Winners of 2013

International
Golden Anchor Competition - Mediterranean Cinema
Winner: Viva la libertà by Roberto Andò (Italy).
Special Mentions: Emmanuelle Devos for her roles in Just a Sigh by Jérôme Bonnell (France/ Belgium/Ireland) and Violette by Martin Provost (France/Belgium), and Valeria Golino for her feature debut Honey (Italy/France).
Jury: Xavier Koller, filmmaker (Switzerland) / Sasson Gabai, actor (Israel) / Lina Chaplin, filmmaker (Israel).

Filmmakers of Tomorrow - FEDEORA Competition
Winner: Borgman by Alex van Warmerdam (The Netherlands/Belgium/ Denmark).
Special Mention: Le Grand Cahier by János Szász (Hungary/ Germany/Austria/France).
Jury: Oscar Peyrou, film critic (Spain) / Gidi Orsher, film critic (Israel) / Yehuda Stav, film critic (Israel)

Israeli
The Haifa Cultural Foundation Feature Film Award
Winner: Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel/Belgium/Germany), produced by Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Diana Elbaum, Sebastian Delloye and Steve Hudson.
Jury: Gila Almagor - Chairman, actress (Israel) / Vivian Ostrovsky, experimental filmmaker and artist (France) / Azize Ten, artistic director (Turkey) / Jorge Gurvich, filmmaker, producer, cinematographer and teacher (Israel) / Haim Mecklberg, producer (Israel).

The Rozalia Katz Award for The Best Debut Feature Film
Winner: La Dune by Yossi Aviram (Israel/France), produced by Ayelet Kait, Amir Harel, Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzales.
Jury: Gila Almagor - Chairman, actress (Israel) / Vivian Ostrovsky, experimental filmmaker and artist (France) / Azize Ten, artistic director (Turkey) / Jorge Gurvich, filmmaker, producer, cinematographer and teacher (Israel) / Haim Mecklberg, producer (Israel).

The Script Award, in collaboration with the Scriptwriters Guild
Winner: Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai (Israel). Produced by Michael Tapuach, Moshe Edri, Leon Edri, Amos Gitai and Laurent Trouchot.
Jury: Gila Almagor - Chairman, actress (Israel) / Vivian Ostrovsky, experimental filmmaker and artist (France) / Azize Ten, artistic director (Turkey) / Jorge Gurvich, filmmaker, producer, cinematographer and teacher (Israel) / Haim Mecklberg, producer (Israel).

The Jack Naylor Award for Cinematography in a Feature film
Winner: DP.: Giora Bejch and Nir Bar for the film Ana Arabia by Amos Gitai
Jury: Gila Almagor - Chairman, actress (Israel) / Vivian Ostrovsky, experimental filmmaker and artist (France) / Azize Ten, artistic director (Turkey) / Jorge Gurvich, filmmaker, producer, cinematographer and teacher (Israel) / Haim Mecklberg, producer (Israel).

The Best Actress Award in collaboration with NU Image, LA
Hilla Vidor for Funeral at Noon by Adam Sanderson (Israel). Produced by Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad, Guy Jacoel and Yochanan Kredo.
Jury: Gila Almagor - Chairman, actress (Israel) / Vivian Ostrovsky, experimental filmmaker and artist (France) / Azize Ten, artistic director (Turkey) / Jorge Gurvich, filmmaker, producer, cinematographer and teacher (Israel) / Haim Mecklberg, producer (Israel).

The Best Actor Award in collaboration with NU Image, LA
Winner: Tsahi Halevy for Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel/Belgium/Germany), produced by Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Diana Elbaum, Sebastian Delloye and Steve Hudson.
Jury: Gila Almagor - Chairman, actress (Israel) / Vivian Ostrovsky, experimental filmmaker and artist (France) / Azize Ten, artistic director (Turkey) / Jorge Gurvich, filmmaker, producer, cinematographer and teacher (Israel) / Haim Mecklberg, producer (Israel).

The Fedeora Award for Israeli filmmaker
Winner: Sweets by Joseph Pitchhadze (Israel). Produced by Dov Steuer, Joseph Pitchhadze, Ran Fridberg, Perry Kafri, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery.
The Jury: Oscar Peyrou, film critic (Spain) / Gidi Orsher, film critic (Israel) / Yehuda Stav, film critic (Israel).

The Documentary Film Award in collaboration with the Second Authority for Television and Radio
Winner: Farewell, Herr Schwarz by Yael Reuveny (Israel/Germany). Produced by Melanie Andernach, Knut Losen, Saar Yogev and Naomi Levari.
Special Mention: Night Shift by Itamar Chen (Israel). Produced by Yoav Roeh and Aurit Zamir.
Jury: Heinz Emigholz, filmmaker, artist, writer and producer (Germany) / Netalie Braun, filmmaker, poet and artistic director (Israel) / Tamar Yarom, filmmaker and screenwriter (Israel).

Post-Republic Post-Production Award for Haifa Cinemarket
Winner: Three Sisters by Suha Arraf. Produced by Suha Arraf, Bilsan Film Production.

The Sharon Amrani Grants, for Israeli Shorts Films, in collaboration with the Makor Foundation for film &; TV
Winner: Where the Sky Ends by GIlad Cohen and Jaki Berman. Produced by Periscope Productions Ltd.
Winner in the Short Film Debut Category: Firstborn by Leah Tonic. Produced by the Sam Spiegel Film &; Television School, Jerusalem.
Jury: Yuval Nathan, director and a character animator (Israel) / Suha Arraf, screenwriter (Israel) / Leon Prudovsky, filmmaker and screenwriter (Israel),

The Eli Gelfand Award for Best Animation Film
Winner: Cut Me Off by Luna Matar. Produced by Sapir Academic College.
Special Mentions: Café Babel by Michal Rabinovich and Dafna Ben Ami. Produced by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, and A Thing So Small by Mizmor Watzman. Produced by Sapir Academic College.
Jury: Yuval Nathan, director and a character animator (Israel) / Suha Arraf, screenwriter (Israel) / Leon Prudovsky, filmmaker and screenwriter (Israel),

The Israeli Film Critics Association Awards for films released within the past 12 months:
Best Foreign Film - Amour by Michael Haneke
Best Israeli Film - Fill the Void by Rama Burshtein
Best Actor in an Israeli Film - Moshe Ivgy for The Cutoff Man by Idan Hubel
Best Actress in an Israeli Film - Hadas Yaron for Fill the Void by Rama Burshtein