RON
KATZENELSON
FILMOGRAPHY
2021
The Round Number // Documentary 60 min (Co- cinematographer) // HOT8, Jerusalem Film Festival 2021
2021
Our Beds are Burning // Docufiction 62 min // Makor Foundation // Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival 2021
2020
Lebanon: Borders of Blood // TV Mini-Series documentary 5 x 50 min / 90 min single doc // Kan11, WDR, ARTE, Best Cinematography & best TV Documentary Series - The Israeli Academy of Film & Television 2020 // Best TV Documentary Series Award - The Documentary Forum in Israel 2020 // Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival 2020
2020
Barbershop Stories // Documentary 75 min // EPOS International Art Film Festival 2020
2020
The Furnace // Documentary 52 min // EPOS International Art Film Festival 2020
2019
The Mystery of the Black Book // Documentary 70 min // KAN11, Haifa IFF, Artdoc.media Moscow IFF, Thessaloniki IFF, Sydney JIFF 2021, Copenhagen JIFF 2021
2019
There are No Lions in Tel Aviv // Documentary 63 min // KAN11, Docaviv IFF, Best Cinematography & Best Artistic Design Awards - The Forum Documentary in Israel, Best Mid-Length Film competition Arquivro em Cartaz, Rio de Janeiro, Austin IFF, Toronto Jewish film festival 2020
2018
Inside the Mossad // Documentary Film 90 min // WDR, ARTE, KAN11
2018
209 Rue Saint-maur, Paris 10éme: The Neighbors // Documentary 101 min (Co-cinematographer) // ARTE, Special Mention Award Haifa IFF
2013-2018
Searching for the Unknown Holocaust // Documentary Project 8 films // HOT8, NFCT, Rabinovitch Foundation, The Israel Film Council, Claims Conference, JDC, Genesis, Haifa IFF:
1. The Guardians of Remembrance 107 min
2. Holocaust. The Eastern Front 95 min
3. Beyond the Nistru 97 min
4. We Allow You to Die 66 min
5. Until the Last Step 95 min
6. Drawers of Memory 78 min
7. Gotenland 58 min
8. The Road to Babi Yar 107 min
2017
Inside the Mossad // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 4 episodes // HOT8, Channel 10, Netflix
2017
Mohamed and Anna: In Plain Sight // Documentary 58 min // KAN11, Jerusalem Jewish FF, N.Y Jewish FF
2015
Orphans of Revolution // Documentary 88 min (Co-cinematographer) //KAN11, NFCT, Haifa IFF, Scope IFF, 12 Months IFF
2015
Nazareth Cinema Lady // Documentary 54 min // Best Documentary Award - Epos International Art Films, Haifa IFF, Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema South Korea, IAWRT Asian Women’s Festival New Delhi, International Peloponnese Documentary Festival, Kalamata Greece
2014
24h Jerusalem // Documentary 1440 min (Director & Cinematographer, one of the 60 film teams in a one-of-a-kind project, aired on TV and the Internet) // ARTE, Media TV Broadcasting, German TV Award 2014 (Best Doc Series), German TV Academy Award (Best Producer)
2014
France Israel: A History // Documentary 82 min (Co-cinematographer) // INA, France 5, DocAviv International FF
2014
Creating Hope // Documentary short 15/45 min // Haifa University, IsraAid
2014
David Perlov: Portrait // Documentary 60 min // HOT8, Haifa IFF
2013
H.I.Jew Positive //Documentary 70 min // YesDocu, Krakow IFF Festival, Jerusalem Jewish FF
2013
Fantasticsh // Documentary 65 min //Haifa IFF, Epos International Art Film Festival, Lady Filmmakers IFF Los Angeles, Channel 2
2013
A Tale of a Woman and a Robe // Documentary Short 30 min // Second Authority for Television and Radio Israel, Free-Style Documentary Award - The Documentary Forum in Israel, Epos International Art Film Festival 2013, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival 2014
2013
La Force des Femmes // Documentary 60 min (Co-cinematographer) // France 5
2012
Window to Jerusalem // Documentary 58 min // Epos International Art Film Festival, Israel Film Service
2012
Present Continuous // Feature Film 100 min // Haifa IFF, Cinema South Festival
2011
Jeannette // Documentary 52 min // Channel 2, DocAviv
2011
Night Shift // Fiction Short 30 min // Haifa IFF, Best Shorts Competition, California
2011
Torn // Documentary 72 min // HOT8, Special Jury Mention Award - Religion Today IFF Italy, Official Competition Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, DocAviv, DocAviv IFF
2011
Sadat – Begin: Le Chemin de la Paix // Documentary 60 min // France 5
2010
