Best Film ­­Award

Misafa Lesafa: From Language to Language , director Nurith Aviv.

First Appearance Award

Keep Not Silent, director Ilil Alexander

Marketing and Distribution Award

Mashallah , director Eytan Harris

Cinematography Award

Checkpoint, director and cinematographer Yoav Shamir

Editing Award

Family Matters , director David Noy, editor Eyal Tsarfati

Honorary Mentions

Blood Engagement , director Ada Ushpiz

Mr. Cortisone Happy Days , director Shlomi Shir

JURY

Mick Csáky - UK
Directed more than 100 documentary productions while executive producing a further 600. Works as both a freelance producer/director of factual programming for television while also running his own independent production company Antelope. Over the past 20 years he has established a range of international co-production relationships while working with broadcasters.

Daphna Säring, Ph.D. – Israel

Head of the Film and Television department at the "Sapir" College, School of Media , Film and Cultural Studies. Research fellow at the Hebrew University for "The Gilo Center for Citizenship, Democracy and Civic Education". Her main subject of interest is 'visual rhetoric', which she taught at the Sam Spiegel School of Film and Television, "Ma'ale" and The Jerusalem Cinematheque.

Dan Wolman – Israel

Documentary and fiction Director and Screenwriter. Wrote and directed TV dramas and theatre plays. Film professor at the Tel-Aviv University and NYU. His films have won several prizes.

Sirkka Möller – England

Festival programmer at the Sheffield International Documentary film festival. She began her work for film festivals as a volunteer for the Days of the Independent film in Augsburg , Germany , where she later became a member of the festival's selection committee. From 1997- 2001 she was a member of the program committee at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated film.

Dominique Welinski – France

In 1991, she joined the new born company Haut et Court and started in distribution. Then, she joined MK2 as the head of distribution and acquisitions. In 2002, she worked on restauration and release of the Jacques Tati's films. In 2003, she's been slecting films for the Directors Forthnight in Cannes . She's now into independant distribution and press attachee for Capturing the Friedmans by Andrew Jarecki.

The Awards Sponsored by

The Ministry of Education, Culture & Sport, The Israeli Film Council

Ruth Diskin – Marketing & Distribution

Tel- Avi v Studios – PROD.INIT.PROJECT LTD

HOT

Yellow Pages

The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television – Grant

Best Film Award

66 Seasons , director Peter Kerekes

Honorary Mentions

Sand and Water , director Shaheen Dill-Riaz

Surplus – Terrorized Into Being Consumers , director Erik Gandini

Jury

Imanuel Halperin – Israel

Journalist at the authority for Television and Radio and a theater actor. His shows include the news programs "Ro'im Olam" (A world seen) and "Me'haiom Le'Machar" (Beween today and tomorrow). These days he is performing at the "Chan" theatre in Jerusalem .

Adela Peeva – Bulgaria

Till 1991 worked as a director at the studio for documentary films at the studio for feature films in Sofia . Since then she has been working as an independent producer and director. Her films were nominated and won several festivals around the world. She is a member of the board of the European Documentary Network – EDN, and a member of the European film academy.

Dennis O'Rouke – Australia

Cinematographer, film director, film editor, film producer, sound recorder and writer, was born in 1945 in Brisbane , Australia . Learned photography and began work as a photojournalist. In the early 1970’s, he moved to Sydney where the Australian Broadcasting Corporation became a cinematographer for that organization. Among his films: "The Good Woman of Bangkok"(1991) and "Cannibal Tours" (1988).

Thomas Taborsky - Austria

Critic and producer. 1998-2001 freelance author for several Austrian university publications. Morning show host, producer and critic at “orange 94.0 - das freie Radio in Wien”. Been involved in numerous productions for the station, including festival reports and daily film reviews. 2000/01 curator of the student film series Cinema SCOPE at Votivkino, Vienna . 2002-2003 chief editor of videofreak.net. Currently he is preparing the launch of the online magazine/portal allesfilm.com

Nachman Ingbar – Israel

Cinema Critic and Journalist. Film lecturer at the Tel-Aviv University . Had served as the head of the Israeli film institute and the Israeli found for the promotion of quality films.

