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The Jerusalem Film Festival is delighted to announce winners in the various competitions.
The total sum of the awards at the festival this year is approximately 1,000,000 ILS.
International Competition
The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film courtesy of Ronald S. Lauder and Jo Carole Lauder, through the Jerusalem Foundation
Compartment No. 6 by Juho Kuosmanen
Jury Motivation: “Compartment No. 6 is a cross-cultural road movie – entertaining, clever, and remarkably endearing. This is free cinema, released from confinements, where an entire world exists within a cramped train car and where impossible connections are forged between people from different borders and cultures.”
Special Mention
Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
First Feature Competition
The GWFF Award for Best First Feature
El Planeta by Amalia Ulman
In the Spirit of Freedom Competition
The Cummings Award for best Feature Film
Unclenching the Fists by Kira Kovalenko
The MKR Award for Best Documentary
From Where They Stood by Christophe Cognet
Chantal Akerman Competition
The Chantal Akerman Prize for an International Documentary, courtesy of the Ostrovsky Family Fund
Babi Yar. Context by Sergei Loznitsa
Israeli Feature Film Competition
The Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature (ex aequo)
All Eyes Off Me by Hadas Ben-Aroya
Shake Your Cares Away by Tom Shoval
Jury Motivations:
All Eyes Off Me
“A film with an unusual and innovative structure, sharp dialogue, and unique worldview. The filmmaker approaches the subject of sexual relations from a female position, daring and thought provoking, where intimacy is not viewed as a goal, but rather, as a means of communicating the difficulties of an entire generation’s desperate search for comfort and warmth.”
Shake Your Cares Away
“Tom Shoval’s challenging film straddles between fantasy and reality. Through this unusual and profound social allegory, the filmmaker offers a sharp observation of Israel’s complex reality with a gaze that is both sobering and ironic. “
The GWFF Award for Best Israeli First Feature
Cinema Sabaya by Orit Fokus Rotem
The Dalia Sigan Award for Best Screenplay
Pini Tavger for More Than I Deserve
The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actor
Omer Perelman Striks for The Swimmer
Special Mention: Yuval Auron for Take the 'A' Train
The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actress
Elisheva Weil for All Eyes Off Me
The Aaron Emanuel Award for Best Cinematography
Daniel Miller, Ziv Berkovitch for Shake Your Cares Away
The Yossi Mulla Award for Best Original Score
Asher Goldschmidt for Shake Your Cares Away
Israeli Documentary Competition
The Diamond Award for Best Documentary
Black Notebooks by Shlomi Elkabetz
The Diamond Award for Best Director
Vanessa Lapa for Speer Goes to Hollywood
The Cummings Award for Best Editing
Joelle Alexis for Black Notebooks
Special Mention
#Schoolyard: An Untold Story by Nurit Kedar
Israeli Short Film Competition
The Diamond Award for Best Live Action Short Film
The Sun Rises Down Below by Dylan Joseph Schitrit
Special Mention: He Can Sleep on the Couch by Ahinoam Capon
The Shagrir Family Award for the Promising Filmmaker
Hamad Sharoof, Fadi Qupti for The 50th Psalm
The Shagrir Family Award for Best Short Documentary
MOLOTOV by Ariel Semmel
The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund - The Jerusalem Development Authority Award for Best Short Animation
Holy Holocaust by Osi Wald, Noa Berman-Herzberg
Special Mention: Fledge by Tom Kouris, Hani Dombe
The Israeli Video Art and Experimental Film Competition
The Lia van Leer Award, courtesy of Rivka Saker
How to be Alone by Neta Moses
The Ostrovsky Family Fund Award
Coming Home by Michael Liani
Special Mention: Hollows and Ducts by Tzion Abraham Hazan, Keren Ben Altabet, Avner Miryam Amit
Pitch Point Shorts Competition
The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund Award for Best Short Script (250,000 ILS)
Katya's Hand by Tom Shoval
The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund Second Award (150,000 ILS)
The Water Stands by Tzivia Barkai-Yaacov