Sarah Meital Benjamin

Known for

Directing

Sarah Meital Benjamin is an artist and filmmaker from Jerusalem whose work explores womanhood, displacement, and self-representation. Her debut film Arava (2023), a coming-of-age portrait set on the margins of Jerusalem, premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best International Film. That same year, her photo series Terminus, documenting the abandoned Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, received the Albert Londres Prize. Her second short, Meow, premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival in October 2025. She has received grants and support for her cinematic work from the New Israeli Cinema Fund for Film and Television, the Israeli Cinema Foundation, the Austrian Film Institute, and the Vienna Film Fund. She is currently developing her first narrative feature and will begin an MA in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art in 2026.