Best International Film Award Sponsored by Yellow Pages

First Prize

Second Prize

Children by Remote Control , director Nachum Landau

Honorary Mention

Heavy Twenty , director Lior Geller

Jury

Nili Atzlan – Israel

Documentary and feature film cinematographer in Israel and Europe . Among her films are: "Letters in the Wind" (2000), "Four Years in Palestine " (2001), "Paradise Lost" (2003). Her cinematography has won two ‘Docaviv’ awards.

Nizta Gonen – Israel

Director, producer and screenplay writer of documentary and feature films. Graduate of journalism, television and cinema studies in Paris and of literature studies in Tel-Aviv. Her dramatic and documentary films primarily deal with humanitarian and social issues. Among her films are: "Daddy Come to the Fair" (1994), " Family Secrets"( , (1998 "My Four children" (2002)

Christine Choy - USA

Producer and director of documentary films. Served as a professor and the chair of the graduate film and television department at the NY university and has taught at Yale. Her films have received over 60 international awards, including an Oscar nomination. Among her films: "Mississippi Triangle" (1982-3); "The Shot Heard Round the World" (1996-7); "Ha Ha Shanghai" (2001).

66 Seasons

Peter Kerekes

Vištuk 277

900 85 Slovakia

Tel: +421 33 644 6409

Fax: +421 33 644 6409

kerekes@nextra.sk

www.66seasons.com

Alienations

INA

4, avenue de l’Europe

94366 Bry-sur-Marne , France

Tel: +33 1 49 83 29 92

Fax: +33 1 49 83 31 82

mgautard@ina.fr

www.ina.fr

All the Girls I’ve Loved Before

Feasible Films

9 Luke Street

London EC2A 4PX , UK

Tel: +44 20 7033 0100

Fax: +44 20 7033 0200

info@feasiblefilms.co.uk

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony

Lightning Entertainment

301 Arizona Avenue

Santa Monica , CA 90401 , USA

Tel: +1 310 255 7999

Fax: +1 310 255 7998

liza@lightning-ent.com

www.lightning-ent.com

And Thereafter

Docu-Eye Production

456 9th Street

Palisades Park , NJ 07650 , USA

Tel: +1 201 592 0751

Fax: + 1 360 935 8587

leehosup@hotmail.com

Arctic Crime & Punishment

Danish Film Institute
Gothersgade 55
DK 1123 Copenhagen , Denmark
Tel. +45 33 74 34 00
Fax +45 33 74 34 45
kurstein@dfi.dk

www.dfi.dk

Blood Engagement

Spiegel Movies

5 Mitzpe Yam Street

Herzliya 46590 , Israel

Tel: +972 9 9501239

Fax: +972 9 9540699

shula@spiegelmovies.com

The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

Seventh Art Productions

63 Ship Street

Brighton BN1 1AE , UK

Tel: +44 1273 777678

Fax: +44 1273 323777

broberts@seventh-art.com

www.theboywhoplaysonthebuddhasofbamiyan.com

Cannibal Tours

Dennis O'Rourke

Camerawork Pty Ltd

P.O. BOX 199

Canberra 2601, Australia

Tel: +61 2 6262 5255

Fax: +61 2 6262 5266

mail@cameraworklimited.com

www.cameraworklimited.com

Checkpoint

Eden Productions

84 Arlozorov St .

Tel Aviv 62647 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 5273403

Fax: +972 3 5236076

eden_e@netvision.net.il

Children by Remote Control

Sapir College

School of Media , Film and Cultural Studies
Hof Ashkelon 79165, Israel
Tel: +972 8 6801468
Fax: +972 8 6802834
hagars@sapir.ac.il
www.sapir.ac.il

Clean

The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School

4 Yad Harutzim Street
P.O. Box 10636
Jerusalem 91103 , Israel
Tel: +972 2 6731950
Fax: +972 2 6731949

honig@jsfs.co.il

Cunnamulla

(see Cannibal Tours)

Dandelion

Japan Academy of Moving Images
1-16-30 Manpukuji Asao-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 215-0004, Japan
Tel: +81 44 951 2511

