Jerusalem International Film Festival is ten days long, screening between 150-200 films in a number of programs: Panorama, showcasing the best of international feature films; Documentary Films, dedicated to international documentary film-making, The Jewish Experience, dealing with issues of Jewish identity and history, In the Spirit of Freedom, concerned with questions of freedom and human rights, Television Dramas, New Directors, and of course, Israeli Film.
From its inception, the festival has dedicated a central and unique space to Israeli film, premiering features, documentaries, and shorts. In 1989, the festival granted an official stamp of validity to Israeli film with the introduction of the Wolgin Competition, named after the charitable Jack Wolgin of Philadelphia. Today, the Wolgin Competition grants a yearly award to a full-length feature, a documentary, and a short. The Wolgin Competition became the first stage to showcased the majority of the most important Israeli films of the past two decades. In time, additional Israeli film prizes became part of the festival, including the Film & Television Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi, as well as other prizes and grants for best actors and scripts. These competitions placed Israeli film in the limelight and turned the Festival into an esteemed stage for local cinema.
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Wolgin Award for Best Documentary Film: “Children of the Sun” Directed by: Ran Tal
Wolgin Award for Best Short Film: “Roads”
Directed by: Lior Geller
The Wolgin Award for Best Full-Length Feature Film: “The Band's Visit”
Directed by: Eran Kolirin
The Special Jury Prize: “Vasermil”
Directed by: Mushon Salmona for his film
The Award for the Best Actress: Ronit Elkabetz, for her role in “The Band's Visit.”
The Award for Best Actor: Sasson Gabay, for his role in “The Band's Visit.”
The Wolgin Award for Best Documentary Film: “Children of the Sun” Directed by: Ran Tal
The Photography Award in Memory of Elke Aynor, courtesy of ONAIR: goes to Itay Ne'eman for the film “Stefan Braun”
The Editing Prize in the Documentary Category, courtesy of Tel Aviv Studios, is awarded to Ron Goldman
The Jury decided to award a Special Mention to two documentary films: “Citizen Nawee”
Directed by Nissim Mossek
And “A Fool's Dream”
Directed by: Dan Syrkin and Ido Bahat
Best Short Films: “Roads”
Directed by: Lior Geller.
A Special Mention was awarded to Alla Sheraeir for her film “Ketem” and to Hagar Ben Asher for her film “Pathways.”
The Members of the Juries for the Wolgin Award for Israeli Short Films: Marieanne Bergmann – Head of Funding Department for Filforderung Hamburg, Omry Levy – Scriptwriter and Director, Ido Har – Director, editor, and cinematographer.
The Drama Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi: “Reds”
Directed by: Amir Manor
The Members of the Drama Jury: Marieanne Bergmann, Omry Levy, Ido Har.
The Wim Van Leer In the Spirit of Freedom Award, is awarded to a feature and documentary film dealing with issues of human and civil rights, freedom of speech and expression.
The award for Best Feature Film in this category: “Persepolis”
Directed by: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
The award for Best Documentary Film: “Crossing Borders”
Directed by: Bilal Yusef
The Members of the In the Spirit of Freedom Jury: Tamar Goldschmidt – Documentarist, Edna Mazia – Playwright, director, and writer, Roni Strier – researcher of poverty, inequality, and multi-culturalism.
The Jewish Experience Awards endowed by Leon and Michaela Constantiner
The Lia Award: “Comme un Juif en France” (Being a Jew in France.)
Directed By: Yves Jeuland
The jury has chosen to give a Special Mention to the film Making Trouble – “Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women,” directed by Rachel Talbot.
The Yad Vashem Chairman's Award: “Steal a Pencil for Me”
Directed by: Michèle Ohayon
The jury has chosen to give a Special Mention to the film “I Have Never Forgotten You: the Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal” directed by Richard Trank.
Another Special Mention is awarded to the film “Spell Your Name” directed by Sergey Bukovsky.
The Members of The Jewish Experience Jury: Hannah Yablonka, Manuela Consonni, and Yuval Rivlin.
The winner in the Experimental Film Competition held by the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Hazira Performance Art: “The Man with the D.V Camera Causes Trouble to the Man with the Film Camera.”
Directed by: Avishay Sivan
Special Mention is given to Karen Russo for her film, “Economy of Excess.”
The Members of the Experimental Film Jury: Gili Shanit, Chen Sheinberg, Ulrike Ottinger
The Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Award: “The Children of the Sun”, directed by Ran Tal
The Members of the Audio-Visual Award Jury: Yuval Karniel, Amalia Margolin, Daphna Sering
A production grant totaling up to NIS 560,000 for the production of documentary films dealing with social justice, is awarded to “A Snail in the Desert” to be directed by Adomi and produced by Liran Atzmor.
The Other Israel Prize for a film that furthers awareness and challenges conventions about the Arab citizens of Israel, is awarded to “Crossing Borders” directed by Bilal Yusef.
The Members of the Jury: Carole Zabar, Gary Springer, and Mamdooh Alfie.