The Tribeca Festival announced Thursday that Come Closer, won the Viewpoints Award, the top prize in its category. The jury said in its statement: “The diverse films of the Viewpoint category inspired all of us to think and feel deeply. However, when choosing a winner, our decision was unanimous.
This film pulled us all in from the first few frames, and we felt that we were in skillful hands. It was fiercely executed and superbly performed.” Tom Nesher said, "I don't have enough words to describe the huge excitement, joy, and pride I feel right now.
I give thanks to my talented cast, the production, the festival directors Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, who stood up to the pressure and chose an Israeli film for the festival, and the judges who chose it as the winner." Come Closer is her directorial debut. Israeli films have often won important prizes and critical acclaim at the Tribeca Festival, which was created by Rosenthal, De Niro, and Craig Hatkoff to help revitalize lower Manhattan following the 9/11 terror attack.
David Volach’s My Father My Lord and Talya Lavie’s Zero Motivation each won the Best Narrative Feature Award. Ohad Knoller received the Best Actor Award for Yossi & Jagger, while Shira Haas and Joy Rieger won Best Actress Awards there for the films, Asia and Virgins, respectively. The Nora Ephron Prize, named in honor of the great American Jewish writer, was given to Israeli directors Ruthy Pribar for Asia and Lavie for Zero Motivation.
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