News & Updates: Big wins for Israeli movies in Europe, Asia and US
In Los Angeles, the recently concluded 33rd Israel Film Festival awarded large cash prizes to its Audience Awards winners. In the feature category, the winners were Yaron Zilberman’s Incitement, the drama about Yigal Amir that won the Ophir Award for Best Picture and is Israel’s official selection for Oscar consideration, and Forgiveness, a comedy/drama about two crooks searching for redemption and cash (not necessarily in that order), directed by Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon. Each of these two films received $92,500. Dani Menkin’s Picture of His Life, a documentary about a brave nature photographer, won a prize of $5,000.
