2006 in Israeli film
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A list of film
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Film industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...
in 2006
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
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2006 releases
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26 | Out of Sight | Daniel Syrkin Daniel Syrkin Daniel Syrkin is an Israeli cinema and TV director and screen-writer.Syrkin moved to Jerusalem, Israel, in his childhood. He was first exposed to acting while attending the René Cassin French high school, where he participated in the Katron drama program... |
Tali Sharon, Assi Dayan Assi Dayan Asaf "Assi" Dayan is an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.-Personal life:Assi Dayan is the youngest son of Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan and peace activist Ruth Dayan . He has two siblings: politician and author Yael Dayan, born 1939, and sculptor Ehud ... , Sandra Sade |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... , Mystery Mystery film Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The... |
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10 | Bubot Niyar | Tomer Heymann Tomer Heymann Tomer Heymann is an Israeli filmmaker.- Life :Heymann has directed many documentary films and series in the past ten years, most of them long-term follow-ups and personal documentations. His films won major awards at different prestigious film festivals including his first film “It Kinda Scares... |
Documentary Documentary A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:... |
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| 11 | Forgiveness ( | Udi Aloni Udi Aloni Udi Aloni is an Israeli and American filmmaker, writer and visual artist whose works focus on the interrelationships between art, theory,and action. He began his career as a painter, establishing the Bugrashov gallery in Tel Aviv, a home for contemporary art, cultural and political events... |
Itay Tiran Itay Tiran Itay Tiran is an Israeli stage and screen actor, known for his position against Israeli settlements and for his roles in Forgiveness , Beaufort , The Debt , Homeland , Lebanon , and The Promise .Tiran is one of the most acclaimed Israeli actors of his day... , Clara Khoury Clara Khoury Clara Khoury is an Israeli - Palestinian actress.Clara works in film, television and theater, acting in Arabic, Hebrew, English and French.- Biography :... , Moni Moshonov Moni Moshonov -Biography:Shlomo Moshonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four.His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles in the Ramla market. Moshonov grew up in Ramla. He did his military service in an IDF entertainment troupe... , Makram Khoury Makram Khoury Makram J. Khoury is an Israeli Arab, born 30 May 1945 in Jerusalem. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel. He is one of the most accomplished and well-known Israeli Arab actors.Today, Makram is active in films, on the stage, and on... |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 28 | Janem Janem | Haim Bouzaglo | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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18 | Comrade | Eyal Shiray | Adam Hirsch, Assi Dayan Assi Dayan Asaf "Assi" Dayan is an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.-Personal life:Assi Dayan is the youngest son of Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan and peace activist Ruth Dayan . He has two siblings: politician and author Yael Dayan, born 1939, and sculptor Ehud ... , Tinkerbell |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... , Action Action film Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases... |
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| 20 | Love & Dance | Eitan Anner | Jenya Dodina, Avi Kushnir | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... , Family Family In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children... , Romance Romance film Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus... |
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29 | The Bubble The Bubble (2006 film) The Bubble is a 2006 romantic drama directed by Eytan Fox telling the story of two men who fall in love, one Israeli and one Palestinian... |
Eytan Fox Eytan Fox -Biography:Fox was born in New York City and moved with his family to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a leading professor of Jewish education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox, was the head of the Jerusalem city... |
Ohad Knoller Ohad Knoller Ohad Knoller is an Israeli actor.Ohad Knoller is the son of journalist Judith Knoller. He is married to actress Noa Raba-Knoller with whom he has a son.... , Yousef Sweid, Daniela Virtzer, Alon Friedman |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... , Romance Romance film Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus... |
