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JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.
Son of Saul (2015)
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son. 107 minutes.
Cannes Film Festival 2015
Won FIPRESCI Prize |
Competition László Nemes |
Won François Chalais Award |
László Nemes |
Won Grand Prize of the Jury |
László Nemes |
Won Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist |
Tamás Zányi (sound designer)
for the outstanding contribution of sound to the narration.
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Nominated Golden Camera |
László Nemes |
Nominated Palme d’Or |
László Nemes |
Ghent International Film Festival 2015
Nominated Grand Prix |
Best Film László Nemes |
Hamburg Film Festival 2015
Nominated Critics Award |
László Nemes |
Hawaii International Film Festival 2015
Nominated EuroCinema Hawai’i Award |
Best Film László Nemes |
London Film Festival 2015
Nominated Best Film |
Official Competition László Nemes |
Sarajevo Film Festival 2015
Won Special Jury Prize |
Feature Film László Nemes |
Nominated Heart of Sarajevo |
Best Film László Nemes |
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