Elinor Nechemya is a director and writer based in Tel-Aviv. Her latest short film IF IT AIN’T BROKE (2021) premiered at the Semaine de la Critique of the Cannes Film Festival. Her previous short films OUR HEARTS BEAT LIKE WAR (2020) and EVERLASTING MOM (2017) both premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and have been screened, along with her other short films (six overall) at internationally acclaimed festivals such as Locarno, Sarajevo, and Palm Springs. An alumna of the Berlinale Script Station and the Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Nechemya is currently working on her debut feature – ISLAND, featured in the 2021 Sam Spiegel International Film Lab and part of the 2021 NEXT STEP program of the Semaine de la Critique.

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  IF IT AIN'T BROKE (Ma Shelo Nishbar) 2021
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  Our Hearts Beat Like War 2020
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  Follow Me

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  2020
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  Everlasting MOM

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  2017
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  Boy Meets Girl

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  2019
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  Off Season

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  2014
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  Floods

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  2012
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  Follow Me

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  2019
  It’s party night, and volunteering at a youth hotline is Omer’s typical excuse not to show up. When he finds out tonight may be his last chance with the girl he fancies, he decides to carry the call center into the night.
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  If it Ain’t Broke

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  2021
  Like lost girls on a winter's day, Alona and Hagar ramble through the streets of Haifa. One is escaping her life, the other her future.
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  Off Season

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  2013
  Wandering through mysterious paths of a sleepy seaside resort, Zohar seeks clues for her father's absence from a family vacation. The serenity is about to be violated.

• Portfolio Magazine - Focus on Nechemya's short films at Cinema South Festival Read Full article
• 2021 Focus on Nechemya's short films at Cinema South Festival - item in Srita, Israeli cinema magazine Read Full article
• Israeli item on "If It Ain't Broke" at Cannes 2021 Read Full article
• Semaine de la Critique interview at Cannes 2021 on "If It Ain't Broke" Read Full article
• T-PORT interview on "If It Ain't Broke" Read Full article
• CINEUROPA - on "If It Ain't Broke" at Critics' Week Read Full article
• SCREEN DAILY - On "ISLAND" selected to the 2021 Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab Read Full article
• On "ISLAND" pitching at FOCUS COPRO', Cannes 2021 Read Full article
• NFMLA | Stage 5 – Filmmaker Elinor Nechemya Interview Read Full article
• Review: TIFF Short Docs highlights Read Full article
• Everlasting MOM at TIFF - Haaretz Read Full article