Avishai Sivan

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Avishai Sivan (1977, Israel) is a filmmaker, visual artist and published author.
His film “Tikkun” won Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography & Best Actor (Khalifa Natour) at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2015. Tikkun will have its International Premiere at Locarno Film Festival 2015.
Sivan’s first feature film, "The Wanderer", premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2010, in the Directors’ Fortnight section. The film won Best First Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2010.
His second film Visa, won Best Independent Feature Film at the Cinema South Festival 2013.
Sivan’s documentary film, "Soap Opera of a Frozen Filmmaker", a seven-part video diary, won Best Experimental Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival, 2007. In 2010, Sivan received the Israel Ministry of Culture’s Cinema Prize.
His first book, "Musings on Filmmaking whilst Cycling through the City", was published in 2011.
Sivan is currently developing his next feature film entitled “The Pirate”, a spy thriller based on the novel “The Smell of Blue Light” by Nir Hezroni.
Sivan also exhibits artwork in galleries and museums in Israel and abroad.