Elinor Nechemya was born in Jerusalem and studied film at Tel-Aviv’s Minshar School of Art. Our Hearts Beat Like War, her fourth independent short, premieres at TIFF 2020. Her 2017 short film Everlasting MOM premiered at TIFF and screened at major film festivals such as Locarno, Sarajevo and Palm Springs. Her graduation film Off Season competed in the Slamdance and Kustendorf Film Festivals. Elinor is currently working on her debut feature film Island.
