After presenting its Israeli Competition (see the news), Docaviv, Israel’s biggest documentary festival, has announced the full programme of its 24th edition, set to run from 26 May-5 June in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and select venues around the city.

The gathering will present a total of 122 films, including 26 world and three international premieres. The International Competition features 12 films, including the international premiere of Igor Ivanko's Fragile Memory [+lire aussi :
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In the Depth of Field Competition, nine documentaries will be competing for the Artistic Vision Award, including Robin Hunzinger’s Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang, Pam Zwier's IDFA prizewinner O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alain Gomis
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The Beyond the Screen Competition, presented in memory of Docaviv founder Ilana Tsur, features films whose directors or subjects work to change our social, ecological and political reality. Vying for the award, among others, are Vincent Kelner’s A Taste of Whale [+lire aussi :
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The Arts & Culture section will feature Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time by Robert B Weide and Don Argott, Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], as well as two world premieres of Israeli films: Livi Kessel's The Other City and Tamar Tal Anati's What’s Happening to Me Lately?

In addition to the popular non-competitive Panorama, Masters and Music sections, the festival will have a Spotlight on Ukraine, and will give out two newly established awards. The Yad Vashem Award for an Outstanding Holocaust-related Documentary, worth $3,000, will be presented to Bianca Stigter for Three Minutes: A Lengthening [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], while the Time Frame Award, worth ILS 50,000 (around €14,000), for a documentary inspired by the history of Israel and Israeli society will go to one of the local films screened in any of the sections.