List of Israeli films of 2008 explained

A list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 2008.

2008 releases

Premiere		Title	Director	width=15%	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
F E B	8	Lemon Tree (he|עץ לימון)				Israeli-French-German co-production Won the 'Panorama Audience Award' at the Berlin Film Festival (Germany)	^[1]
	14	Restless (he|חסר מנוחה)	Amos Kollek		Drama		^[2]
M A Y	15	Waltz with Bashir (he|ואלס עם באשיר)			Animation, Biography, Drama, War	Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	^[3]
		7 Days (he|שבעה, lit. "Seven days of mourning")	Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz		Drama, War		^[4]
J U L	3	Lost Islands (he|איים אבודים)	Reshef Levy		Comedy, Drama		^[5]
	16	Out of the Blue (he|אצבע אלוהים, lit. "God's finger")	Yigal Bursztyn	Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ivgy	Comedy, Crime, Drama		^[6]
A U G	30	Adam Resurrected (he|אדם בן כלב, lit. "Adam, son of a dog")			Drama, War	Israeli-American-German co-production	^[7]
S E P	4	$9.99			Animation, Drama	Israeli-Australian co-production	^[8]
O C T	17	Eli & Ben (he|איליי ובן)			Family, Drama		^[9]

Awards

Ophir Award

Wolgin Award

Notable deaths

• 1 April – Mosko Alkalai, 77, Israeli actor (Blaumilch Canal, The Fox in the Chicken Coop, Yana's Friends) - respiratory failure. https://web.archive.org/web/20110917060841/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207238168610&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (born 1931)
• 1 April – Shosh Atari, 58, Israeli radio presenter and actress - heart attack. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3526567,00.html (born 1949)
• 20 April – Nissan Nativ, 86, Israeli director, actor and acting teacher. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3533889,00.html (born 1922)

See also

• 2008 in Israel

External links

• Israeli films of 2008 at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Etz Limon. IMDb. 23 April 2008.
2. Web site: Restless. IMDb. 29 May 2008.
3. Web site: Vals Im Bashir. IMDb. 12 June 2008.
4. Web site: Shiva. IMDb. 2 July 2008.
5. Web site: Lost Islands. IMDb. 3 July 2008.
6. Web site: Etsba Elohim. IMDb. 29 January 2009.
7. Web site: Adam Resurrected. IMDb. 12 December 2008.
8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790799/
9. Web site: Eli & Ben. IMDb. 13 August 2009.