Jerusalem Film Festival

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The Jerusalem Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place annually in July in Jerusalem . It is primarily dedicated to the Israeli - Jewish film scene.

history

After the director of the Jerusalem Cinemathek Lia van Leer was a juror at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983 , she decided to organize such a festival in Israel as well. The opening of the new festival took place on May 17, 1984, in the presence of international stars such as Jeanne Moreau , Warren Beatty , John Schlesinger and André Delvaux . Around 100 Israeli and international films were shown in three weeks.

In the course of the 1980s the festival got its current form: The festival lasts ten days and between 150 and 200 films are shown in different series. The JFF presents international films in the Panorama series , and Israeli competition entries are shown in the “Israeli Films” section. There are also documentary series, the Jewish Experience series , which deals with films about Jewish identity and history, the Spirit of Freedom series , which is dedicated to civil and human rights issues, one program dedicated to television and one for newcomers. The festival is accompanied by a supporting program with concerts, readings, exhibitions, workshops and symposia. The central venues are the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Lev Smadar cinema, the Jerusalem Old Railway Station cultural center and an open-air cinema at an archaeological excavation site. In 1989, the Wolgin Prize has become an important prize for Israeli film. In 2010 the prize was renamed the Haggiag Family Award .

In 2008 van Leer resigned at the age of 84 and Ilan de Vries became the new director of the festival.

Prizes and awards

The Haggiag Family Award for Israeli Cinema is presented for the best feature film, the best actress, the best actor, the best editing and the best film music. In addition, the Van Leer Group Foundation Awards (best documentary film, best documentary film director, best young short film), the Pirchi Family Award (best Israeli feature film, best screenplay), the Adélie Hoffenberg Award (best Israeli independent film), the Jewish Experience Awards Courtesy of Michaela and Leon Constantiner , the Lia Award for the best film on “Jewish heritage” and the Avner Shalev – Yad Vashem Chairman's Award for artistic achievements in the field of films on the Holocaust . Further awards are:

  • In the Spirit of Freedom Awards in memory of Wim van Leer
  • Cummings Award for the best feature film
  • Ostrovsky Award for the best documentary
  • Israeli Prize for Video Art and Experimental Film
  • First Prize in Memory of Murray L. Galinson
  • Jerusalem Pitch Point Awards
  • CNC Award for the most promising film project
  • Van Leer Awards
  • International Relations ARTE Prize
  • Wim van Leer Award for high school students
  • Courtesy of the Third Ear
  • Alex Bernstein Production Award for Outstanding Film Students

The festival also awards a “Lifetime Achievement Award” and “Honorable Mention”.

Award winners

The winners of the Wolgin Prize / Haggiag Family Award for Israeli Cinema are:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cinematheques' queen mother , Haaretz, July 14, 2008
  2. ↑ Two films awarded at the Jerusalem Film Festival In: Israelnetz.de , August 6, 2018, accessed on August 9, 2018.