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Elite Zexer

Awards

Elite Zexer

16 wins & 13 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Amnesty International Film Prize
    • Sand Storm
  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Best First Feature Award
    • Sand Storm

Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Best International Feature Film
    • Sand Storm

European Film Awards

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Discovery
    • Sand Storm

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner Award of the Israeli Film Academy
    • Best Director
    • Sand Storm
  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Award of the Israeli Film Academy
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sand Storm

Locarno Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2015 Winner First Look Rotor Film Award
    • Sand Storm
    Shared with: Haim Mecklberg · Estee Yacov-Mecklberg

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Scythian Deer
    • International Competition: Full-Length Films
    • Sand Storm

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

  • Tasnim (2010)
    2010 Winner Cine Cinecourts Short Film Award
    • Short Film
    • Tasnim

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2017 Nominee FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Sand Storm

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner New Directors Competition
    • Sand Storm
  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 3rd Place Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • Sand Storm

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Film
    • Sand Storm
  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner Aluminum Horse
    • Best Directorial Debut
    • Sand Storm
  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner Best First Film
    • Sand Storm
    "An important film told with great authenticity and compassion, cinema and the world at large has a new and exciting voice with this film maker. The prize for Best First Film goes to Elite Zexer for her wonderful and wildly poignant SAND STORM."

Sundance Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • Sand Storm

Taipei Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee International New Talent Competition - Grand Prize
    • Sand Storm
  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner International New Talent Competition - Special Mention
    • Sand Storm
    Shared with: Haim Mecklberg · Estee Yacov-Mecklberg

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Discovery Award
    • Best Film
    • Sand Storm

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Sand Storm

Washington Jewish Film Festival

  • Tasnim (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Short Film
    • Tasnim

Alpinale European Film Festival

  • Tasnim (2010)
    2011 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Film
    • Tasnim

Cittadella del Corto

  • Tasnim (2010)
    2011 Winner Best Film
    • International Competition
    • Tasnim

Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival

  • Regila (2009)
    2010 Winner Best Fiction Film
    • Israeli Competition
    • Regila
    • Take Note
    Shared with: Asaf Saban

Jeonju International Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner Grand Prize
    • International Competition
    • Sand Storm

CPH PIX

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Nominee New Talent Grand PIX
    • Sand Storm

Official Best of Fest

  • Tasnim (2010)
    2011 Winner Best of Fest Award
    • Best of Fest Award
    • Tasnim

Traverse City Film Festival

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner Roger Ebert Prize
    • Best Foreign Film by a First-Time Filmmaker
    • Sand Storm

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

  • Sand Storm (2016)
    2016 Winner João Bénard da Costa Special Jury Award
    • Special Jury Award
    • Sand Storm

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