{"id":52847,"date":"2021-09-05T09:11:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T06:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=52847"},"modified":"2021-09-05T09:11:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T06:11:24","slug":"jerusalem-film-festival-2021-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=52847","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Film Festival 2021: Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All Eyes Off Me\/Photo: Meidan Arama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Jerusalem Film Festival announced the award winners for 2021, with two Israeli films sharing the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature: All Eyes Off Me<\/em> by Hadas Ben-Aroya, and Shake Your Cares Away<\/em> by Tom Shoval. All Eyes Off Me<\/em> observes the lives of three young people in Tel Aviv with honesty as they contend with complex desires in a climate of uncertainty. As they seek intimacy, affection, and sexual thrills, their fears \u2013 whether expressed or not \u2013 are as intense as their desires. The jury’s statement on All Eyes Off Me<\/em>: “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\u2019s desperate search for comfort and warmth.”<\/p>\n

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Shake Your Cares Away\/Photo: Daniel Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom Shoval’s Shake Your Cares Away<\/em> depicts a young widow in her struggles with her conscience, and attempts to compensate for social injustice. The jury’s statement on Shake Your Cares Away<\/em>: “Tom Shoval\u2019s challenging film straddles between fantasy and reality. Through this unusual and profound social allegory, the filmmaker offers a sharp observation of Israel\u2019s complex reality with a gaze that is both sobering and ironic.”<\/p>\n

Cinema Sabaya<\/em> by Orit Fouks Rotem received the GWFF Award for Best Israeli First Feature. Dana Ivgy portrays a young filmmaker who conducts a video workshop for Jewish and Arab women. The film also received the Michael Shvili Audience Award.<\/p>\n

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Compartment No. 6\/Photo courtesy of the Jerusalem Film Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the International Competition, the Nechama Rivlin Award Best International Film courtesy of Ronald S. Lauder and Jo Carole Lauder, through the Jerusalem Foundation was awarded to Compartment No. 6<\/em> by Juho Kuosmanen. A contemporary, edgy, quest narrative with an almost fairytale-like quality, a Finnish woman’s journey by train and her experiences sharing a cabin with a loud and boisterous Russian are depicted in a vibrant, heart-warming film full of humor. The jury’s statement: “Compartment No. 6<\/em> is a cross-cultural road movie \u2013 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full list of awards:<\/p>\n

International Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film courtesy of Ronald S. Lauder and Jo Carole Lauder, through the Jerusalem Foundation: Compartment No. 6<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Juho Kuosmanen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Mention: Flee<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Jonas Poher Rasmussen<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GWFF Award for Best First Feature: El Planeta<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Amalia Ulman<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Spirit of Freedom Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cummings Award for Best Feature Film: Unclenching the Fists<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Kira Kovalenko<\/strong><\/p>\n

The MKR Award for Best Documentary: From Where They Stood<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Christophe Cognet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chantal Akerman Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chantal Akerman Prize for an International Documentary, courtesy of the Ostrovsky Family Fund: Babi Yar. Context<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Sergei Loznitsa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israeli Feature Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature: All Eyes Off Me<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Hadas Ben-Aroya<\/strong>; Shake Your Cares Away<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Tom Shoval<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GWFF Award for Best Israeli First Feature: Cinema Sabaya<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Orit Fokus Rotem<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dalia Sigan Award for Best Screenplay: Pini Tavger<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0More Than I Deserve<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actor: Omer Perelman Striks<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0The Swimmer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Mention:\u00a0Yuval Auron<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Take the ‘A’ Train<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actress: Elisheva Weil<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0All Eyes Off Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Aaron Emanuel Award for Best Cinematography: Daniel Miller<\/strong>,\u00a0Ziv Berkovitch<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Shake Your Cares Away<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Yossi Mulla Award for Best Original Score: Asher Goldschmidt<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Shake Your Cares Away<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israeli Documentary Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Documentary: Black Notebooks<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Shlomi Elkabetz<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Director: Vanessa Lapa\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0Speer Goes to Hollywood<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cummings Award for Best Editing: Joelle Alexis<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Black Notebooks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Mention: #Schoolyard: An Untold Story<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Nurit Kedar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israeli Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Live Action Short Film: The Sun Rises Down Below<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Dylan Joseph Schitrit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Mention:\u00a0He Can Sleep on the Couch<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Ahinoam Capon<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Shagrir Family Award for the Promising Filmmaker: Hamad Sharoof<\/strong>,\u00a0Fadi Qupti<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0The 50th Psalm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Shagrir Family Award for Best Short Documentary: MOLOTOV<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Ariel Semmel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund – The Jerusalem Development Authority Award for Best Short Animation: Holy Holocaust<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Osi Wald<\/strong>,\u00a0Noa Berman-Herzberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Mention:\u00a0Fledge<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Tom Kouris<\/strong>,\u00a0Hani Dombe<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Israeli Video Art and Experimental Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lia van Leer Award, courtesy of Rivka Saker: How to be Alone<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Neta Moses<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ostrovsky Family Fund Award: Coming Home<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Michael Liani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Mention:\u00a0Hollows and Ducts<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Tzion Abraham Hazan<\/strong>,\u00a0Keren Ben Altabet<\/strong>,\u00a0Avner Miryam Amit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitch Point Shorts Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund Award for Best Short Script (250,000 ILS): Katya’s Hand<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Tom Shoval<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund Second Award (150,000 ILS): The Water Stands<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Tzivia Barkai-Yaacov<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Jerusalem Film Festival announced the award winners for 2021, with two Israeli films sharing the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature: All Eyes Off Me by Hadas Ben-Aroya, and Shake Your Cares Away by Tom Shoval. All Eyes Off Me observes the lives of three young people in Tel Aviv with honesty as they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}