Fax: +81 44 951 2681
yasus@eiga.ac.jp

www.eiga.ac.jp

Dark Side of the Moon

Point du Jour

38, rue Croix des Petits Champs

75001 Paris , France

Tel: +33 1 47 03 40 00

Fax: +33 1 47 03 39 48

c.legitimus@pointdujour-prod.fr

www.pointdujour-international.fr

The Decomposition of the Soul

Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles

19F avenue des Arts

1000 Brussels , Belgium

Tel: +32 2 227 22 30

Fax: +32 2 227 22 39

cba@skynet.be

Earth, Wind & Rust

Israel Film Service

7 Faran Street

Jerusalem 91911 , Israel

Tel: +972 2 5601201

Fax: +972 2 5601094

donna@most.goc.il

Einstein’s Wife

Melsa Films

P.O. Box 161

Bangalow NSW 2479, Australia

Tel: +61 2 6680 7410

Fax: +61 2 6680 7696

melsa@bigpond.com.au

Fairuz – We Loved Each Other So Much

Pieter Van Huystee Film
Noordermarkt 37-39
1015 NA Amsterdam , The Netherlands

Tel: +31 20 421 0606
Fax: +31 20 638 6255

info@pvhfilm.nl

www.pvhfilm.nl

Family Matters

Cinemax

2 Hata’as Street

Givatayim 53397, Israel

Tel: +972 3 7311267

Fax: +972 3 7311267

cinemax@zahav.net.il

The Final Migration

Huang Lingping

73 Minzu Ave.

Nanning, Guangxi 530022, China

Tel: +86 771 586 4379

Fax: +86 771 585 4039

gxtvid@ppp.nn.gx.cn

Forerunners

Amir Feingold

16 Lissin Street

Tel Aviv 62997, Israel

Tel: +972 50 729899

Fax: +972 3 6043612

amirphoto@hotmail.com

www.forerunnersdoc.com

Garden

Fig Films

32 Namal Yaffo Street

Tel Aviv 68033 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6810644

Fax: +972 3 5181676

ruthieshatz@figfilms.com

The Good Woman of Bangkok

(see Cannibal Tours)

Half Life - A Parable for the Nuclear Age

(see Cannibal Tours)

Heavy Twenty

The Tel Aviv University

Department of Film & Television

Mexico Building

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv 69978 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6408403

Fax: +972 3 6409935

amirt@tauex.tau.ac.il

The Hillers

Beit Berl College

School of Arts Film Department

Beit Berl 44905 , Israel
Tel: +972 9 7478701
Fax: +972 9 7478735

itay@beitberl.ac.il

Hitler’s Hit Parade

C. Cay Wesnigk Filmproduktion

Heisterbusch 3

23611 Bad Schwartau , Germany

Tel: +49 451 282286

Fax: +49 451 282223

wesnigk@onlinefilm.org

In the Beginning was the Eye

Sixpack Film

Neubaugasse 45/13, P.O.Box 197

A-1071 Vienna , Austria

Tel: +43 1 526 09 90

Fax: +43 1 526 09 92

office@sixpackfilm.com

www.sixpackfilm.com

www.badyminck.com

Kathoy

Transfax Film Production

22 Nachmani Street

Tel Aviv, 65201, Israel

Tel: +972 3 5661484

Fax: +972 3 5661450

transfax@netvision.net.il

www.transfax.co.il

Keep Not Silent

ILIL Alexander

12 Maharal Street

Tel Aviv 62481 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 5228124

Fax: +972 3 5228124

ilila@bezeqint.net

The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt

Films Transit

252 Gouin Boulevard East

Montreal , Quebec H3L 1A8 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 844 3358

