Anniversary Celebrations
In 2005, the school celebrated its 15 anniversary with a tribute at the Jerusalem Film Festival, a commemorative booklet published by the Tel Aviv Cinemateque, the naming of the school’s street the “Sam Spiegel Alley”, and a gala evening at the Jerusalem Festival for the school’s graduates from past years, current students instructors, key persons in the industry, and such distinguished guests as then-Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Israeli president Yitchak Navon and cabinet ministers.
The school also released a DVD series of its ten best films, selected by 60 leading film personalities from 17 countries. The judges included:Pedro Almodóvar, Paul Newman, Gus Van Sant, Luc Besson, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Weir, Andrzej Wajda, István Szabó, Atom Egoyan, Paul Auster, Theo Angelopoulos, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Todd Haynes, Willem Dafoe, Samira Makhmalbaf, Patrice Leconte, Gillo Pontecorvo, Lawrence Kasdan, Steve Buscemi, Dusan Makavejev, Saul Zaentz, Walter Murch, Walter Parkes, Edward Zwick, and others.
Nir Bergman’s film Sea Horses won the award for the school’s outstanding film of all time.
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