{"id":53640,"date":"2022-08-03T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=53640"},"modified":"2022-08-30T08:49:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T05:49:10","slug":"jerusalem-international-film-festival-2022-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=53640","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Film Festival 2022: Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Metronom\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The full list of awards at the 2022 Jerusalem International Film Festival:*<\/p>\n

International Competition, courtesy of the Jerusalem Foundation<\/h4>\n

The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film courtesy of Ronald S. and Jo Carole Lauder, through the Jerusalem Foundation, was awarded to the film\u00a0Metronom, directed by Alexandru Belc. The jury members for the International Competition are: Mariette Rissenbeek, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes, R\u00fanar R\u00fanarsson. Jury statement: \u201cA penetrating cinematic portrayal of youth under an oppressive regime. The film\u2019s unique power is in its clear focus and personal point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

A special mention was given to\u00a0Pablo Schils\u00a0for his performance in\u00a0Tori and Lokita, directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. Jury statement: \u201cWe present a special mention to Pablo Schils. He portrayed the character of Tori in a tender and touching fashion, and his performance was rare and exquisite.\u201d<\/p>\n

International Competition for Debut Films, courtesy of GWFF<\/p>\n

The GWFF International Debut Award was awarded to the film\u00a01976, directed by Manuela Martelli. Jury members: Pamela Koffler, Jo\u00e3o Pedro Rodrigues, Smriti Kiran. Jury statement: \u201cWe were profoundly impressed with the film\u2019s confident, persuasive and understated style of storytelling. The director creates suspense and mystery, the backdrop for which is an increasingly escalating political crisis, which is familiar and well-documented. The wonderful portrayal of the protagonist breathes life into a story about a profound inner change, which she\u2019s experiencing simultaneously with the chaos roiing her country and her family. The issues of patriarchy and privilege, courage and sacrifice, come together to form a story of conflict and great empathy. We\u2019re pleased to present the International Debut Award to 1976. Manuela Martelli is a promising director worth following. We\u2019re proud to honor an important voice in film, and will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

A special mention was given to the film\u00a0La Jaur\u00eda, directed by Andr\u00e9s Ram\u00edrez Pulido. Jury statement: \u201cThe film consists entirely of an inner journey. We embark on a journey to the dark reality of daily life for a group of teenage convicts deep in South America, possibly in Colombia. To the elusive, beating heart of Eli\u00fa, and his friend and rival, El Mono. The film doesn\u2019t shy away from portraying their violent reality. The vicious aggression passed down through the generations is its driving force. But much like in the works of Jean Genet, characters who have committed irredeemable acts get the chance to make a fresh start. We present a special mention to Andr\u00e9s Ram\u00edrez Pulido\u2019s La Jaur\u00eda.<\/p>\n

In the Spirit of Freedom Awards<\/h4>\n

The MKR Award was awarded ex aequo to two films: Everything Will Be OK, directed by Rithy Pahn and My Imaginary Country, directed by Patricio Guzm\u00e1n. Jury members: Jacques Comets, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Maya Fischer. Jury statement: \u201cTwo wonderful filmmakers who continue to lead social struggles while using their personal, unique voices. One deals with a contemporary revolution, and skillfully presents a story of resistance and female empowerment and reminds us that one can affect real change. The other uses animation to present a chilling look at our reality as humans, it is a poem of war, injustice, evil, but also hope for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chantal Akerman Experimental Documentary Prize<\/p>\n

The Chantal Akerman Prize, courtesy of the Ostrovsky Family, was awarded to the film\u00a0Myanmar Diaries, directed by The Myanmar Film Collective, and produced by Corinne van Egeraat.<\/p>\n

Full-Length Israeli Feature Film Awards<\/h4>\n
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35 Downhill\/Photo: Oded Ashkenazi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Haggiag Award for Best Feature through the Jerusalem Foundation was awarded to\u00a035 Downhill, directed by Yona Rozenkier, and produced by Kobi Mizrahi Jury members: Volker Schl\u00f6ndorff (chair), Daniella Nowitz, Christophe Cognet, Alissa Simon. Jury statement: \u201cA film that defies conventions and combines drama, comedy and social satire. A sincere, intimate, anarchically frenetic portrait of characters facing society.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Karaoke\/Photo: Daniel Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The GWFF Award for Best First Film was awarded to the film\u00a0Karaoke, directed by Moshe Rosenthal, and produced by Efrat Cohen. Jury statement: \u201cAn amusing, biting social satire, constantly entertaining and intriguing thanks to emotional performances and bold direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Concerned Citizen\/Photo : Guy Sahaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Dalia Sigan Award for Best Script was awarded to\u00a0Idan Haguel\u00a0for the film\u00a0Concerned Citizen. Jury statement: \u201cA perfect combination of screenplay and direction, creating an intimate, brave and fair portrait of a couple trying to fulfil their personal desires while conscious of the societal tension around them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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America\/Photo: Omri Aloni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actress was awarded to\u00a0Oshrat Ingedashet\u00a0for her performance in the film\u00a0America. Jury statement: \u201cIngedashet, in the part of Iris the florist, shows a strong, natural presence on screen, and adds color and emotion to a world that comes off as cold and pitiless.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actor was awarded to Shmuel Vilozni for his performance in the film 35 Downhill. Jury statement: \u201cShmuel Vilozni is the heart and soul of 35 Downhill, beginning to end, he captures and enhances the director\u2019s vision of a character unshackled by social mores, and is constantly surprising in his warmth, generosity, and sarcasm that\u2019s free of bitterness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Audience Choice Award was awarded to the film\u00a0Karaoke.<\/p>\n

