2008

25th Jerusalem Film Festival 10-19.7.2008 Opening Film: Wall-E Dir.: Andrew Stanton Guests: Anne Aghion, Anthoney Bergman, Jose Luis Lopez-Linares, Lucia Cedron, Molly Dineen, Peter Forgacs, Izza Genini, Huseyin Karabey, Dieter Koslik, David Kustow, Jean-Pierre Lledo, Sergei Loznitsa, Emilio Maillie, John Malkovich, David Schisgall, Michael Winterbottom, Boaz Yakin

Israeli and International Awards Wolgin Award for Israeli Feature Film 7 Days Dir.: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Wolgin Award for Israeli Documentary The Tale of Nicolai & the Law of Return Dir.: David Ofek Honorable Mention Nuran Dir.: Amikam Shossberger Wolgin Award for Israeli Short Film Around Trip Dir.: Gur Bentwich Honorable Mention The Repentance of Rachamim Hanuka Dir.: Ariel Banbaji Bait Dir.: Michal Vinik Drama Award Award in Memory of Anat Pirchi  And Thou Shalt Love Dir.: Chaim Elbaum Honorable Mention Antham Dir.: Elad Keidan Television Series Arab Labor  Created by: Daniel Paran, Sayed Kashua, Rony Ninio  Honorable Mention A Taste of Conflict Created by: Haim Sharir, Uri Barbash, Ronit WEiss-Berkowitz In the Spirit of Freedom - Feature Film Hunger Dir.: Steve McQueen In the Spirit of Freedom - Documentary Little Moth Dir.: Peng To FIPRESCI Award My Marlon and Brando Dir.: Huseyin Karabey The Jewish Experience endowed by Michaela and Leon Constantiner The LIA Award for films dealing with Jewish Heritage Outside Love Dir.: Daniel Espinosa The Yad Vashem Chairman's Award The Green Dumpster Mystery Dir.: Tal Haim Yoffe Shavim Production Grant Ld Detour Dir.: Orna Raviv The Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Award Revue Dir.: Sergei Loznitsa Life Achievement Award: Mike Medavoy Achievement Award: Michael Winterbottom John Malkovich

7 Days The Tale of Nicolai & the Law of Return Hunger The Green Dumpster Mystery Wall-E

International titles include:
24 City Dir.: Zhang-ke Jia Ballast Dir.: Labce Hammer Brand Upon the Brain! Dir.: Guy Maddin Captain Abu Raed Dir.: Amin Matalqa Derek Dir.: Isaac Julien Il Divo Dir.: Paolo Sorrentino The Early Years - Eric Nietzsche Part 1 Dir.: Jacob Thuessen Elegy Dir.: Isabel Coixet Encounters at the Enf of the World Dir.: Werner Herzog Exodus Dir.: Otto Preminger Fados Dir.: Carlos Saura Four Women Dir.: Adoor Gopalakrishnan Hunger Dir.: Steve McQueen I Am Von Hofler (Variation on Werther) Dir.: Peter Forgacs Idiots and Angels Dir.: Bill Plympton In the City of Sylvia Dir.: Jose Luis Guerin Into the Wild Dir.: Sean Penn Jar City Dir.: Baltasar Kormakur Katyn Dir.: Andrzej Wajda Lake Tahoe Dir.: Fernando Eimbcke Let the Right One In Dir.: Tomas Alfredson Liverpool Dir.: Lisandro Alomso Lou Reed's Berlin Dir.: Julian Scnabel Milky Way Dir.: Benedek Fliegauf Mongol Dir.: Sergei Bodrov My Brother's Wedding Dir.: Charles Burnett My Winnipeg Dir.: Guy Maddin New Moscow Dir.: Alexander Medvedkin Love On Another Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer Of Time and the City Dir.: Terence Davies Own Death Dir.: Peter Forgacs Patti Smith: Dream of Life Dir.: Steven Sebring The Princess of Nebraska Dir.: Wayne Wang