A list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 2008.
2008 releases
Premiere Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref FEB 8 Lemon Tree () Eran Riklis Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman Israeli-French-German co-production Won the 'Panorama Audience Award' at the Berlin Film Festival (Germany) 14 Restless () Amos Kollek Moshe Ivgy, Ran Danker, Michael Moshonov Drama MAY 15 Waltz with Bashir () Ari Folman Animation, Biography, Drama, War Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 7 Days (, lit. "Seven days of mourning") Ronit ElkabetzShlomi ElkabetzRonit Elkabetz, Yael Abecassis, Hana Laszlo, Moshe Ivgy, Keren Mor, Alon Aboutboul Drama, War Won the Wolgin Award for Best Feature Film (the festival's top prize for Israeli cinema, worth 140,000 ILS at the time JUL 3 Lost Islands () Reshef LevyOshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov, Shmil Ben Ari, Orly Silbersatz Banai, Ofer Shechter Comedy, Drama The film was a major contender at the Israeli Academy Awards (Ophir Awards) in 2008, receiving 14 nominations (the most that year) and winning 4 awards. 16 Out of the Blue (, lit. "God's finger") Yigal BursztynAlon Aboutboul, Moshe IvgyComedy, Crime, Drama AUG 30 Adam Resurrected (, lit. "Adam, son of a dog") Paul Schrader Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Ayelet Zurer Drama, War Israeli-American-German co-production SEP 4 $9.99 Tatia Rosenthal Animation, Drama Israeli-Australian co-productionhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790799/ OCT 17 Eli & Ben () Ori Ravid Lior Ashkenazi Family, Drama
Awards Ophir Award Wolgin Award
Notable deaths
1 April – Mosko Alkalai, 77, Israeli actor (Blaumilch Canal, The Fox in the Chicken Coop, Yana's Friends) - respiratory failure. (born 1931) 1 April – Shosh Atari, 58, Israeli radio presenter and actress - heart attack. (born 1949) 20 April – Nissan Nativ, 86, Israeli director, actor and acting teacher. (born 1922)
See also 2008 in Israel
References
External links Israeli films of 2008 at the Internet Movie Database