"Leaving Paradise" won the best film award in the Israeli documentary film competition
At the 36th Haifa International Film Festival 2020
the film "It's not a burial, it's a living" Won the best film award at the "Carmel" international feature film competition.
Industry grants for the development and promotion of Israeli cinema were awarded to Israeli creators and producers
Israeli documentary film competition
The jury: Itamar Chen (documentary director), Barak Hyman (director and documentary producer), Israela Sha'er Mooded (director), Tal Rabiner (editor)
"leaving heaven" It is the winner of the best documentary film award, in the amount of NIS 40,000
Director: Ofer Freiman, Production: David Noy, Yoram Evari
From the judges' reasoning: "A wide-ranging documentary epic that humanely and lovingly and curiously charts the formation and disintegration of a utopian dream, wild and controversial - a family commune in the heart of a spectacularly beautiful Brazilian forest. A wonderful film shot, edited and directed with great talent that never ceases to surprise, excite and illuminate questions of Jewish personal and communal identity while touching on fascinating universal issues of family relations, patriarchy in a modern world, tension between nature and progress and a wide range of individualistic and existentialist worldviews"
Commendation for the documentary "bitter honey"
Directed by: Udi Kalinsky and Roital Oren. Production: Udi Kalinsky
From the judges' reasoning: "A gentle and sensitive observation of a beekeeper's daily struggle for survival, in a world that we, humans, continue to destroy. In following a hero who varies between adherence to a mission out of a sense of mission, and devotion to his family who pays the price, the film succeeds in generating inspiration for action that comes from love."
The competition for a short Israeli film
the jury: Daniela Novitz (film and television photographer), Bat-El Mosari (creator, screenwriter and actress), Oren Garner (film and television producer)
Prize for a short student film in the amount of NIS 5,000 per film "vine"
Director: Noam Ellis, source: Steve Tisch School of Cinema and Television, Tel Aviv University
From the judges' reasoning: "An intelligent and mature film whose brilliant and precise direction manages to keep the viewer alert and open-hearted at the same time; while it depicts the busy and complex inner world of a brave girl without a responsible adult, who, perhaps even more than the adults, knows how to speak the language of love, also When she has no words."
Commendation for the student short film "From here you can see the observation deck"
Directed by: Tal Elkim, source: Sam Spiegel School of Cinematic Creation
From the judges' reasoning: "A fascinating and poignant portrait of Israeli society, emerging from observing the Promenade of the Governor's Palace in Jerusalem. Through this view, the film opens a window to powerful characters and images that reflect the bubbling forces that dwell among us."
Award for a short independent film in the amount of NIS 5,000 per film "incurable"
Directed by: Sasha Tamarin
From the judges' reasoning: "Through a journey to Mount Fuji in Japan and a look at the characters trying to capture its essence, the film easily maneuvers between the mundane and the sublime, between the everyday and the eternal. The passion and freedom that drive this work give us the right to touch a moment in a distant life, which resonates in us with a deep search found in all of us."
Commendation for the independent short film "The Pomegranate Flower"
Directed by: Itamar Alkalai
From the judges' reasoning: "A film full of passion and love, about the failure to conform to society's demand to live in a "normative" relationship. A poetic script written with an exciting and touching intention that occasionally allows itself to "get dirty" and deviate from the expected narrative."
Award for a short animated film in the amount of NIS 5,000 per film "excess charge"
Director: Einat Keshet, Source: School of Sound and Screen Arts, Sapir Academic College
From the judges' reasoning: "A gentle and deep film that succeeds in the richness of its elements, to tell accurately and touchingly, a story about a charged and complex relationship and leads the viewer step by step through the pains of growing up, until the sweet moment of puberty."
Commendation for the animated short film "6: 6"
Directed by: Yali Harbat
from the judges' reasoning: "With great stylistic skill, the film carries us in an associative current that stems from a single moment of pain and longing, which lies in the depths of memory and consciousness."
