The 21st JFF
Festival Dates: July 8th-17th, 2004
Opening Film: Life is a Miracle, Dir. Emir Kusturica
Guests: Anthony Minghella, Emir Kusturica, Dimitri Epides, Ademir Kenovic, Chantal Akerman, Oliver Becker,Ludi Boeken, Anthony Bregman, Niv Fichman, Sam Green, Ulrike Ottinger, Sarig Peker, Jan Schuette, Prasanna Vithanage, Humbert Balsan, Marion Doring, Fabrizio Mosca, Nik Powell, Renate Roginas, Marieanne Bergmann, David Kessler |
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| Awards for Israeli and International Cinema |
| The Wolgin Award - Best Feature: |
| Atash - Thirst, by Tawfik Abu Wael (Agbaria) |
| Or, by Keren Yedaya |
| The Wolgin Award - Best Documentary: |
| Sentenced to be Marriage, by Anat Zuria |
| Special Mention: |
Good Morning Jerusalem, by Suha Arraf
I Wanted to be a Hero, by Shiri Tsur
Think Popcorn, by Dan Geva |
| The Wolgin Award - Best Short Film: |
| The Red Toy, directed by Danny Rosenberg |
| Honorable Mention Short Film: |
| Stranges, directed by Erez Tadmor and Guy Nativ |
| The New Foundation for Cinema and Television Award Documentary Filmmaking |
| Odessa Mama, directed by Michale Buganim |
| The Jerusalem Foundation Prize for Best Scriptwriter |
| Danny Verete for Metallic Blues - Travelogue |
| Drama Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi |
| Mirors, directed by Orly Malessa |
| Special Mention: |
| It’s All Right Now, directed by Itai Mor |
| In The Spirit of Freedom Award - Best Feature Film: |
| Witnesses, directed by Vinko Bresan |
| Honorable Mention: |
| The Passion of Maria Elena, directed by Mercedes Moncada Rodriguez |
| In The Spirit of Freedom Award - Best Documentary: |
| Mur, directed by Simone Bitton |
| The Jewish Experience - Best Feature: |
| La Tango des Rashevski, directed by Sam Gabarski |
| In The Spirit of Freedom Award - Best Documentary: |
| Appelfeld’s Table, directed by Adi Japhet Fuchs |
| Special Mention: |
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance after the Holocaust directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky
Melting Siberia, directed by Ido Haar |
| The Jerusalem Foundation Award for Experimental Video Work |
| Nevet Yizhak & Lior Friedman, for David Tower Salutes the twin Towers |
| The Award for the Promising Creator: Yael Wexler Cycle |
| Life Achievement Award: |
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David Gurfinkel
Yaakov Malkin |
| Achievement Award: |
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Anthony Minghella
Emir Kusturica | |
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| Atash - Thirst |
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| Metallic Blues - Travelogue |
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| Sentenced to be Marriage |
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| Life is a Miracle | |
| International titles include: |
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| 16 Years of Alcohol Dir. Richard Jobson |
| At Five in the Afternoon Dir. Samara Makhmalbaf |
| Caterina in the Big City Dir. Paolo Virzi |
| The Corporation Dir. Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott |
| La Face Cachée de la Lune Dir. Robert Lepage |
| Good bye, Drangon Inn Dir. Tsai Ming-liang |
| Hair High Dir. Bill Plympton |
| Head On Dir. Faith Akin |
| Jesus, You Know Dir. Ulrich Seidl |
| Kontroll Dir. Nimród Antal |
| Landscape Dir. Sergei Loznitsa |
| Last Life in the Universe Dir. Pen-ek Ratanaraung |
| The Last Train Dir. Alexey A. German |
| Los Angeles Plays itself Dir. Thom Andersen |
| Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinfosky |
| Mur Dir. Simone Bitton |
| The Saddest Music in the World Dir. Guy Maddin |
| Whiskey Dir. Joan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll |
| The Yes man Dir. Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | |
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