Best Film Award - Balseros, directors Carles Bosch and Josep M. Domenech.

Honorary Mention - Iran , Veiled Appearances , director Thierry Michel.

Certificate of Merit - Awarded to Herz Frank ( Flashback) for his contribution in the field of documentary filmmaking .

International Competition

Jury

Paul Jenkins
United Kingdom . Has directed and produced documentary films throughout the world for the past fifteen years. Deals with current events, society and science. Has directed films for the BBC and Channel 4 – for which he has recently directed a film about French President Jacques Chirac.
Erez Laufer
Israel . Director, photographer and editor of documentary films in Israel and throughout the world. Among his most recent films are “Don’t Cry for me Edinburgh”, “Startup.com”, “Laisse moi t’aimer” and most recently – “Flags War”.
Ferenc Moldovanyi
Hungary . Independent documentary film director and producer, graduate of the Budapest Film Academy , lecturer on cinema at the Budapest University . His acclaimed film “Children – Kosovo 2000” was screened at the Docaviv Festival of 2002.

 


 



 

First Prize - No. 17 is Anonymous, director David Ofek.

Second Prize - Life for Land, director Tamar Wishnitzer-Haviv.

Third Prize - Paradise Lost, director Ebtisam Mara'ana

Cinematography Award - Nili Aslan for Paradise Lost and A City With No Pity.

Editing Award - Arik Lahav-Leibovitch for No. 17 Anonymous.

Honorary Mention for the film Fall. A Film about Deborah Bertonoff, directors Dan and Noit Geva

Honorary Mention for Cinematography – Yoav Kosh for Life for Land

Jury

Agathe Berman

France . Since 2001, has been an associate producer with the highly successful French company, Les Films d'Ici. Previously, produced for her own company, Gaïa Films, award-winning shorts and feature documentaries.

Isabel Hardy
Canada . Has worked in the television industry for 15 years, in production, distribution and acquisition. Since 2001 Isabel Hardy is the chief and commissioning editor at Radio Canada in Montreal . She acquires over 300 hours of programming annually and commissions about 25 hours per year with Canadian independent producers and international co producers. She is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Nathalie Windhorst
Netherlands . Producer of documentary films for television, program buyer for VPRO – one of the Netherlands ’ Public Broadcasters, that is highly involved in the documentary field. Has published a research paper on the representation of the Holocaust in Hollywood feature films.
Nissim Calderon
Israel . Has a Doctorate in Literature from the Tel Aviv University . Calderon has written five books on the political aspects of Hebrew literature, has taught cinema and literature at Tel Aviv University . Today he is a lecturer in the department of Hebrew literature at Ben Gurion University .

 

 


Best Film Award – Slice, director Ronen Amar

Honorary Mention – Vienna . An End , director Idit Gan-Tsvi

Jury

Diane Weyermann

U.S.A. Has wide expertise in the field of films, is a producer and actively involved in human rights. She is the director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film program. Previously, she developed and directed the Soros Documentary Fund. She was heavily involved with emerging filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. She has produced and directed independent documentaries.

Ruth Lev Ari
Israel . A veteran writer/producer, part of the Israeli film and television industry for many years. A member of the Forum of Israeli Documentary Filmmakers and the Israel Film and Television Production Association.
Noemi SchoryIsrael
An Israeli independent producer and director. Has produced and directed more than 50 documentaries, television dramas and factual programs for Israel as well as international co-productions. Member of the international board of “Input", dedicated to promoting excellence and innovation in television. Was deputy director of television at the Channel Two, the Israeli-commercial channel.


American Dream

Docufaktur Film Production

Sternstr. 5

D-24103 Kiel , Germany

Tel: +49 431 9709309

Fax: +49 431 9828547

info@docufaktur.de

Attack of the Happy People - Ecstasy Israel 2003

Amythos Films

P.O.Box 39157

Tel Aviv 61391 , Israel

Tel: +972 9 9564518

Fax: +972 9 9566212

info@amythosfilms.com

Balseros

Bausan Films

Muntaner 244, 4 o 2 a

08021 Barcelona , Spain

Tel: +34 93 2411511

Fax: +34 93 4141797

comercial@bausanfilms.com

Blue Vinyl

Toxic Comedy Pictures

200 West 72 St. , Suite 66

New York , NY 10023 , USA

Tel: +1 212 875 0456

Fax: +1 212 501 0889

judith@bluevinyl.org

A City with No Pity

Tsipi Productions

4/40 Eliahu Hakim St .

