Winners of the 5th Moscow Jewish Film Festival
The Jury announce winners of the 5th Moscow Jewish Film Festival.
The Jury of the 5th MJFF announced winners in five competition categories:
- Best Film — «The Unorthodox» directed by Eliran Malka
- Best Documentary Feature — «Advocate» directed by Rachel Leah Jones
- Best Documentary Short Film — «My Father’s Son» directed by Hillel Rate
- Best Short Film — «Travelogue Tel Aviv» directed by Samuel Patthey
- Jury Prize — «To Dust» directed by Shawn Snyder.
Timur Weinstein, Head of the 5th MJFF Jury, general producer of NTV:
The special Yakov Kaller Award for the best Russian Jewish-themed film was given to Alexey Fedorchenko’s film «Anna’s War».
The inaugural special Organizers» Award was bestowed upon director Nina Paley, the author of the animated feature «Seder-Masochism».
Berel Lazar, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, awarded the Special Award of the 5th Moscow Jewish Film Festival for Contribution to Preservation of Sephardic Culture and History to Yigal Dias Benzion, the President of the Jewish Community of Oporto who represented the film «Sefarad».
During the Opening ceremony of the 5th MJFF, the Public Council of the Festival awarded the Honorary prize «For outstanding contribution to the development of the Jewish cinema in Russia» to director Dmitry Astrakhan.