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6 | Someone to Run With | Oded Davidoff | Bar Belfer | Adventure Adventure An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports... , Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 7 | Things Behind the Sun | Yuval Shafferman | Assi Dayan Assi Dayan Asaf "Assi" Dayan is an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.-Personal life:Assi Dayan is the youngest son of Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan and peace activist Ruth Dayan . He has two siblings: politician and author Yael Dayan, born 1939, and sculptor Ehud ... , Sandra Sade |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 10 | Dear Mr. Waldman | Hanan Peled | Rami Heuberger Rami Heuberger Rami Heuberger is an Israeli director, actor and entertainer.-Career in the theater :After his army service Heuberger studied acting at Nissan Nativ's acting studio in Tel Aviv... |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 11 | Aviva, My Love | Shemi Zarhin | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 12 | Tied Hands | Dan Wolman | Gila Almagor Gila Almagor Gila Almagor is an Israeli actress, film star, and author.-Biography:Gila Almagor was born four months after the death of her father, Max Alexandrowitz, a Jewish immigrant from Germany who was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa... |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 13 | Three Mothers | Dina Zvi-Riklis | Miri Mesika Miri Mesika Miriam "Miri" Mesika is an Israeli singer and actress. She won several Israeli Female Singer of the Year awards. She has sold more than 100,000 copies of her albums in Israel.-Background:... , Gila Almagor Gila Almagor Gila Almagor is an Israeli actress, film star, and author.-Biography:Gila Almagor was born four months after the death of her father, Max Alexandrowitz, a Jewish immigrant from Germany who was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa... |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 13 | Melah Ha'arets | Uri Barbash Uri Barbash Uri Barbash is an Israeli film director. His film co-wrote with Eran Preis, Beyond the Walls was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film... |
Lior Ashkenazi Lior Ashkenazi Lior Ashkenazi , is an award-winning Israeli screen and stage actor.- Biography :Lior Ashkenazi was born to Sephardi Jewish immigrants from Turkey who moved to Israel in 1964. He grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood in Ramat Gan. His father, Shmuel, worked as a printer. His mother, Victoria,... , Aki Avni Aki Avni Aki Avni is an Israeli actor, entertainer and television host. He appeared in the movie Free Zone with Natalie Portman. He also played the character Mohsen in the second season of the television series 24.... , Lucy Dubinchik, Liat Glick, Limor Goldstein |
Crime Crime Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction... , Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 14 | Dead End | Dror Sabo | Ofer Shechter Ofer Shechter Ofer Shechter is an Israeli actor, entertainer, model and TV host.- Biography :Schechter was born and raised in Moshav Hadar Am. At the age of seven Schechter took part in a commercial for a watermelon Ice pop which was broadcast on Israeli TV... , Gal Zaid, Noa Barkai, Mali Levi |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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3 | Little Heroes | Itai Lev | Avigail Ariely, Tzion Baruch, Lucy Dubinchik, Dana Ivgy Dana Ivgy Dana Ivgy is an Israeli actress and the daughter of actor, Moshe Ivgy.-Career:As a child, Ivgy appeared in several television and film productions... |
Family film Family film A family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.Family... |
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| 10 | The Belly Dancer | Marek Rozenbaum | Meital Dohan Meital Dohan Meital Dohan is an Israeli comedian, stage, television and film actress, and playwright known in the U.S. for her recurring role as Yael Hoffman in the Showtime series Weeds, for her role of Abby in the Anthony Neilson play Stitching, and her work on the Sony Pictures web comedy Woke Up Dead... , Alon Aboutboul, Yuval Segal, Uri Klauzner, Moni Moshonov Moni Moshonov -Biography:Shlomo Moshonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four.His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles in the Ramla market. Moshonov grew up in Ramla. He did his military service in an IDF entertainment troupe... |
Action Action film Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases... , Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... , Crime Crime Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction... |
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| 31 | Melanoma ahuvati ' onMouseout='HidePop("75435")' href="/topics/Melanoma">Melanoma Melanoma Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye... My Love") |
Yossi (Joseph) Madmoni and David Ofek | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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9 | Sweet Mud | Dror Shaul Dror Shaul Dror Shaul, , is an Israeli film-maker.He came to prominence with the release of his first film, the 50-minutes Mivtza Savta , a comedy with a focus on the kibbutz experience. It is considered a cult movie, especially amongst kibbutzniks... |
Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| 12 | The Galilee Eskimos | Jonathan Paz | Germaine Unikovsky, Mosko Alkalai Mosko Alkalai Mosko Alkalai was an Israeli stage and film actor. He was best known a for a string of hits including Blaumilch Canal, The Fox in the Chicken Coop and Yana's Friends.-Career:... , Gabi Amrani |
