Wild Mint, which she directed and produced, and Cut,[2] which she photographed and co-produced, were the first films in which she attempted to reconcile state ideology and reality.

In 2001 Elon produced her first critically acclaimed film, Another Road Home,[3][4] which received a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Program in 2003.

It was broadcast on the Sundance channel, BBC, Finnish, Belgian, New Zealand, Swedish, and on both Al Jazeera and Israeli television.

An Israeli-Canadian co-production, it was screened on ARTE France, TV Ontario, Canal Vie, TV2 Denmark, and Channel 8 Israel.

Elon was a lecturer at the Sapir Academic College and head of the Israeli documentary program at Cinema South International Film Festival.