Black Bus (Soreret) // Documentary 76 min // HOT8, Best Documentary Film - Haifa IFF, Best Cinematography Award - The Documentary Forum in Israel, Berlinale Forum New Cinema
2009
Haredim (Life in an Enclave – The Ultra-Orthodox Community in Israel) // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 3 episodes // Channel 2:
1. Gevald! 50 min // Best TV Film – Religious Today IFF, Italy, Jerusalem IFF
2. The Rabbi’s Daughter & the Midwife 55 min
3. Religion.Com 48 min // Best film - Warsaw JFF
2009
One Eye Wide Open // Documentary 54 min // Channel 2, Jerusalem IFF, Epos International Art Film Festival, Special Mention “I’ve Seen Films” 2010
2009
Slaves of the Sword // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 4 episodes // HOT8, BBC, ARTE
2009
Born to Fly // Documentary 66 min // IBA
2008
My First War // Documentary 82 min (Co-cinematographer) // HOT8, ARTE, IDFA, Special Mention DocAviv IFF, Goteborg IFF
2008
Jerusalem Cuts // Documentary 54 min // HOT8, ARTE, BBC, ZDF, DocAviv, Visions du Réel International de Cinéma, Nyon, Toronto IFF
2007
Go in Peace Rain // Documentary 85 min // HOT8, Jerusalem IFF
2007
Did Herzl Really Say That? // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 3 episodes // HOT8, Jerusalem IFF
2006
Someone Takes Care of You // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 4 episodes // HOT8
2006
Hanuszka // Docufiction 70 min // YesDocu, Docaviv IFF, MEDIMED Film Festival Barcelona 2006, Film fest Hamburg, Religion Today IFF Trento Italy
2006
I, the Aforementioned Infant // Documentary 70 min // HOT8, Haifa IFF
2006
Talmud // Documentary 57 min (Co-cinematographer) // ARTE
2006
Monologue // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 5 episodes // Israel Film Service, Channel 2, Jerusalem IFF, DocAviv IFF
2005
Kibbutz // Documentary 54 min // Channel 2, Special Mention Award DocAviv, Montpellier Mediterranean IFF
2004
Sentenced to Marriage (Mekudeshet) // Documentary 65 min // HOT8, Wolgin Award for Best Documentary - Jerusalem IFF, Special Mention IDFA Silver Wolf Competition, Best Documentary Award Spotlight Hot Docs, Women’s Film Festival Seoul, INPUT 2005, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
2004
Land, Wind & Dust // Documentary 74 min (Co- Cinematographer) // The Israeli Film Service, Channel 2, DocAviv IFF
2004
Slaves of the Sword // TV Mini-Series documentary, 3 episodes // BBC, United Kingdom // HOT8, Israel // ARTE, Germany/France
2003-4
The Personal Sense // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 24 episodes // HOT8
2003
Zaineb // Documentary 60 min // Channel 2, Special Mention Award DocAviv, Best Documentary Film “Female Eye” Toronto
2003
Birthday Party // Documentary 64 min // Channel 2
2002
Mimi's Barber Shop // Documentary 48 min // Channel 2, Haifa IFF
2002
The Secret // Documentary 56 min // HOT8, Berlinale Forum New Cinema, Prix du Jury, Bordeaux IFF, Jerusalem IFF
2002
The Pharaoh’s Holy Treasure // Documentary 58 min (Co-cinematographer) // BBC 2
2002
War Photographs // Documentary 56 min // HOT8
2001
Place Under the Sun // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 4 episodes // Israel Film Service, Channel 2, DocAviv IFF // Montreal IFF of Films on Art (FIFA)
2000
White Lies // Feature Film // Jerusalem IFF, Calcutta IFF, Bombay IFF, Channel 2
2002
Catch 82 // TV Mini-Series Documentary, 5 episodes // HOT8
2000
The Balcony // Documentary 60 min // HOT8
2000
Luciano Berio // Documentary 75 min // GA&A SLR, ARTE, ZDF, ORF, HOT8, FIFA Films on Art Montreal IFF, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels FIPA Biarritz
1999
Air Time // TV Drama 90 min // HOT3, Wolgin Award for Best Drama Jerusalem IFF
2000
Disappearance // TV Drama Series 5 episodes // Channel 2
1998
Revival (Tkuma), The First Fifty Years 1948 - 1998 // Documentary Series - 22 episodes
(cinematographer - 4 episodes) // IBA (Channel 1):
Kibbutz Galuyot - episode 4
In the Shadow of the Holocaust - episode 6
The Watershed - episode 8
Second Israel - episode 12
1998
Le 7’eme Jour d’Israel un Kibbutz // Documentary 80 min // ARTE, HOT8, Television Swiss Romande
1998
Pinkas’ Dream // Documentary 52 min // The New Foundation for Cinema and Television Award – Jerusalem IFF, Freiburg Film Festival, Channel 2
1998
