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Documentaries about Palestinian society and the peace process and two feature films are the big winners at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The full list


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Jerusalem Film Festival: "Children" and "The Death of the Film and of My Father Too" are the big winners

Documentaries about Palestinian society and the peace process and two feature films are the big winners at the Jerusalem Film Festival, which takes place this week in virtual format.

Here is the full list of winners and winners

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President Ruby Rivlin Announces Winners of the Jerusalem Film Festival 2020 (Jerusalem Cinematheque)

Although the Jerusalem Film Festival will last until the end of the week, the winners of the competitions that took place there were announced tonight (Wednesday).



In the Israeli documentary competition, the big winner is "Children" by veteran director Ada Ushpiz, produced by HOT 8, which deals with Palestinian society from the perspective of boys and girls, boys and girls.



The jury consisted of directors Rachel Leah Jones ("Leah Tzemel, Lawyer") and Maya Zinstein ("Pure Forever") and esteemed critic and researcher Dr. Ohad Landsman. In the reasons for the award, they wrote - "In her film, Ada Ushpiz looks at reality with her eyes hearing.

Along with direct and poignant documentation in which she allows the girls she is filming to express completely freely themselves and their 'truth' about life under occupation, she also captures the second, more inner truth of the imperative - sometimes explicit and sometimes implicit - to conquer pain, sadness and frustration. And the fear that they are their lot.

Observation enduring and compassionate of Oshpiz trapped impossible there are children indicates the absurdity and tragedy of life and conjures up a document documentary importantly, terrifying and relentless. "In addition," children "was honored with Award of photography, awarded Danor Glazer.



Best Director was awarded to Dror Moreh, The nominee for the Oscar for "The Gatekeepers", thanks to his new film, "The Human Factor", also from HOT 8, which presents the peace process from the point of view of American realtors. Barak Heiman in the production of Here 11 about the acclaimed artist, and the music award sponsored by Anova Musical for "Ahuva Ozeri: Bell Ringtones" by Ofer Pinchasov, produced by yes Docu. Israeli society, and into his own post-traumatic soul, received a commendation, and one of the films in question at the festival, "The Motive" by Tali Shemesh and Assaf Sudri, which deals with one of the shocking murder cases in Israel, came out empty-handed.

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Winner of the Docu Award.

From "Children" (Photo: HOT 8)

In the plot segment, the award for best feature film was given to Danny Rosenberg's "The Death of the Cinema and My Dad Too."

The jury included actress Hannah Leslau;

Director Eran Kolirin ("The Orchestra's Visit") and director Tali Shalom-Ezer ("Princess").

In their reasoning, they wrote: "Danny Rosenberg's original, exposed, bleeding film is a film full of love for cinema and fatherly love, which, combined with a brilliant combination of documentary and plot material, manages to provide a glimpse into a film director's obsessive soul in pursuit of his ailing father."

In addition, the film also won the Editing Award for the work of Nili Feller and the Music Award for the work of Yuval Samu.



Ruthie Perry's' "Asia" was honored with three awards: the debut film award;

The Actress Award, given to Alona Eve, and the Photography Award (Daniela Nowitz).

The main actor award was shared by Shai Avivi and Noam Amber, who star together in "Here We Are," which presents the story of the relationship between a man and his son, which is on the continuum.

Dana Idisis, the screenwriter of the film, won the screenplay award - her first significant cinematic decoration, after winning numerous television awards for "On the Spectrum" she wrote.



The short film award was given to Avishai Sivan's "Death of It," and Emery Dekel-Kadosh's "Accident" honored him with the Promising Creator Award.

"The Hebron Mission" by Rona Segal, which brings testimonies of former combat soldiers, won the short docu-prize.

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Winner of the Feature Film Award.

From "The Death of the Cinema and My Father Too" (Photo: David Stuzmeister)

In addition, there was also an international competition, in which, among others, the Polish Oscar-winning director Pavel Pavlikowski ("Ida") and Joseph Cedar, who was nominated for an Oscar twice, judged "Beaufort" and "Footnote".

They presented the award to the Ukrainian film "Atlantis".

The Bosnian "Where Are You Going Aida" won a commendation and the American "Personal Assistant" won the International Debut Film Award.

His Avner Prize for the film on the subject of the Holocaust was awarded to the French docu "Golda Maria".



It should be noted that from Thursday and over the weekend, it will be possible to purchase a viewing package of all the big winners at the festival and watch them on its official website.

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