News & Updates: Israel Film Festival Awards, Friends of IDF Gala
The opening night gala of the 33rd Israel Film Festival (IFF) honored independent producer Arthur Cohn with the 2019 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award and producer Sharon Harel-Cohen with the IFF Achievement in Film Award.
The more than 900 guests on Nov. 12 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills included Meir Fenigstein, founder and executive director of the IFF; Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Hillel Newman, Israeli directors Dani Menkin (“Picture of His Life”) and Alon Gur Arye (“Mossad”); Temple of the Arts Rabbi David Baron, whose congregation holds services at the Saban; Israeli actress Tal Berkovich; and comedian Sunda Croonquist, who emceed.
