2005 Festival

July 7th-16th, 2005

Opening Film: War of the Worlds, Dir. Steven Spielberg

Guests: Karen Shakhnazarov, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Chris McDonald, Marion Dörling, Marieanne Bergmann, Sharon Rivo, Niv Fischman, Peter Forgács, Lee Kang Sheng, Victor Silakong Kriengsak, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Tsai Ming-Liang, Michèle Ohayon, David Puttnam, Pola Rapaport

Awards for Israeli and International Cinema

The Wolgin Award - Best Israeli Feature:

What A Wonderful Place by Eyal Halfon 

The Wolgin Award - Best Israeli Documentary:

Sisai David Gavro

The Wolgin Award - Best Short Film:

Bleach by Alon Benari

Honorable Mention:

Be Quiet, by Samah zoabi

The New Foundation for Cinema and Television Award Documentary Filmmaking

Abe Nathan – As The Sun Sets, by Eytan Harris

The Jerusalem Foundation Prize for Best Scriptwriter

Vidi Bilu, Dalia Hager for Close to Home

Drama Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi

The Children of USSR, by Felix Gerchikov

Special Mention:

Dark Night, by Leonid Prudovsky

In The Spirit of Freedom Award - Best Feature Film: 

Turtles Can Fly, by Bahman Ghobadi

Honorable Mention:

Forgiveness

In The Spirit of Freedom Award Best Documentary:

The Devil’s Miner, by Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani

Honorable Mention:

The Take

The Jewish Experience - Best Feature:

Only Human, by Teresa de Peligri, Dominic Harari

The Jewish Experience - Best Documentary:

Ritchie Boys, by Christian Bauer

Special Mention:

Klemperer’s Diary, directed by Stan Neumann Rene and I, directed by Gana Angelone

The Jerusalem Foundation Prize for Outstanding Directing in Experimental Film

Dana Tal My Grandmother Loves Me

Life Achievement Award:

Zeev Revah
Micha Shagrir

Achievement Award:

Karen Shakhnazarov

International titles include:

4 Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky 

3 Iron Dir. Kim Ki-duk 

Bab El Chams Dir. Yousry Nasrallah 

Café Lumire Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien 

Chased By Dreams Dir. Buddhadeb Dasgupta 

Cowboy Del Amor Dir. Michèle Ohayon 

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Dir. Cristi Puiu 

The Devil and Daniel Johnston Dir. Jeff Feurzeig 

Duck Season Dir. Fernando Eimbcke 

Le Fantome D’Henri Langloise Dir. Jaques Richard 

Moolade Dir. Ousmane Sembene 

Los Muertos Dir. Lisandro Alonso 

Crash Dir. Paul Haggis 

Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Dir. Marc Rothemund 

The Staircase Dir. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade 

Tale of Cinema Dir. Hong Sang soo 

Tell Them Who You Are Dir. Mark Wexler 

Turtles Can Fly Dir. Bahman Ghobadi 

Up and Down Dir. Jan Hřebejk 

Wayward Cloud Dir. Tsai Ming-liang 

Woman is the Future of man Dir. Hong Sang soo 

The World Dir. Jia Zhang-ke