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July 4th – 13th, 1996
50,000 people, 150 films, 60 countries
Opening Film: Kansas City by Robert Altman
Guests: Krzysztof Zanussi, Chantal Akerman, Derek Malcolm, Susanne Bier, Seymour Cassel, Pierre Chained, Danniel Danniel, Ricardo Dias, Jim Hoberman, Jose Lewgoy, Ken Lipper, David Robinson
Awards for Israeli and International Cinema:
Wolgin Award - Best Israeli Feature:
Under Western Eyes by Joseph Pichhadze
Wolgin Award - Best Israeli Documentary:
Yasmin by Nizar Hassan
Honorable Mention:
Small Town Melodies by Levi Zini
Wolgin Award - Best Short Film:
Operation Ruth by Yoav Gurfinkel
The New Foundation for Cinema and Television Award:
Fragments- Jerusalem by Ron Havilio
Lipper Award for Best Israeli Screenplay:
Everlasting Joy by Igal Bursztyn
Mediterranean Cinema Award:
Haifa by Rashid Mashrawi
A Summer in La Goulette by Ferid Boughedir
Honorable Mention:
Everlasting Joy by Igal Bursztyn
Dvarim by Amos Gitai
Pasolini an Italian Crime by Marco Tullio Giordana
In The Spirit of Freedom Award In Memory of Wim van Leer
Shtetl by Marian Marzynski
Honorable Mention:
Long is the Road by Herbert B. Fredersdorf & Marek Goldstein
Bombay by Mani Rathnam
Achievement Award:
David Robinson
Life Achievement Award:
Gila Almagor
Important Titles:
Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch
To Die For by Gus Van Sant
Flirt by Hal Hartley
Kicking and Screaming by Noah Baumbach
Welcome to the Doll House by Todd Solondz
Like it never was Before by Susanne Bier
Kristin Lavransdatter by Liv Ullmann
At Full Gallop by Krzysztof Zanussi
Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese
Faust by F.W. Murnau
Three Lives and only One Death by Raoul Ruiz
Flamenco by Carlos Saura
Not Fourteen Again by Gillian Armstrong