DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
Nadav Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1975.
He has directed four features, Policeman (Special Jury Prize at Locarno IFF in 2011), The Kindergarten Teacher (Selected Cannes’ Critics week 2014, and which got a US remake in 2018), and Synonyms (Golden Bear and Fipresci award at the 2019 Berlinale).
All his films are marked by stark oppositions, between law and order, poetry and materialism, and the combustible reaction when these two opposing sides
collide.
They have won dozens of film prizes internationally. A graduate from the University of Tel Aviv in philosophy and from Israel’s prestigious Sam Spiegel Film & Television School, Lapid has emerged in just a few years as one of the most promising newcomers in international art cinema. He also published a collection of short stories, Keep on Dancing, translated in several languages. His latest feature film, Ahed’s Knee, won the Jury Prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY
AHED’S KNEE, feature film, 2021.
Cannes Festival, Winner: Jury Prize
THE STAR, short film, 2021.
Cannes Festival, Official Selection
SYNONYMS, feature film, 2019.
Berlin Film Festival, Winner: Golden Bear
FROM THE DIARY OF A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, medium-length film, 2016.
Cannes Film Festival, Critics’ Week
WHY?, short film, 2015.
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, feature film, 2014.
Cannes Film Festival, Critics’ Week
AMMUNITION HILL, short film, 2014.
POLICEMAN, feature film, 2011.
Locarno Film Festival, Winner: Jury Prize
ÉMILE’S GIRLFRIEND, medium-length film, 2007.
KVISH, short film, 2005.
PROTECT GVUL, short film, 2004.
