Israeli pic takes top prize at NYC’s Chelsea Film Fest

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Cinematography honors were shared with “Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse” from Germany and Iran.

“All the Things I Wanted to Say” stars Ohad Knoller as an aging film director who, facing a personal crisis, decides to make a movie about a traumatic event during his military service.

It was the drama’s international premiere.

Saar Erlichman wrote the screenplay in her feature film debut.

Israeli short film “Over My Dead Body” also screened at the festival. Directed by Meital Cohen Navarro, the film is about a young Persian Jewish woman who tells her parents that she is marrying a Muslim man.

Lebanese film “Farah” shared the festival’s special 10th anniversary award. The feature film was directed by Kenton Oxley and Hassiba Freiha.