The Aaron Emanuel Award for Best Cinematography was awarded to\u00a0Oded Ashkenazi\u00a0for the film\u00a035 Downhill. Jury statement: \u201cThe camera follows the story in perfect harmony, and presents deep and sincere portraits along satirical scenes and images. The modest and understated lighting and compositions fully match the characters\u2019 personalities and performance for the camera.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Editing was awarded to\u00a0Nili Feller\u00a0and\u00a0Shauly Melamed\u00a0for the film\u00a0Savoy. Jury statement: \u201cThe editing skillfully blends the real and the imaginary, and maintains dynamism and a steady rhythm throughout the film.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Yossi Mulla Award for Best Original Score was awarded to\u00a0Zoe Polanski\u00a0for the film\u00a0Concerned Citizen. Jury statement: \u201cAn impressive, minimalist soundtrack that captures the complexity and tension of the film\u2019s narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Documentary Film was awarded to the film\u00a0To Cure Longing, directed and produced by Artyom Dubitski. Jury statement: \u201cA young immigrant\u2019s sober examination of his family\u2019s life in Russia and Ukraine before they immigrated to Israel. The filmmaker uses the camera himself and directs conversations in a delicate, sensitive manner, creating powerful moments that would be at home in one of Chekhov\u2019s plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Director of a Documentary Film was awarded to director\u00a0Zohar Wagner\u00a0for her film\u00a0Savoy. Jury statement: \u201cA combination of fascinating documentary footage and excellent scripted scenes, recreating a tragic historical event and reestablishes a brave woman\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Best Documentary Research Award was awarded to the film\u00a0Two Kids a Day, directed by David Wachsmann, and produced by Yoav Roeh and Aurit Zamir. Jury statement: \u201cProvides a chance for several of the numerous Palestinian children arrested and imprisoned for throwing rocks to contemplate their past actions and plans for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Diamond Competition for Israeli Shorts<\/h4>\n

The Diamond Award for Best Live Action Film was awarded to the film\u00a0Killing Ourselves, directed by Maya Yadlin. Jury members: Jury: Michel Franco, Hadas ben Aroya, Michel Zana.<\/p>\n

A special mention was given to the film\u00a0Lot’s Wife, directed by Ori Birger.<\/p>\n

The Aliza and Micha Shagrir Award for Best Documentary Film was awarded to the film\u00a0God\u2019s Mountain, directed by Tamar Tal Anati.<\/p>\n

The Aliza and Micha Shagrir Award for a Promising Filmmaker was awarded to\u00a0Gaya Elstein\u00a0for her film\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend.<\/p>\n

The Bell-Bielski Family award for Best Performer in a Short Film was awarded to\u00a0Noam Imber\u00a0for his performance in the film\u00a0Wednesday, directed by Rona Segal.<\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund – The Jerusalem Development Authority Award for Best Animation Film was awarded to the film\u00a0Letter to a Pig, directed by Tal Kantor.<\/p>\n

The Israeli Video Art and Experimental Film Competition, in collaboration with The Mamuta Project, a Center for Art and Research<\/h4>\n

The Lia van Leer Award courtesy of Rivka Saker for Best Experimental Film was awarded to the film\u00a0\u062c\u062b\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0644\u0628 (A Dog’s Funeral), directed by Yara Kassem Mahajena. Jury members: Tzion Abraham Hazan, Adina Kamien, Noga Davidson. Jury statement: \u201cThe film was chosen for its breathtaking cinematic experience and text. It is a satirical alegory depicting an absurd memorial echoing a traumatic past. Using concentrated images, tactile sound design and a methodical cinematic language, Yara Kassem Mahajena displaces the political content to a fictional cinematic space which distills the experience of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ostrovsky Family Fund Award was awarded to the film\u00a0Grandmother Carmela, directed by Yoel Peled. Jury statement: \u201cYoel Peled\u2019s film was chosen for the unique form of the characters and world it depicts. The film creates an indecipherable cognitive and visual experience due to the characters\u2019 formal distortion, and the use of technology, which imparts them with an illusive concreteness. A sincere existential conversation between a grandmother and a child takes place in an uncanny environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

A special mention was given to the film\u00a073, directed by Meshy Koplevitch. Jury statement: \u201cThe film was chosen for its sincerity, its humor and the varied material richness through which the filmmaker depicts her father\u2019s traumatic experience of war. Meshy Koplevitch develops elements from her father\u2019s drawing style, and brings them to life using sound, animation and montage. The horrific stories are recounted from a vulnerable, personal perspective, with a delicacy and grace that invites us to remain in front of the screen and observe the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

*Award information and texts from the Jerusalem Film Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The full list of awards at the 2022 Jerusalem International Film Festival:* International Competition, courtesy of the Jerusalem Foundation The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film courtesy of Ronald S. and Jo Carole Lauder, through the Jerusalem Foundation, was awarded to the film\u00a0Metronom, directed by Alexandru Belc. The jury members for the International Competition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":53641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[143,27],"class_list":["post-53640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-awards","tag-jerusalem-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53640","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}