Daphni Leef

Daphni Leef
Leef, 2015
Born (1986-01-07) January 7, 1986 (age 38)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University
OccupationVideo editor
Known forHer involvement in initiating and in the leadership of the 2011 housing protests in Israel

Daphni Leef (Hebrew: דפני ליף; born 7 January 1986) is an Israeli social activist, video artist, and editor. In July 2011 she initiated the 2011 Israeli Social Justice Protest that took place in Tel Aviv and were the largest social protests in Israel's history.[1]

Following the civil protest Leef focused on issues regarding fair housing in Israel and established various independent social projects.

In 2017 Leef debuted the first movie she directed named Before My Feet Touch the Ground, which is a documentary about the 2011 protest from her personal perceptive. The film was chosen to open the Docaviv - Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival in May 2017, and was part of the official selection of the 2017 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

  1. ^ Yosef- Yasmin, Idan (23 April 2019). "דפני ליף על המחאה החברתית: "היו שגיאות, עשיתי חשבון נפש"". Archived from the original on 23 April 2019.