Born and raised in Israel, Yael Reuveny studied at the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem. Since her graduation in 2005, Yael has been living and working both in Germany and Israel. Tales of the Defeated won several awards, among them the first prize in the Jerusalem Film Festival and the Discovery award and DEFA Award at Cottbus Film Festival. Her first full-length documentary Farewell, Herr Schwarz premiered in late 2013 and was nominated for the Ofir and won the award for outstanding German documentary in DokLeipzig and the Best documentary award in Haifa International Film Festival.