Carmel International Cinema Competition
The jury: Chairman - Mohsen Makhmelbaf (Iran - director, screenwriter and producer), Marietta Reisenbeek (Netherlands - co-director, Berlin International Film Festival), Yair Rowa (Israel - film critic and screenwriter), Hagar Ben Asher (Israel - director, screenwriter and actress), Alessandro Racha (founder and director of Festival Scope), Ilit Zakzar (Israel - director and screenwriter), Jovan Marjanovic (director of industry events, Sarajevo Festival)
Carmel Award for the best film - "It's not a burial, it's a living"
Director: Lemhang Jeremiah Moses, Lesotho, South Africa, Italy 2019
From the judges' reasoning: "This poetic film, amazed us with the spectacular use it makes of visual images, words and sounds - it is one of the highlights of African cinema. The story of a woman who fights a hopeless war against the authorities to save Kaffra, is a coming-of-age story, but one that deals with old age. The original vision of The film enchanted us and touched us deeply."
Commendation for the film "Dau. Natasha"
Directors: Ilya Khrezhanovsky, Ekaterina Ertel, Germany, Ukraine, Great Britain, Russia 2020
from the judges' reasoning: "Dow. Natasha is part of a wild cinematic experiment, which sets out to explore the evolving nature of man when he is forced to live under Soviet rule. The result is particularly powerful. The film offers deep insights into its characters struggling to maintain their self even under a regime of heavy oppression. A rough and merciless film. The acting in the film is a work of thought and the cinematic language skilfully unfolds the story and dictates its realistic tone."
Industry event grants for the development and promotion of Israeli cinema
Industry grants worth over NIS 130,000 were distributed at the 36th Haifa International Film Festival
Cinemart 10, Haifa - work in progress
20,000 Euro Post Digital Post Services Laboratory Post Republic Germany grant
to the movie "Sabaya Cinema" - Director and screenplay: Orit Fox Rotem, production: Green Productions
Judges: Irena Szakowska (Poland's representative for the Eurimage European Fund and producer, Tor Studios), Yania Kralej (France - producer, Kinoelectron company), Michael Reuter (Germany - producer, CEO of Post Republic Lab).
From the judges' reasoning: "The film presents a group of women from different backgrounds who each tell their personal story in their own way through filmmaking. A unique combination of staged action and reality, actors and non-actors. Mixed with humor and manages to capture the most burning intergenerational cultural conflicts."
17th International Pitching Conference
A development encouragement grant from the Israeli Cinema Fund, for the film "opposites" of Bat El Mosri, director: Lee Gilat, producer: Aviv Ben Shloush, Zoa Productions.
From the judges' reasoning: "The film stands out in its uniqueness and presents the elements required for an intriguing and complex drama. The project was presented with energy and commitment, and we have no doubt that it will be an important and special film."
An online room grant for the editing of a trailer by Opus Productions for the film "The Transitions" by Rita Borodiansky, producers: Sky/Clouds, content and production, producer Esnat Sarga.
Sound editing grant for Junglesound's trailer for the film "Total brothelScreenplay: Roi Assaf and Omari Van Essen, director: Roi Assaf, producer: Kobi Mizrahi, Kobi Mizrahi Productions.
Judges: Michael Kuhn, British producer ("Being John Malkowitz"), Claudia Tronier (Program Director at German TV (ZDF), Polish producer Eva Puszynska ("Ida", "Love on Cold Days"), Gida Micklebust (Editor of Industry Events, Film Festival Norway), François Yon (film producer and distributor, France).
Pitching student films 6th
The film that won the Gesher Foundation grant for multicultural cinema in the amount of NIS 23,000
"This shit keeps growing" - A film by Eran Luzon, Michael Negri, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Department of Screen Arts.
Opus Productions grant for the film "The Life and Death of Anna Lisa" - Yeftah Iloz's film, Mansher for art.
Sound editing grant courtesy of Jungle Sound for the film "red snow"- Yonatan Domosh's film, Sapir College.
Screenplay editing grants added at the judges' meeting were awarded to the following films:
"Alma Cinema" - Shaked Katzir's film, Beit Berel art seminary
"Albert" - Neta Amiram's film, Mansher for art.
Judges: Daganit Atias-Gigi, director of productions at the Yes Drama source, Alma Ganihar, screenwriter creator, Yossi Madamoni, creator, screenwriter and director, Guy Efarn, creator and director, chief lecturer of the Gesher Fund for Multicultural Cinema, Yoav Roa, creator and producer , also movies.
The Haifa International Film Festival is held with the support of the Haifa Municipality and the Israel Film Council-Ministry of Culture and Sports.
The festival is produced by Atos - the Society for Arts, Culture and Sports Haifa.