Badoor Jbara is a Palestinian filmmaker and video editor from Israel whose work bridges personal narrative and social reality. She creates documentaries and visual stories that explore identity, belonging, and the everyday lives often overlooked in mainstream media. Her filmography includes Dialog in Nahost (Dialogue in the Middle East), streamed on Arte, as well as festival-screened works such as One Vision (2024), awarded Best Sport Film at the International Cycling Film Festival 2025; The Street(2022), presented at the World Press Photo “Edut Mekumit” exhibition in Tel Aviv; and Insights (2023), part of the anthology film Souvenirs, screened at the Haifa International Film Festival and Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland. Her current project, A Place Like This, is a deeply personal documentary exploring motherhood, identity, and the meaning of home during times of conflict. A Canon Student Development alumna and former video editor at i24News, Badoor holds a B.A. in Photographic Communication from Hadassah College, graduating with excellence. She also brings extensive experience in sports photography and videography, particularly in mountain biking events such as the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and the Israel Enduro Series. Alongside her cinematic work, she explores the intersection of AI and documentary filmmaking, using emerging technologies to enhance storytelling and production processes. Known for blending journalistic precision with an intimate cinematic style, she continues to use visual storytelling as a space for empathy, dialogue, and reflection.
