Festivals & Awards

LET THE PARTY BEGIN

Best Feature, JIFF 2023 · Best Director/Best Actor, Worldfest Houston 2023 · Best Director, IISFF 2023 · Honorable Mention, Hollywood New Directors 2023

A NEW SPIRIT

Boston International Film Festival 2017- Best Actor Award & Best Cinematography Award; Madrid IFF 2017- Best Lead Actor Award.

GODS SANDBOX

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech, “Best Director” and “Best Film” at the MFF 2002, USA; “Gold Special Jury Award” at the Worldfest Huston.

WHITE NIGHT

“Prix de la jeunesse” (Young Cinema Award)–Director’s Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival, France.

DAWN

Berlin International Film Festival (in competition)

FLASH

Valencia Film Festival, Spain (in competition)

MELTING AWAY

Special award for breakthrough performance to Hen Yanni in the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, 2012; Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the ImageOut: Rochester LGBT Film and Video Festival, 2012; Audience Award at the Shalom Europa IFF, France 2012; Festival Award at the Au fil(m) du temps- IMAJ Israeli Film Festival, Belgium 2011;