2008 Festival

10-19.7.2008

Opening Film: Wall-E Dir.: Andrew Stanton

Guests: Anne Aghion, Anthoney Bergman, Jose Luis Lopez-Linares, Lucia Cedron, Molly Dineen, Peter Forgacs, Izza Genini, Huseyin Karabey, Dieter Koslik, David Kustow, Jean-Pierre Lledo, Sergei Loznitsa, Emilio Maillie, John Malkovich, David Schisgall, Michael Winterbottom, Boaz Yakin

Israeli and International Awards

Wolgin Award for Israeli Feature Film

7 Days Dir.: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

Wolgin Award for Israeli Documentary

The Tale of Nicolai & the Law of Return Dir.: David Ofek

Honorable Mention

Nuran Dir.: Amikam Shossberger

Wolgin Award for Israeli Short Film

Around Trip Dir.: Gur Bentwich

Honorable Mention

The Repentance of Rachamim Hanuka Dir.: Ariel Banbaji

Bait Dir.: Michal Vinik

Drama Award Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi 

And Thou Shalt Love Dir.: Chaim Elbaum

Honorable Mention

Antham Dir.: Elad Keidan

Television Series

Arab Labor  Created by: Daniel Paran, Sayed Kashua, Rony Ninio 

Honorable Mention

A Taste of Conflict Created by: Haim Sharir, Uri Barbash, Ronit WEiss-Berkowitz

In the Spirit of Freedom - Feature Film

Hunger Dir.: Steve McQueen

In the Spirit of Freedom - Documentary

Little Moth Dir.: Peng To

FIPRESCI Award

My Marlon and Brando Dir.: Huseyin Karabey

The Jewish Experience endowed by Michaela and Leon Constantiner

The LIA Award for films dealing with Jewish Heritage

Outside Love Dir.: Daniel Espinosa

The Yad Vashem Chairman's Award

The Green Dumpster Mystery Dir.: Tal Haim Yoffe 

Shavim Production Grant

Ld Detour Dir.: Orna Raviv

The Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Award

Revue Dir.: Sergei Loznitsa

Life Achievement Award:

Mike Medavoy

Achievement Award:

Michael Winterbottom
John Malkovich

International titles include:

24 City Dir.: Zhang-ke Jia

Ballast Dir.: Labce Hammer

Brand Upon the Brain! Dir.: Guy Maddin

Captain Abu Raed Dir.: Amin Matalqa

Derek Dir.: Isaac Julien

Il Divo Dir.: Paolo Sorrentino

The Early Years - Eric Nietzsche Part 1 Dir.: Jacob Thuessen

Elegy Dir.: Isabel Coixet

Encounters at the Enf of the World Dir.: Werner Herzog

Exodus Dir.: Otto Preminger

Fados Dir.: Carlos Saura

Four Women Dir.: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Hunger Dir.: Steve McQueen

I Am Von Hofler (Variation on Werther) Dir.: Peter Forgacs

Idiots and Angels Dir.: Bill Plympton

In the City of Sylvia Dir.: Jose Luis Guerin

Into the Wild Dir.: Sean Penn

Jar City Dir.: Baltasar Kormakur

Katyn Dir.: Andrzej Wajda

Lake Tahoe Dir.: Fernando Eimbcke

Let the Right One In Dir.: Tomas Alfredson

Liverpool Dir.: Lisandro Alomso

Lou Reed's Berlin Dir.: Julian Scnabel

Milky Way Dir.: Benedek Fliegauf

Mongol Dir.: Sergei Bodrov

My Winnipeg Dir.: Guy Maddin

New Moscow Dir.: Alexander Medvedkin

Love On Another Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Of Time and the City Dir.: Terence Davies

Own Death Dir.: Peter Forgacs

Patti Smith: Dream of Life Dir.: Steven Sebring

The Princess of Nebraska Dir.: Wayne Wang