology based on the harrowing true stories that emerged from the terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, 2023.