Israeli director’s film takes top prize at Berlin International Film Festival Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms” is the semi-autobiographical story of a young Israeli man who moves to Paris and tries to become thoroughly French.
Documentary about Kurt Waldheim’s Nazi-era past wins top prize at Berlin film festival An Austrian-Jewish filmmaker revisits the question of whether the Austrian president lied about his involvement in atrocities.
2 Israeli films win top audience honors at Berlin festival "Junction 48," which won in the feature category, is about an Arab-Israeli couple who use their songs to criticize Israeli politics and the patriarchal system in their Arab village.