Code Elkana // Documentary 56 min // IBA (Channel 1), Planet Cable
1998
Theo and his Friends // Documentary 54 min // IBA (Channel 1)
1997
George de la Tour // Documentary short 27 min // Arte, La Sept, Locarno Film Festival, Rotterdam IFF, Cinéma du Réel Paris 2006, Vendom Film Festival 2006
1999
Being Here-Being There // Documentary 46 min // Channel 2, Special Mention of the certificate of merit at INTERCOM Chicago IFF
1997
The Abraham File // Documentary 71 min // Documentary (Co-cinematographer) 102 min // France 2, CNC, INA, CNDP BnF, Jerusalem IFF, Prix du Jury du Public IFF Nyon Swiss
1997
Hummus for Two // Documentary short 30 min // Channel 2
1997
"And your land in the rope will be divided" // Documentary 62 min // Israeli Film Service, IBA, Jerusalem IFF
1997
Nana // Documentary 96 min (Co-cinematographer) // Med-Media, The Arts Council of England Lottery Found, Haifa IFF
1996-9
Deadly Money // TV Drama Series (Aerial Photography, 2nd camera) // Channel 2, HOT 3
1996
Ever Shot Anyone? // Documentary 60 min // IBA, Leipzig Film Festival, Paris Film Festival, Colombia Film Festival, Barcelona Film Festival, Hong Kong Film Festival, Input (International Public Television Conference), Femina, Germany, London Film Festival
1995
Angels: Messenger of the Gods // Documentary 52 min (Co-cinematographer) // Discovery Channel, RTE, SBC-TV
1995
Jam Session // Documentary 52 min // IBA, Jerusalem IFF, Marseille IFF
1995
A City Without Memory // Documentary (co cinematographer) 46 min // TV2 Denmark
1994
Present Yet Absent // Documentary 60 min
1993-1996
Cinematographer for the TV investigative program Uvda (Fact) // Channel 2, The Golden Lens Award - Best cinematography for Under the Bridge 1994
1997
Three Sisters // Documentary 68 min (Co-Cinematographer) // IBA, ZDF, Berlinale Forum; Cinéma du Réel Paris, DocAviv Best Cinematography Award, Dortmund Film Festival, Arizona Film Festival, San Francisco IFF
1993
Au nom de L’urgence // Documentary 80 min // FR3, Marseille Citevision, Best Documentary Film “Scene de Ville” Villeurbanne, Cinema du Reel
1993
Du Passe Faisons Table Rase (Olam Yashan Addey Hysod Nachriva) // Documentary 90 min (Co-cinematographer) // IBA, Cinema du Reel
1993
Letters to Felice // Docufiction short 30 min (Co-cinematographer) // IDFA
1992
The French Initiative // Documentary short 30 min // Channel 2, The Golden Lens Award for Best Cinematography
1992
Beating Time // Documentary short 30 min // Channel 2, Haifa IFF, Brooklyn Museum
1992
Itgabar (He Will Overcome) // Documentary 2x52 min // France 3, Channel 2
1991
Izkor: Slaves of Memory // Documentary 98 min // FR3, The Golden Lens Award for Best Cinematography, Prix de la Biennale Européen du Documentaire Marseille 1991, Prix de la Procirep et Mention Spéciale du Jury FIPA 1991, IDFA
1990
Toute les Couleurs // Documentary 54 min (Co-cinematographer) // France 3, INA, BnF
1989
Van Gogh, la revanche ambiguë // Documentary 70 min (Co-Cinematographer) // CNRS audiovisuel, FR3
1989
Color of Honor // Documentary 90 min (Co-cinematographer) // PBS, Berlinale, London IFF, CINE Golden Eagle Washington, D.C.
1987
Sur les Feuilles de Route de Breyten Breytenbach // Documentary short 22 min // ACET, Bpi, European Biennial of the Documentary Lyon 1989
1987
“Don Juan”, “La Marriage de Figaro”, Puntila es son Valet Matti” // 3 Theater plays for TV // Marseille Citevision Cable, Theatre National de Marseille, FR3
1985
Un Ete au Amandiers // TV Drama Series, 10 episodes x 26 min (2nd camera) // TV cable Marseille, FR3
1985
La Facture des Orgues en Provence // Documentary 56 min // FR3 France
1985
Chroniques d'un Journalist Brazilian Dans la Grande Delta // Documentary 56 min // FR3 France
1984
Nisei Soldier // Documentary short 30 min (Co-cinematographer) // PBS, BBC, Blue Ribbon Award, Gold Medal NY IFF, Silver Plaque Chicago IFF, CINE Golden Eagle Washington, D.C., Emmy Award Northern California Region, National Emmy Nominee
1984
Bangkok – Bahrein: Labor for Sale // Documentary 78 min // TF1, Channel 4 UK, IKON, Outstanding Film Award Hong Kong IFF, London Film Festival
1984
Nouvelle Vague c’est la Class // Documentary 56 min // A2 France
1983
Sabot de Venus // Documentary short 30 min // Animations et Environnements France