"Death of the Cinema" Wins Film Festival | Israel today

Screenwriter-director Danny Rosenberg's film starring Mark Rosenbaum and Roni Koven is the big winner at the Jerusalem Film Festival • "Asia" and "Here We Are" are also at the top

• Koven and Rosenbaum in "The Death of Cinema and My Father Too"

  Photography: 

  David Strazmeister

"The Death of the Cinema and of My Father Too" is the big winner in the Israeli competition of the Jerusalem Film Festival. 

Screenwriter-director Danny Rosenberg, who was due to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, picked up the Hajj Award for Best Feature Film, the Editing Award (given to Nili Feller and Guy Nemesh), and the Music Award given to Yuval Samu (not the comedian , The musician).

In addition, veteran producer Mark Rosenbaum, who stars in the film alongside journalist Roni Koven, received a commendation mark for his performance.

The film is about a father (Rosenbaum) and his son (Koven) who try to stop time - and the father's terminal illness - through cinema. 

Watch an excerpt from the film:

"Here We Are" by director Nir Bergman, which was also scheduled to be screened at Cannes, won the Actor Award, given jointly to film stars Shai Avivi and Noam Amber, and the screenplay award, given to Dana Idisis.

The film is about a father (spring) who is supposed to put his autistic son (Amber) in a therapeutic institution.

The Israeli representative for this year's Oscar ceremony, "Asia" by Ruthie Perry-Bar, was satisfied with the award for the best Israeli debut film, the actress award given to Alona Yves, and the photography award given to Daniela Novitz.

The film tells the story of a single mother (Eve) who is dealing with the illness of her teenage daughter (Shira Haas).

In the Diamond Competition for Israeli Documentary Film, Ada Ushpiz's "Children" won, and the film's photographer, Danor Glazer, picked up the best photography award.

Other winners of the documentary competition are Dror Moreh, who won the director's award for his film "The Human Factor";

Shira Hochman, who won the editing award for Barak Heiman's "Danny Caravan";

"Ahuva Ozeri: The Ringing of Bells" by Ofer Pinchasov, who won the music award;

And director Elad Davidovich-Shikovich, who received a commendation for his film "Balcony."

The international competition of the festival won the Ukrainian film "Atlantis" by Valentin and Sianovich.

Kitty Green's American film "Personal Assistant" received the International Debut Film Award. 

Avishai Sivan's "Death of It" won the Best Short Feature Film Award;

Rona Segal's "Mission Hebron" won the Best Short Documentary Award;

And Emery Palm has won the Promising Creative Award for his film The Accident.

The Jerusalem International Film Festival, which took place this year for the first time in an online edition, will close on Sunday, and all the festival films (except the Israeli feature film films) are still available to watch (for a fee) on the jff.org.il festival website.