International Women's Film Festival in Rehovot

International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot (Hebrew: הפסטיבל הבינלאומי לסרטי נשים רחובות) is a film festival that occurred from 2004 to 2014 in the city of Rehovot, Israel. The purpose of the festival was to promote films made by women.

International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot
הפסטיבל הבינלאומי לסרטי נשים רחובות

Location	Rehovot, Israel
Established	2004
Awards	Best Feature Best Short Best Documentary Most Promising Filmmaker
Hosted by	Women in the Picture Association Municipality of Rehovot
Language	Hebrew, English
Website	www.iwff.net

Background

The festival was organized by the Women in the Picture Association with support from the Municipality of Rehovot.^[1]

The festival was intended as a platform for women filmmakers from Israel and abroad to create direct connections between creators, and an opportunity for audiences to see different types of films.^[2] The festival also included workshops, panels, lectures, and additional events.

Four competitions were held in the festival: Best Feature (until 2011 there were three; that year, the Narrative Film award was split into Feature and Short) Best Short Fiction Film, Best Documentary, and Most Promising Filmmaker. In addition, a grant was awarded annually for the development of a full-length feature film, sponsored by the Yehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation for the Arts in Tel Aviv.^[3][4]

In 2014, Rehovot Municipality decided to stop budgeting the festival.^[5]

History

Year	Information	Category	Winner
2013 #10	October 21–27; more than 60 films were screened.[6]	Feature	Alice Winocour, Augustine
		Short	Mizmor Weizman, Small Story
		Documentary	Yael Kiper and Ronen Zaretzky, Superwomen
		Most Promising	Tal Shefi, Not Your Life
2012 #9	November 5–11; more than 60 film were screened, 33 by Israeli filmmakers. Theme: Women and religion.[7][8]	Feature	Ann Hui, A Simple Life
		Short	Ronnie Sasson Angel, Wherever You Go
		Documentary	Rachel Leah Jones, Gypsy Davy
		Most Promising	Orit Fuchs, Krav Einayim
2011 #8	November 7–13; more than 60 films screened, 35 by Israeli filmmakers. Themes: Violence against women, Women and the revolution.[9]	Feature	Veronica Kedar, Joe + Belle
		Short	Mor Yogev, Thicker Than Water
		Documentary	Efrat Shalom-Danon, The Dreamers
		Most Promising	Maayan Rif, Martha Must Fly
2010 #7	September 1–7; more than 50 films, 24 by Israeli filmmakers. Theme: Women in areas of ongoing conflict.	Narrative	Elite Zexer, Tasnim
		Documentary	Noa Ben Hagai, Blood Relations
		Most Promising	Hadar Agayev, Finger in the Water
2009 #6	September 7–13; more than 50 films, 25 by Israeli filmmakers. Theme: Influence of money on women's lives.	Narrative	Noa Arenberg, December 25
		Documentary	Israela Shaer Meoded, Hamalka Hantarisha
		Most Promising	Dana Goldberg, Alligator
2008 #5	September 15–21; more than 60 films, 26 by Israeli filmmakers. Theme: Women and food in cinema.[10]	Narrative	Tali Shalom Ezer, Surrogate
		Documentary	Ada Ushpiz, Desert Brides
		Most Promising	Hadar Morag, Silence
2007 #4	September 5–9; more than 60 films, 26 by Israeli filmmakers.	Narrative	Osnat Wald, Moment Ella Shrier, Stain (tie)
		Documentary	Hadar Bashan, In Freiman's Kitchen Hannah Zelis, The Unkosher Truth (tie)
		Most Promising	Hagar Ben Asher, Paths
2006 #3
2005 #2
2004 #1	September 10–11; 50 films.[11] The debut edition of the festival screened to sold-out crowds.[12]	Narrative	Ilil Alexander, Et SheAhava Nafshi
		Documentary	Ibtisam Mara'ana, Paradise Lost
		Most Promising	Pazit Ben Hayil and Galit Shaked Shaul, Halutzot

See also

• International Women's Film Festival (disambiguation)
• List of women's film festivals