“As directors of a festival that showcases the next generation of filmmakers, we feel we have the obligation to promote a wide range of voices that need to be heard,” say festival directors Mya Kaplan and Talia Wigoder.
Source: Tel Aviv International Student Film FestivalĪdditionally, this year’s festival, in collaboration with The New Foundation for Cinema and Television, will unveil the Women Short Film Lab, a framework in which nine young female filmmakers will develop a short, independent film. This year’s festival has achieved its gender goals in terms of management structure with 50% of the festival’s senior staff, producers and artistic directors comprised of women.Īnd across the official competitions, women have directed 50% of the films, while 50% of the jury members are women. The festival has a commitment to work toward gender equality in the film industry and enable a new generation of creators to establish and realise their vision. Among the goals for TISFF 2020 was to select a line-up of films of which 50% are directed by men, and 50% by women, or written by or that the majority of the senior production staff are women. The 22 nd edition of TISFF marks the first to be mounted in the wake of the international 50:50 X 2020 initiative. The digital media prize will be presented online in a third dimensional, multiplayer web format where viewers can experience 10 projects as well as interact with other visitors. The festival is also hosting the third annual International Digital Media Competition for student projects in VR, AR, 360, web, and interactive.
Prize money totaling €35,000 will be awarded by a jury that includes Berlinale Golden Bear-winner Nadav Lapid ( Synonyms), award-winning filmmaker Amos Gitai and artist Sigalit Landau.