ADA–My Mother the Architect

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  • Thursday, Apr 24

  • Friday, Apr 25

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ADA–My Mother the Architect

Q&A with Director Yael Melamede on April 24

Members Get Early Access During Pre-Sale—JBFC member pre-sale opens Tuesday, March 4 at noon. Tickets go on sale to the general public Tuesday, March 11 at noon.

Ada Karmi-Melamede is one of the greatest architects in Israeli history. Her breathtaking modern buildings, including Israel’s Supreme Court, Ben Gurion Airport, and the Open University, helped forge the nation’s identity. We are fortunate that her daughter Yael, who started her career as an architect, decided to become a filmmaker. Her documentary about her mother is a refreshingly candid encounter between director and subject. It is also one of the most revealing studies of the creative process in recent memory, and one that is keenly sensitive to the perseverance and sacrifice required of a woman who strives to excel in a male-dominated field.

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Q&A with Director Yael Melamede moderated by Jewish Film Festival Curator David Schwartz Q&A with Director Yael Melamede moderated by Jewish Film Festival Curator David Schwartz

Q&A with Director Yael Melamede moderated by Jewish Film Festival Curator David Schwartz

Thursday, Apr. 24 2025, 7:00

  • Yael Melamede is the co-founder of SALTY Features, an award-winning, independent production company based in New York City whose goal is to create media that is thought-provoking, vital, and enhances the world. Melamede’s documentary credits include 1341 Frames of Love and War (2022), the Steven Spielberg six-part series Why We Hate (2019), When I Walk (News & Documentary Emmy Award Winner, 2015), (Dis)honesty—The Truth About Lies (2015), Inocente (Academy Award Winner, Best Doc Short, 2013), and My Architect (Academy Award Nominee, 2004). Yael was an architect before becoming a filmmaker and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
  • David Schwartz is a New York-based film curator and critic. He is curator-at-large for Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), where he worked for many years as Chief Curator. In 2019, Schwartz received a Career Achievement Award from the New York Film Critics Circle for his tenure at MoMI. He writes about film for Screen Slate, Reverse Shot, MUBI Notebook, and Film Comment, edited the book David Cronenberg: Interviews, and taught film history at Purchase College and New York University. He is on the Board of Directors for The Film-makers’ Cooperative.

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