Fax: +1 514 844 7298

info@filmstransit.com

www.filmstransit.com

Life of Buddha

Arte France Distribution

8, rue Marceau

92785 Issy-Les-Moulineaux , France

Tel: +33 1 5500 7777

Fax: +33 1 5500 7395

a-frejacques@artefrance.fr

www.artefrance.fr

Life Stories

Lama Productions

17 Bar Ilan Street

Tel Aviv 65271 , Israel

Tel: +972 3 6850430

Fax: +972 3 6869793

lama@barak.net.il

Lost Boys of Sudan

Actual Films

221 Eleventh Street

San Francisco , CA 94103 , USA

Tel: +1 415 575 9997

Fax: +1 415 575 0826

jon@actualfilms.net

www.lostboysfilm.com

Lullaby

Naama Pyritz

41 Ba'alei Hamelacha Street

Tel Aviv 63824 , Israel

Tel: +972 52 443078

Fax: +972 3 6240781

npyritz@hotmail.com

Mashallah

Eytan Harris

15 Yair Street

Zichron Yaacov 30900 , Israel

Tel: +972 4 6396224

Fax: +972 4 6291876

harris@netvision.net.il

Misafa Lesafa – From Language to Language

Transfax Film Production

22 Nachmani Street

Tel Aviv, 65201, Israel

Tel: +972 3 5661484

Fax: +972 3 5661450

transfax@netvision.net.il

www.transfax.co.il

www.nurithaviv.free.fr 

Mr. Cortisone Happy Days

Zygote Films

P.O.Box 333

Binyamina 30500 , Israel

Tel: +972 4 6288986

Fax: +972 4 6388833

duki@zygotefilms.com

My Flesh and Blood

Films Transit

252 Gouin Boulevard East

Montreal , Quebec H3L 1A8 , Canada

Tel: +1 514 844 3358

Fax: +1 514 844 7298

info@filmstransit.com

www.filmstransit.com

www.chaikenfilms.com

Newsreel Program

Third World Newsreel
545 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018, USA
Tel: +1 212 947 9277
Fax: +1 212 594 6417
twn@twn.org

www.twn.org

An Orphan With Parents

The Second Television & Radio Authority

5 Kanfei Nesharim Street

Jerusalem 95464 , Israel

Tel: +972 2 6556260

Fax: +972 2 6556288

ifat@channel2.co.il

Putin’s Mama

Pieter Van Huystee Film
Noordermarkt 37-39
1015 NA Amsterdam , The Netherlands

Tel: +31 20 421 0606
Fax: +31 20 638 6255

info@pvhfilm.nl

www.pvhfilm.nl

Sainkho

Colonia Media Filmproduktions

Moltkestrasse 131

50674 Köln , Germany

Tel: +49 221 951 40 40

Fax: +49 221 951 40 44

coloniamedia@coloniamedia.de

www.coloniamedia.de

Sand and Water

Shaheen Dill-Riaz

Chodowieckistrasse 6

10405 Berlin , Germany

Tel: +49 30 44 035 081

Fax: +49 1212 5 286 31841

dill-riaz@web.de

Screaming Man

Finnish Film Foundation

Kanavakatu 12

FIN 00160, Helsinki , Finland

Tel: +358 9 6220 3021

Fax: +358 9 6220 3060

marja.pallassalo@ses.fi

www.ses.fi

www.klaffi.com/huutajat

The Skies are Closer in Homesh

Hizayon

24 Kanfei Nesharim

Jerusalem 95464 , Israel

Tel: +972 2 6541995

Fax: +972 2 6529151

hillel@hizayon.com

www.hizayon.com

Surplus – Terrorized Into Being Consumers

Swedish Film Institute

P.O. Box 27126

SE-10252 Stockholm , Sweden

Tel: +46 8 665 11 41
Fax: +46 8 666 36 98
asa.garnert@sfi.se

www.sfi.se

Touching the Void

Pathé Pictures International
Kent House
Market Place
London W1W 8AR , UK

Tel: +44 20 7462 4427
Fax: +44 20 7436 7891
mike.runagall@pathe-uk.com

Tupperware!

Laurie Kahn-Leavitt

Blueberry Hill Productions

112 Bailey Road

Watertown , MA 02472 , USA

Tel: +1 617 924 6633

Fax: +1 617 923 9744

lauriebhp@comcast.net

What’re You Gonna Do Next Karolinka?

TVP SA - Polish Television

J.P. Woronicza str. 17

0-999 Warsaw , Poland

Tel: +48 22 547 67 74

Fax: +48 22 547 42 45

aleksandra.biernacka@waw.tvp.pl

www.tvp.pl/codalej

Wheel of Time

Werner Herzog Film GmbH World Sales
Türkenstrasse 91
80799 Munich , Germany
Tel: +49 89 3304 0767

Fax: +49 89 3304 0768
worldsales@wernerherzog.com

www.wernerherzog.com

Where to?

Sapir College

School of Media , Film and Cultural Studies
Hof Ashkelon 79165, Israel
Tel: +972 8 6801468
Fax: +972 8 6802834
hagars@sapir.ac.il
www.sapir.ac.il

3, Babuna Planina Str.

1164 Sofia , Bulgaria

Tel: +359 2 962 48 59

Fax: +359 2 962 47 89

adelamedia@adelamedia.net

Yoland

Tel Hai Academic College
Upper Galilee 12210 , Israel
Tel: +972 4 6900887
Fax: +972 4 6900938

yoram@telhai.ac.il