List of Israeli films of 2005

A list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 2005.

2005 releases

Premiere		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
J A N	13	Riki Riki (Hebrew: ריקי ריקי)	Eitan Anner	Guri Alfi, Gila Almagor, Tal Friedman	Comedy		[1]
F E B	5	Distortion (Hebrew: דיסטורשן)	Haim Bouzaglo		Drama		[2]
	11	Live and Become (Hebrew: תחייה ותהייה)	Radu Mihaileanu		Drama	An Israeli-French-Belgian-Italian co-production The film won the Most Popular International Film category at the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival.	[3]
	14	Paradise Now (Hebrew: גן עדן עכשיו)	Hany Abu-Assad		Crime, Drama	An Israeli-Palestinian-French-German-Dutch co-production The film won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.	[4]
M A Y	1	Bruno's in Love (Hebrew: ברונו מאוהב)	Ilan Heitner	Shalom Assayag, Benny Avni, Tchia Danon, Ilan Dar	Drama	Made-for-TV film	[5]
	19	Free Zone (Hebrew: אזור חופשי)	Amos Gitai	Natalie Portman, Hiam Abbass, Hanna Laslo	Comedy, Drama	An Israeli-Belgian-French-Spanish co-production In the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, Hanna Laslo won the Best Actress award and the film was nominated for the Golden Palm award.	[6]
	24	At the Green Line	Jesse Atlas		Documentary		[7]
J U L	8	What a Wonderful Place (Hebrew: איזה מקום נפלא)	Eyal Halfon	Uri Gavriel	Drama		[8]
	14	Joy (Hebrew: מוכרחים להיות שמח)	Julie Shles	Sigalit Fuchs, Tal Friedman, Dorit Lev-Ari, Keren Mor	Comedy, Drama		[9]
	15	Close to Home (Hebrew: קרוב לבית)	Vardit Bilu and Dalia Hager	Smadar Sayar and Naama Schendar	Drama		[10]
	21	Schwartz Dynasty (Hebrew: שושלת שוורץ)	Amir Hasfari and Shmuel Hasfari	Miryam Zohar, Tal Friedman, Yehuda Levi	Comedy		[11]
O C T	20	Alenbi Romance (Hebrew: אלנבי רומאנס)	Yanai Goz and Yoni Zicholtz		Drama, Romance		[12]
	24	Frozen Days (Hebrew: ימים קפואים)	Danny Lerner		Drama, Mystery, Thriller		[13]
D E C	27	Days of Love (Hebrew: ימים של אהבה)	Menahem Golan		Musical		[14]

Awards

Notable deaths

• January 29 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, screenwriter and film director, apparent heart attack.^[15] (b. 1924).

References

1. Riki Riki (2005) - IMDb
2. Distortion (2005) - IMDb
3. Live and Become (2005) - IMDb
4. Paradise Now (2005) - IMDb
5. Bruno's in Love (TV 2005) - IMDb
6. Free Zone (2005) - IMDb
7. At the Green Line (2005) - IMDb
8. IMDb - What a Wonderful Place (2005)
9. Joy (2005) - IMDb
10. IMDb - Close to Home (2005)
11. Schwartz Dynasty (2005) - IMDb
12. Alenbi Romance (2005) - IMDb
13. IMDb - Frozen Days (2005)
14. Days of Love (2005) - IMDb

External links

• Israeli films of 2005 at the Internet Movie Database