 In 1987 she directed her first documentary "Classified People", dealing with apartheid in South Africa, which won the Paris Film Festival Grand Prize.Her second documentary, "Criminal Caste" (1989), was shot in India, and selected at the Cannes Film Festival.Three years later, she directed her first feature film, "Me Ivan, You Abraham", winning the Youth Award at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden St. George at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.