Since its triple win at Sundance (see the news), Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov's Honeyland [+leggi anche:
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A Special Mention went to another Sundance title, Hassan Fazili's Midnight Traveler [+leggi anche:
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In the Israeli Competition, the jury, comprising Israeli cinematographer Talia Gal'on, visual artist and filmmaker Barbara Visser, Israeli filmmaker David Noy, founder of DOK Incubator Andrea Prenghyova, and DOC NYC and Sundance programmer Basil Tsiokos, gave out the Howard Gilman Award for Best Israeli Film, worth €17,350, to Advocate [+leggi anche:
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Both Advocate and Honeyland, as well as the Short Film Competition winner, the French-Danish co-production Egg by Martina Scarpelli, are now eligible for Academy Awards, as Docaviv is one of the Oscar-qualifying documentary festivals.

The Special Jury Award (€5,000) went to Once Upon a Boy [+leggi anche:
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Leftover Women [+leggi anche:
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Juna Suleiman also pocketed two awards for Mussolini's Sister [+leggi anche:
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The Research Award, worth €1,750, went to Carmit Sapir Weitz and Galia Dror for There Are No Lions in Tel Aviv.

In the Depth of Field Competition, the IDFA title Silvia by Argentina's María Silvia Esteve bagged the Artistic Vision Award, worth €2,500, while a Special Mention went to the German-Israeli co-production Resonance [+leggi anche:
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The 21st edition of Docaviv continues unspooling until 1 June, and the festival has reported that attendance levels are at an all-time high, with many of the screenings sold out. 

Here is the full list of award winners:

International Competition

Best International Film Award
Honeyland [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Midnight Traveler [+leggi anche:
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Israeli Competition

The Howard Gilman Award for the Best Israeli Film
Advocate [+leggi anche:
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Special Jury Award
Once Upon a Boy - Uri Levi (Israel)

The Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Award for Best Debut Film
Mussolini's Sister [+leggi anche:
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The Yossi Kaufmann Award for Best Director
Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia - Leftover Women [+leggi anche:
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Best Cinematography Award
Juna Suleiman - Mussolini's Sister

Best Editing Award
Joelle Alexis - Leftover Women 

Research Award
There Are no Lions in Tel Aviv - Carmit Sapir Weitz and Galia Dror (Israel) 

Depth of Field Competition

Artistic Vision Award
Silvia - María Silvia Esteve (Argentina) 
Special Mention
Resonance - Itay Marom (Germany/Israel) 

Short Film Competition

Best Short Film Award
Egg - Martina Scarpelli (France/Denmark)

Students Competition in Name and Honour of Ruthi Gottesman

First Award
Shira Tama - Shir Hori Abu (Sapir College, Israel) 

Second Award
The Silhouette of Braids - Rotem Dimand (The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Israel) 

Third Award
Corridor - Neta Shaked (The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Israel) 

Student Scholarship for Excellence in the Name of Moshe Lev in the Field of Cinematography
Little World - Elina Mitelman (The NB Haifa School of Design, Israel) 

Student Scholarship for Excellence in the Name of Moshe Lev in the Field of Editing
Phantom Chairs - Maya Klar (The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, Israel)