Tali Shemesh (Hebrew: טלי שמש; born in 1969) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker.
Biography Shemesh was born in Jerusalem. She graduated from Sam Spiegel film school.
She then directed dozens of investigative and documentary television programs, including Uvda with Ilana Dayan. In 1999, she directed her first documentary film, Hashmena Vehayafa (Fat and Beautiful) for Channel 8.
In 2004, she directed the film Zahav Lavan Avoda Shchora (White Gold Black Work), which deals with the exploitation of outsourced workers at the Dead Sea Works. The film roused a public outcry.
In 2008, she directed the full-length documentary The Cemetery Club, about s a group of elderly Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel from Poland and meet every week for the last 20 years in the cemetery on Mount Herzl, and hold a meeting there that includes discussions and reading their writings. The film opened the DocAviv documentary film festival, to rave reviews, and became the most successful Israeli documentary film ever. Shemesh won the Most Promising Director award at the festival, and the film also won Best Cinematography. The Cemetery Club won the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir Award) Best Film award, the Mayor of Tel Aviv Award, the White Dove Award at the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, and Best Documentary awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival. It was nominated for a European Academy of Film award.
In 2016, Shemesh co-directed the film Death in the Terminal with Asaf Sudri. The film follows the events of the Beersheva bus station shooting, during which an Eritrean refugee, Habtoum Zarhoum, was killed by an angry mob, following an attack on the bus station. The film won several awards at DocAviv, including Best Film.
Filmography +YearTitleRoleNotes2016Death in the TerminalDirector, producer, writer2006The Cemetery Club Director, writer2004Zahav Lavan Avoda ShchoraDirector, writer1999Hashmena VehayafaDirector, writer1994Leil KlulotProducerShort1994Lihyot Malka DirectorShort
Awards +YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultNotes2006Shanghai International Film FestivalMagnolia Award - Best Asian DocumentaryThe Cemetery ClubWarsaw International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryThe Cemetery Club'DocAvivMost Promising DirectorTali ShemeshDok LeipzigWhite DoveThe Cemetery ClubEuropean Film AwardsEuropean DocumentaryThe Cemetery ClubAwards of the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir)Best DocumentaryThe Cemetery Club2016DocAvivBest DocumentaryDeath in the TerminalShared with Asaf SudriIDFA Best Mid-Length DocumentaryDeath in the TerminalAwards of the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir)Best Short DocumentaryDeath in the Terminal2017Adelaide Film FestivalInternational Documentary Award - Best DocumentaryDeath in the TerminalHot Docs Canadian International Documentary FestivalBest Mid-Length DocumentaryDeath in the Terminal2018Atlanta Jewish Film FestivalJury Prize - Documentary FeatureDeath in the TerminalJury Prize - Human RightsDeath in the Terminal
See also List of female film and television directors
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