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DOCAVIV 2021 Premi

Summer Nights di Ohad Milstein e Sabaya di Hogir Hirori vincono a Docaviv

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- Premiati anche I Am Not di Tomer Heymann, A la calle di Nelson G. Navarette e Maxx Caicedo, e By the Throat di Effi Weiss e Amir Borenstein

Summer Nights di Ohad Milstein e Sabaya di Hogir Hirori vincono a Docaviv
(sx-dx) Sivan Arbel, Gili Gaon (KAN 11), il regista di Summer Nights Ohad Milstein, Dorit Inbar (The New Fund for Cinema & TV) e il giurato Avishai Kfir durante la cerimonia di chiusura di Docaviv (© Docaviv)

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The 23rd edition of Docaviv announced its winners during the official awards ceremony on Wednesday 7 July. Summer Nights [+leggi anche:
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by Ohad Milstein received the festival’s top prize, the Frank Lowy Award for Best Israeli Film, worth ILS 70,000 (circa €18,000). The film, which world-premiered at the festival, is a journey into the subconscious of an innocent and ingenuous six-year-old child, as he falls asleep and drifts into the depths of his own mind. The jury called the film “a masterpiece that sets a new standard in documentary storytelling” and praised the director as he “manages to build an artistic style that is both captivating and aesthetic”.

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In the International Competition, Hogir Hirori's Sundance title Sabaya [+leggi anche:
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picked up the Best International Film Award, worth ILS 20,000 (around €5,000). An Honorable Mention went to Camilla Nielsson for President [+leggi anche:
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Tomer Heymann received the ILS 25,000 (around €4,400) Yossi Kaufman Award for Best Director in the Israeli Competition for I Am Not [+leggi anche:
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, which also world-premiered at Docaviv. It tells the story of a boy called Oren, born in Guatemala and adopted in Israel, who was misdiagnosed with various mental illnesses and has discovered a desire for filmmaking in his teenage years. Heymann combines his own footage with Oren's, as well as his family's home videos, as the young man goes looking for his biological family. In addition, the film received the ILS 7,000 (around €1,000) Best Cinematography Award, which the protagonist shared with Itai Raziel.

The Special Jury Award, worth ILS 10,000 (around €2,500), was handed to Zvi Landsman for The Therapy, while Shir Newman bagged the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Award for Best Debut Film for How to Say Silence, worth ILS 30,000 (around €7,700). 

The Best Editing Award went to Sagi Bornstein and Udi Nir for Viral [+leggi anche:
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, and the Research Award was handed to Lily Yudinski, Michael Weits and Lee Rotbart for Blue Box [+leggi anche:
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. Each prize is worth ILS 7,000. 

The Beyond the Screen Award in honour of Docaviv founder Ilana Tsur went to the Nelson G Navarette and Maxx Caicedo's A la calle (USA), which follows Venezuelans protesting against dictator Nicolás Maduro. The film world-premiered at DOC NYC.

The Belgian production By the Throat [+leggi anche:
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by Effi Weiss and Amir Borenstein was presented with the Artistic Vision Award in the Depth of Field Competition, the strand that pushes the boundaries of the documentary genre. Finally, in the Short Film Competition, Maxime and Audrey Jean-Baptiste's Listen to the Beat of Our Images (French Guiana/France) won the Award for Best Short Film, worth ILS 4,000 (€1,000).

The festival started on 1 July in a hybrid format, screening films in local cinemas, online on its website and at events all around the city of Tel Aviv, and was set to run until the 10th. However, due to the high demand for online screenings, the festival has extended its digital programme until 31 July.

Docaviv is one of the Academy Award-qualifying documentary film festivals, meaning that the winners of the International Competition, Israeli Competition and Short Film Competition are eligible for the Oscars. The winner of Best Israeli Film is also eligible for an ILS 100,000 (€25,900) marketing grant for an Academy Award campaign.

Here is the full list of Docaviv 2021 award winners:

Israeli Competition

Best Film
Summer Nights [+leggi anche:
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- Ohad Milstein (Israel)

Best Director
Tomer Heymann - I Am Not [+leggi anche:
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(Israel/Guatemala)

Special Jury Award
The Therapy - Zvi Landsman (Israel)

Best Debut Film
How to Say Silence - Shir Newman (Israel)

Best Cinematography
Oren Levy, Itai Raziel - I Am Not

Best Editing
Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir - Viral [+leggi anche:
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(Israel/Germany)

Research Award
Lily Yudinski, Michael Weits, Lee Rotbart - Blue Box [+leggi anche:
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(Israel/Canada/Belgium)

International Competition

Best Film
Sabaya [+leggi anche:
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 - Hogir Hirori (Sweden)

Honorable Mention
President [+leggi anche:
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- Camilla Nielsson (Denmark/Norway/USA)

Beyond the Screen Award
A la calle - Nelson G Navarette, Maxx Caicedo (USA)

Honorable Mention
Imad's Childhood [+leggi anche:
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- Zahavi Sanjavi (Sweden/Latvia/Iraq)

Artistic Vision Award
By the Throat [+leggi anche:
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- Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein (Belgium)

Honorable Mention
A Man and a Camera [+leggi anche:
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- Guido Hendriks (Netherlands)

Best Short Film
Listen to the Beat of Our Images - Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste (French Guiana/France)

Honorable Mention
My Uncle Tudor - Olga Lucovnicova (Belgium/Portugal/Hungary/Moldova)

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