Yaki Yosha is a director and screenwriter. His films have all enjoyed great success at many of the world’s top festivals. Not once, have his films stirred up fierce controversy owing to the hot political and social topics they were tackling. At the age of 21, after directing a number of shorts, including The Killers (based on a short story of the same title by Ernest Hemingway), Yosha directed his debut feature film, Shalom (Wayfarer’s Prayer) (1972). The film which, in time would be dubbed ‘prophetic,’ examines the lives of young Israelis on the cusp of the Yom Kippur War.
His other films include Rockinghorse (1978), which was shown as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival, and at the Locarno International Film Festival. The film also won two awards at the Oxford International Film Festival – the Special Jury Prize, and the Best Actor award for Gedalia Besser for his performance in the film; The Vulture (1981), which was also shown at the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival; Dead End Street (1982), featured both at the Cannes and Chicago International Film Festivals; Sunstroke (1984); Bloodguilt (1996); Mount of Beatitudes (documentary 2002), and Still Walking (2010).
