Israeli film "All the Things I Wanted to Say" took the top prize at the Chelsea Film Festival in New York City on Sunday.
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A feature film directed by Assaf Gordon, it nabbed the best picture award and shared best cinematography honors at the event's 10th edition, which presented 151 films from 29 countries.
Cinematography honors were shared with "Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse" from Germany and Iran.
"All the Things I Wanted to Say" stars Ohad Knoller as an aging film director who, facing a personal crisis, decides to make a movie about a traumatic event during his military service.
It was the drama's international premiere. Saar Erlichman wrote the screenplay in her feature film debut.
Israeli short film "Over My Dead Body" also screened at the festival. Directed by Meital Cohen Navarro, the piece tells the story of a young Persian Jewish woman who tells her parents that she is marrying a Muslim man.
Lebanese film "Farah" shared the festival's special 10th anniversary award. The feature film was directed by Kenton Oxley and Hassiba Freiha.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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