Ayelet Menahemi, Israeli film director, producer, writer, editor

Ayelet Menahemi and Eleavor Sela are Israeli film industry icons doing dual residencies at The Betsy in partnership with the Miami Jewish Film Festival. Ayelet Menahemi is the director of Seven Blessings a 2023 Israeli comedy-drama film co-written by Eleanor Sela.

The film was released on 7 September 2023 in Israeli theaters and won 10 Israeli film Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay. Set in the early 90's in Jerusalem.

At the center is a boisterous and drama-filled Jewish-Moroccan family, with numerous members speaking multiple languages (Hebrew, Moroccan, French, and French-Moroccan dialect). However, behind the facade of joie de vivre and togetherness hide secrets, lies and an old and painful wound from the past.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Jewish Film Festival.