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Netalie Braun
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| Born | June 12, 1978 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, poet |
Netalie Braun (in Hebrew: נטעלי בראון; born on June 12, 1978) is a talented Israeli poet, writer, and filmmaker. She is known for her creative work in both movies and poetry. In 2017, she won a special award called the Ophir Award for making the best short documentary film.
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Netalie Braun's Career
Netalie Braun studied a lot to become who she is today. She earned a bachelor's degree in literature and philosophy, which means she learned about books, stories, and how people think. She also got a master's degree in film from Tel Aviv University, where she learned how to make movies. Besides her university studies, she took a special course to improve her poetry writing.
Her Films and Movies
Netalie Braun creates different kinds of films. She makes both documentaries, which are films about real life, and narrative films, which tell fictional stories.
Her early short films, Tabur (made in 2004) and The Last Supper of N. Braun (made in 2005), were shown at film festivals in Israel and around the world. This means many people got to see her early work.
In 2006, she released a documentary called Metamorphosis. This film shared stories from women and explored challenging themes. It was very well-received and shown at the Jerusalem Film Festival and many other international film festivals. It was even broadcast on Israel's Channel One and at a special meeting at the United Nations. Metamorphosis won the 2006 Aliza Shagrir Award for best documentary and another international award for media.
Another short film by Braun, Gevald (from 2008), was first shown internationally at the Berlin International Film Festival. It then traveled to many other festivals worldwide. This film won first place at the Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival, the Paris Queer Film Festival, and a competition by the Goethe-Institut for films about human rights.
Netalie Braun also co-directed and produced a documentary called Hatalyan (which means The Hangman). This film, made with Avigail Sperber, is about Shalom Nagar, who was the hangman for Adolf Eichmann. The film was shown on YES in Israel and won first place at the Haifa International Film Festival in 2010. It was also a finalist at a big documentary festival called IDFA and won the best documentary award in 2011.
Her short film Vow won several awards. It received the short independent film award at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2014. It also won the best directing award at the Student Film Festival in 2015 and first prize at the Seoul International Women's Film Festival in 2015.
In 2017, Braun's documentary Hope I'm in the Frame, which is about the director and actor Michal Bat-Adam, received a special mention at the Docaviv film festival. It also won the prestigious Ophir Award for best short documentary.
From 2011 to 2013, Netalie Braun was the art director for the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot. This means she helped choose and organize the films shown at the festival.
In 2018, Netalie Braun was chosen to join a special program for documentary filmmakers. This program, which took place in 2019, helped her work on a new documentary film.
Her Poetry
Netalie Braun is also a talented poet. In 2005, she won first prize in a competition in Tel Aviv called "Poetry Along the Way." In this competition, poems are displayed in public places like bus stops and on the walls of buildings. One of her prizes was funding to publish her first collection of poems, called To Kill and to Breathe, which came out in 2006.
Personal Life
Netalie Braun has two children. She collaborated on several films with Avigail Sperber, including Metamorphosis, Gevald, and Hatalyan.
Awards and Recognition
Netalie Braun has received many awards for her films:
- In 2004, her film Last Supper of N. Braun received a special mention at the Jerusalem Film Festival. It also won Best Short Film at the Tokyo Short Film Festival and the VGIK Moscow Student Film Festival.
- In 2011, Gevald was named Best Short Documentary at the Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival.
- In 2014, Vow won Best Independent Short Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Best Short Screenplay at the Galilee Film Festival.
- In 2017, Hope I'm in the Frame received a special honorable mention at the DocAviv Documentary Film Festival.
- In 2018, Hope I'm in the Frame won Best Documentary in Cinema at the Master of Art Film Festival.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Tabur | Director | Short film |
| 2005 | Last Supper of N. Braun | Director | Short film |
| 2005 | Metamorphosis | Director, writer | Short documentary |
| 2008 | Gevald | Director, producer, writer | Short documentary |
| 2010 | Hatalyan | Co-director (with Avigail Sperber), producer | Documentary |
| 2014 | Vow | Director, producer, writer | Short film |
| 2017 | Hope I'm in the Frame | Director, producer, cinematographer | Documentary |
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