Where To? Wins Three Awards at Jerusalem Film Festival

Assaf Machnes’s debut feature “Where To?” won the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature at the 43rd Jerusalem Film Festival on Thursday night. Machnes also received the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Script, while Ihab Salami won the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Performance for his portrayal of a Palestinian-German taxi driver in Berlin. The film follows the bond between the driver and a young Israeli passenger. Festival jurors praised the production’s sensitive treatment of personal beliefs and cultural conflict, and the awards formed part of roughly NIS 1 million in prizes presented across the festival’s competitions.