2007

The 24th JFF Festival Dates: July 5th-14th, 2007 Opening Film: Ratatouille, Dir. Brad Bird Guests: Danny Dimbort, Avi Lerner, Azize Tan, Ulrike Ottinger, Wouter Barendrecht, Ehud Bleiberg, Susanne Bier, Jane Birkin, Phillipe Blasband, Jeffrey Blitz, Charles Burnett, Saverio Costanzo, Paul Cronin, Craig A. Emanuel, Neil Friedman, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Anders Thomas Jensen, Dieter Kosslick, David Kustow, João Moreira Salles, Fabrizio Mosca, Michele Ohayon, Jeff Pulver, Michel Reilhac, David Thompson, Marit van den Elshout, Răzvan Vasilescu, Sean Welch.

 

Awards for Israeli and International Cinema: The Wolgin Award - Best Israeli Feature: The Band's Visit directed by Eran Kolirin The Special Jury Prize: Mushon Salmona for his film Vasermil The Wolgin Award - Best Israeli Documentary: Children of the Sun directed by Ran Tal Special Mention: Citizen Nawee by Nissim Mossek A Fool's Dream by Dan Syrkin, Ido Bahat Best Short Film: Roads directed by Lior Geller Special Mention: Ketem by Alla Sheraeir Pathways by Hagar Ben Asher Drama Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi Reds by Amir Manor In The Spirit of Freedom Award - Best Feature Film: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud In The Spirit of Freedom Award Best Documentary: Crossing Borders directed by Bilal Yusef The Jewish Experience Awards - The LIA Award for films dealing with Jewish Heritage: Comme un Juif en France – Being a Jew in France by Yves Jeuland Special Mention: Making Trouble – Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women, by Rachel Talbot The Jewish Experience Awards The Yad Vashem Chairman's Award: Steal a Pencil for Me by Michèle Ohayon Special Mention: I Have Never Forgotten You: the Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, by Richard Trank Spell Your Name, by Sergey Bukovsky. 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 by Avishay Sivan The Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Award The Children of the Sun, by Ran Tal The Other Israel Prize for a film that furthers awareness and challenges conventions about the Arab citizens of Israel Crossing Borders, by Bilal Yusef Life Achievement Award: Ermanno Olmi Achievement Award: Avi Nasher Michael Shvily Katriel Schory Danny Dimbort Avi Lerner

The Band's Visit Children of the Sun Roads Steal a Pencil for Me Ratatouille