‘La Belle De Gaza’ Director Yolande Zauberman On Tel Aviv’s Transgender Refugees – Cannes Studio

Title: La Belle De Gaza
Section: Special Screenings
Director: Yolande Zauberman
Logline: Documentary following the journey of Palestinian transsexuals who flee Gaza to live out their new identities in Tel Aviv.
Sales agent: Pyramide Films
Panelists: Yolande Zauberman
Key quote: “The film came about because one night a few years ago I filmed three young Palestinian trans women in Tel Aviv, and I was told after that one of them came by foot from Gaza. I’m quite obsessed by borders, and by enemies, also. I think enemies are like a [married] couple, and they know each other in a way that is very specific. Like neighbors know each other in a very specific way. So I felt that this woman had everything in her — man, woman, Gaza, Israel, Muslim, Jewish — and I wanted to get to know her.”

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