Yael Friedman-Silver

Dr. Yael Friedman-Silver serves as Associate Head (Research and Innovation) at the Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth, affiliated with the School of Film, Media and Creative Technologies. She can be contacted at Yael.Friedman@port.ac.uk and is listed on ORCID (ID: 0000-0001-5637-8959). Dr. Friedman-Silver is an active researcher accepting PhD students in transnational screen studies, documentary filmmaking, and Israeli-Palestinian media contexts.

Research Interests:

• Transnational cinema and cross-border media practices
• Documentary representation of conflict and identity
• Animation as political/cultural critique
• Migrant narratives in film
• Media pedagogy in creative industries

Recent Research Outputs: Includes analyses of Iranian political thrillers, Israeli animation, and Palestinian documentary practices. Her work explores how cinematic forms challenge representation norms and intersect with political discourse.

Projects:

• The Role of Creative Practices in Countering Hate and Extremism (2018-2019): Investigated creative methods to combat extremism, funded by external grants.
• Collaboration on Google.org/ISD Innovation Fund initiatives.

Academic Activities: Guest-editorship for Cinema Journal, invited talks on Palestinian-Israeli films, and presentations at conferences like Politicising Tourism in Palestine (2016).