Tel Aviv 69120 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6428073

Fax: +972 3 6415115

xxxxx@inter.net.il

The Day I Will Never Forget

Kim Longinotto

13 Aubert Park

London N5 1TL , UK

Tel: + 44 20 7359 7368

Fax: +44 20 7359 7368

kim@tgraham.demon.co.uk

Do They Catch Children Too?

T.T.V Productions

71 Nordau Ave.

Tel Aviv 62381 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 5469222

Fax: +972 3 5469224

ttvprod@netvision.net.il

East Timor – Birth of a Nation: Rosa ’s Story

Film Australia

101 Eton Road

Lindfield NSW 2070, Australia

Tel: +612 9413 8636

Fax: +612 9416 9401

sales@filmaust.com.au

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death

Fontana Films

Binzstrasse 39

CH-8045 Zurich , Switzerland

Tel: +41 1 450 45 92

Fax: +41 1 450 45 92

fontanafilm@dplanet.ch

Fall. A Film about Deborah Bertonoff

Habayit Hakatom

9/3 Biyalik St .

Tel Aviv 63324 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6204386

Fax: +972 3 6204386

ariale@zahav.net.il

The Farm on Hebron Mountain

United Studios of Israel

12 Hakesem St .

Herzliya 46100 , Israel

Tel: +972 9 9595105

Fax: +972 9 9595127

neta_gay@netvision.net.il

Flashback

Kaupo Filma

Lacplesa 27

LV-1011 Riga , Latvia

Tel: +371 7281720

Fax: +371 7240542

kaupo@latnet.lv

Generation of Hate

Films Transit

402 East Notre-Dame St .

Montreal , Quebec H2Y 1C8 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 844 3358

Fax: +1 514 844 7298

info@filmstransit.com

Georgie Girl

Women Make Movies

462 Broadway

New York , NY 10013 , USA

Tel: +1 212 925 0606

Fax: +1 212 925 2052

cinema@wmm.com

The Gevatron

Belfilms Ltd.

20 Ben-Avigdor St .

Tel Aviv 67218 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6240780

Fax: +972 3 6240781

belfilms@netvision.net.il

God’s Children

Office Four Production

Misuzu bldg. 4F, 4-11 Yotsuya

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004 Japan

Tel: +81 3 3354 3869

Fax: +81 3 3354 3902

offifour@ma4.justnet.ne.jp

Good Rockin’ Tonight -
The Legacy of Sun Records

Films Transit

402 East Notre-Dame St .

Montreal , Quebec H2Y 1C8 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 844 3358

Fax: +1 514 844 7298

info@filmstransit.com

Interesting Times

TV2 Denmark

Sortedam Dossering 55A

DK-2100 Copenhagen , Denmark

Tel: +45 35 37 22 00

Fax: +45 35 37 22 27

sales@tv2.dk

The Invisible City

Wallonie Images Production

Quai des Ardennes 16

B-4020 Liege , Belgium

Tel: +32 4 340 10 40

Fax: +32 4 340 10 41

wip@skynet.be

Iran , Veiled Appearances

Les Films de la Passerelle

Rue Vapart 1

B-4031 Liege , Belgium

Tel: +32 4 342 36 02

Fax: +32 4 343 07 20

films@passerelle.be

Life Line

Ayelet Heller

255A Dizengoff St .

Tel Aviv 63117 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 5467202

Fax: +972 3 5664807

ayelet_h@netvision.net.il

Malice

Nili Tal Productions

9 Brody St .

Tel Aviv 69056 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6410805

Fax: +972 3 6417002

ntp@netvision.net.il

Matzpen

Matar Plus

9 Yad Harutzim St .

Tel Aviv 67778 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6878587

Fax: +972 3 6878722

matar@matar-plus.com

Maya Plisetskaya, Assoluta

Kuiv Productions

55 bis rue de Lyon

75012 Paris , France

Tel: +33 1 4475 7915

Fax: +33 1 4475 7919

contact@kuiv.com

McLuhan’s Wake

National Film Board of Canada

3155 Côte de Liesse

St-Laurent , Quebec H4N 2N4 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 283 9805