Comedy Comedy Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in... , Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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11 | Nuzhat al-Fuad | Yehuda Ne'eman | Mohammed Bakri, Efrat Gosh Efrat Gosh -Bio:Gosh was born in 1983 and raised as a middle child with a younger and an older brother in Herzliya, Israel. She attended the music department at Alon high school in Ramat Hasharon. She continued her education at the Rimon school of music, focusing on Jazz... |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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Ophir Award
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| Best Film | Aviva, My Love Sweet Mud Sweet Mud Adama Meshuga'at or Sweet Mud in English is a 2006 Israeli satirical drama film written and directed by Dror Shaul.- Synopsis :Set in 1974, Dvir is soon to turn 13 and lives with his mom Miri at a progressive kibbutz populated by people who take pride in their open-minded attitudes... |
| Best Director | Shemi Zarhin Aviva, My Love |
| Best Actor | Assi Dayan Assi Dayan Asaf "Assi" Dayan is an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.-Personal life:Assi Dayan is the youngest son of Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan and peace activist Ruth Dayan . He has two siblings: politician and author Yael Dayan, born 1939, and sculptor Ehud ... Things Behind the Sun Things Behind the Sun Things Behind the Sun is a 2001 film starring Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann and directed by Allison Anders. Its title is taken from a song by Nick Drake.... |
| Best Actress | Asi Levy Aviva, My Love |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tzahi Grad Someone to Run With |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rotem Abuhab Aviva, My Love |
| Best Cinematography | Shai Goldman Three Mothers |
| Best Screenplay | Shemi Zarhin Aviva, My Love |
| Best Composer | Tsoof Philosof and Adi Renart Sweet Mud Sweet Mud Adama Meshuga'at or Sweet Mud in English is a 2006 Israeli satirical drama film written and directed by Dror Shaul.- Synopsis :Set in 1974, Dvir is soon to turn 13 and lives with his mom Miri at a progressive kibbutz populated by people who take pride in their open-minded attitudes... |
| Best Original Score | Eli Yarkoni and Yoav Sarig Yoav Sarig Yoav Sarig is an Israeli scientist, inventor and agricultural engineer. He is a renowned expert in the field of mechanical harvesting of fruit, and is the holder of several patents for mechanical apparatus for harvesting and processing of jojoba beans, pecan nuts and pomegranates.-Early years and... Sweet Mud Sweet Mud Adama Meshuga'at or Sweet Mud in English is a 2006 Israeli satirical drama film written and directed by Dror Shaul.- Synopsis :Set in 1974, Dvir is soon to turn 13 and lives with his mom Miri at a progressive kibbutz populated by people who take pride in their open-minded attitudes... |
| Best Documentary Feature | Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat Souvenirs |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Nadav Levitan Nadav Levitan Nadav Levitan was an Israeli film director, screenwriter, writer and songwriter. He directed nine films between 1981 and 1999. His film Yaldei Stalin was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.. He was married to Israeli singer Chava Alberstein, who had recorded... |
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Wolgin Award
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| Best Feature Film | Dead End Dead End Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney... |
| Best Documentary | 9 Star Hotel |
| Best Short Film | Road Marks |
| Best Screenplay | Shemi Zarhin Aviva My Love |
| Best Cinematography | Shai Goldman Three Mothers |
| Best Actor | Assi Dayan Assi Dayan Asaf "Assi" Dayan is an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.-Personal life:Assi Dayan is the youngest son of Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan and peace activist Ruth Dayan . He has two siblings: politician and author Yael Dayan, born 1939, and sculptor Ehud ... Things Behind The Sun Things Behind the Sun Things Behind the Sun is a 2001 film starring Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann and directed by Allison Anders. Its title is taken from a song by Nick Drake.... Gal Zayed Dead End Dead End Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney... |
| Best Actress | Yevgenia Dudina Dear Mr. Waldman Assi Levy Assi Levy Asi Levi is an Israeli Film Academy Award winning actress. Levi attended and graduated the Yoram Levinstein School of Acting in southern Tel Aviv.... Aviva My Love |
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Notable deaths
- May 11 – Yossi BanaiYossi BanaiYossi Banai was an Israeli performer, singer, actor, and dramatist.-Biography:Banai was born in Jerusalem, and grew up in the neighborhood of the Mahane Yehuda market...
, Israeli singer and actor. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/14554562.htm (b. 1932).
External links
- Israeli films of 2006 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...