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Simone Bitton (born January 3, 1955) is a French-Moroccan documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the César Award, the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (for Mur).




Personal life


Bitton was born the daughter of a Jewish jeweller in Rabat, Morocco. In 1966 she immigrated to Israel with her family and served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War. She describes herself as a Mizrahi Jew. After settling in France, where she now mainly lives she graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in 1981.
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Bitton signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.




Filmography


1981 : Solange Giraud, née Tache
1990 : Great Voices of Arab Song
1992 : Palestine: story of a land
1996 : Umm Kulthum
1997 : Palestine/israel, histoire d’une terre
1998 : Ben Barka, l’équation marocaine
1998 : Mahmoud Darwich
1999 : Pigu'a / The Bombing
2000 : L'Attentat
2001 : Citizen Bishara
2004 : Wall (Mur)
2009 : Rachel




References






External links


Official website
Simone Bitton at IMDb
Simone Bitton at AllMovie
Filmfestivals.com
Fidmarseille.org

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Jenna Jameson
• Kualifikasi Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2016
• Simone Bitton
• Bitton (surname)
• Simone (given name)
• Rachel (film)
• 2004 Cannes Film Festival
• Rachel Corrie
• Mahmoud Darwish
• 2005 Sundance Film Festival
• List of French Jews
• List of female film and television directors