| 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 |
| Host: | Women in the Picture Association Municipality of Rehovot |
| Language: | Hebrew, English |
| Website: | www.iwff.net |
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.
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]
| 2013#10| rowspan="4" |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|-| rowspan="4" |2012#9| rowspan="4" |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|-| rowspan="4" |2011#8| rowspan="4" |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|-| rowspan="3" |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| rowspan="3" |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|-| rowspan="3" |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| rowspan="3" |September 5–9; more than 60 films, 26 by Israeli filmmakers.|Narrative|Osnat Wald, MomentElla Shrier, Stain (tie)|-|Documentary|Hadar Bashan, In Freiman's KitchenHannah Zelis, The Unkosher Truth (tie)|-|Most Promising|Hagar Ben Asher, Paths|-|2006#3 | |||
| 2005#2||||-| rowspan="3" |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 |