Fax: +1 514 496 1895

festivals@nfb.ca

The Merry Boys

Cineaste Maudit Production

Vardar blvd, bl. 22A, entr. D

Sofia 1330, Bulgaria

Tel: +359 8837 0839

Fax: +359 2980 4325

cineaste_m@abv.bg

Monica in Black and White

World of Wonder

6650 Hollywood Blvd.

Hollywood , CA 90028 , USA

Tel: +1 323 603 6300

Fax: +1 323 603 6301

tsmothers@worldofwonder.com

Murder on a Sunday Morning

Pathe International

10, rue Lincoln

75008 Paris , France

Tel: +33 1 4076 9180

Fax: +33 1 4076 9194

antoine.cochet@pathe.com

No. 17 is Anonymous

Eden Productions

84 Arlozorov St .

Tel Aviv 62647 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 5273403

Fax: +972 3 5236076

eden_e@netvision.net.il

Our Friend Saddam

Point du Jour International

38, rue Croix des Petits Champs

75001 Paris , France

Tel: +33 1 47 03 40 00

Fax: +33 1 47 03 39 48

d.weitzel@pointdujour-prod.fr

Paradise Lost

Zygote Films

P.O.Box 333

Binyamina 30500 , Israel

Tel: +972 4 6288986

Fax: +972 4 6388833

duki@zygotefilms.com

Robert Capa: In Love and War

Films Transit

402 East Notre-Dame St .

Montreal , Quebec H2Y 1C8 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 844 3358

Fax: +1 514 844 7298

info@filmstransit.com

Saddam’s Mercenaries

Doc en Stock

79, rue du Temple

75003 Paris , France

Tel: +33 1 45 54 25 80

Fax: +33 1 42 74 18 21

bnocella@docenstock.com

Scratch

Intermedia Films

9350 Civic Center Drive

Beverly Hills , CA 90210 , USA

Tel: +1 310 777 0007

Fax: +1 310 777 0008

michael_dragotto@intermediafilm.com

Sharona

Bezalel Academy of Art & Design

Video Department

Mount Scopus

P.O. Box 24046

Jerusalem 91240 , Israel

Tel: +972 2 5893337

Fax: +972 2 5823094

video@bezalel.ac.il

Slice

Sapir College
School of Media , Film and Cultural Studies
Hof Ashkelon 79165 , Israel
Tel: +972 8 6802468
Fax: +972 8 6802834

talish@makash.ac.il

Soul of a Century

La Camera Stylo

Ulmenstr. 27

D-22299 Hamburg , Germany

Tel: +49 40 460 70 130 Fax: +49 40 460 70 131

m.kuball@lcs-film.de

Starkiss – Circus Girls in India

Wilderell Film

Karperstraat 29-2

1075 KX Amsterdam , The Netherlands

Tel: +31 20 624 9385

Fax: +31 20 624 9385

wilderellfilm@hetnet.nl

Stevie

Films Transit

402 East Notre-Dame St .

Montreal , Quebec H2Y 1C8 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 844 3358

Fax: +1 514 844 7298

info@filmstransit.com

 

Temporary Insanity - Isola Cactus

Multicam Ltd.

P.O.Box 372

Kiryat-Shmona 11561 , Israel

Tel: +972 4 6940893

Fax: +972 4 6951971

multicam@multicam.co.il

 

Tishe!

Victor Kossakovsky

P.O. Box 144

St. Peterburg 190008, Russia

Tel: +7 812 1140230

Fax: +7 812 1137333

victor@kossakovsky.spb.ru

 

Two Women

The Tel Aviv University

Department of Film & Television

Mexico Building

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv 69978 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6409008

Fax: +972 3 6409935

amirt@tauex.tau.ac.il

 

Vienna . An End

Ma’ale School of Film & Television

20 Shivtey Israel St .

Jerusalem 95105 , Israel

Tel: +972 2 6277366

Fax: +972 2 6277331

hedvago@bezeqint.net

 

War Takes

Faction Films

26 Shacklewell Lane

London E8 2EZ , UK

Tel: +44 20 7690 4446

Fax: +44 20 7690 4447

faction@factionfilms.co.uk

 

Water Marks

Cinema Libre

460 Ste-Catherine West, Suite 500

Montreal , Quebec H3B 1A7 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 861 9030

Fax: +1 514 861 3634

infocine@cinemalibre.com