JFF 2018 Awards

Awards for International Cinema

The Gabriel Sherover Competition

• The Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award for Best International Film

Films in competition

In the Spirit of Freedom Awards in Memory of Wim van Leer

• Cummings Award for Best Feature Film
• Ostrovsky Award for Best Documentary Film

Films in competition

FIPRESCI Award for International First Film

Films in competition

Awards for Israeli Cinema

Haggiag Competition for Full-Length Israeli Feature Films

• Haggiag Award for Best Feature
• Anat Pirchi Award for Best First Film
• Dalia Sigan Award for Best Script
• Haggiag Award for Best Actor
• Haggiag Award for Best Actress
• Aaron Emanuel Award for Best Cinematography
• Yoram Golan Award for Best Editing
• Van Leer Award for Best Original Score
• FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film
• Audience Favorite Award

Films in competition

Van Leer Competition for Full-Length Israeli Documentary Films

• Van Leer Award for Best Documentary Film
• Van Leer Award for Best Director of a Documentary Film

Films in competition

Competition for Israeli Shorts

• Van Leer Award for Best Live Action Film
• Van Leer Award for Best Documentary Film
• The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund—The Jerusalem Development Authority Award for Best Animation Film

Films in competition

The Jewish Experience Awards

Courtesy of Michaela and Leon Constantiner

• The Lia Award in Honor of Lia van Leer for Films Dealing with Jewish Heritage
• The Avner Shalev - Yad Vashem Chairman’s Award for Artistic Achievement in Holocaust Related

Films in competition

Jerusalem Pitch Point 2018 Awards

• Goralska Award
• The Wouter Barendrecht - Lia van Leer
• CineLabAward Post-Production Services
• The DB Studio and Opus Post-Production Services

The Israeli Video Art and Experimental Film Competition

• The Lia van Leer Award, courtesy of Rivka Saker
• Ostrovsky Family Fund Award

Films in competition

The Wim van Leer Competition for High School Students

• The Wim van Leer Award Courtesy of Vivian Ostrovsky

The Alex Bernstein Grant for an Outstanding Student’s Final Project

• The Jerusalem-based Filmmaker Award will be granted to Ron Havilio
• Honorary Award to an Outstanding Israeli Film Crew Member will be granted to Avraham Leibman