Nadav Lapid
Jury of the 13th Tiantan Award
Nadav Lapid, born in 1975 in Israel, is a prestigious Israeli director and screenwriter.
His first feature film Policeman was shortlisted for the Competition Section of the 64th Locarno Film Festival in 2011 and won the Special Jury Prize. The short film Why? produced by Lapid was shortlisted for the Best Short Film of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in 2015. His directorial feature film Synonyms was shortlisted for the Competition Section of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Prize in the International Competition in 2019. Lapid won the Jury Prize at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for his directorial film Ahed’s Knee in 2021. He attended the Masterclass with Chinese director Lu Chuan at the HiShorts! Film Festival in 2022.
Lapid was appointed the Jury of the International Critics’ Week Section of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, Jury of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, and Jury President of the 53rd Indian International Film Festival.
His first feature film Policeman was shortlisted for the Competition Section of the 64th Locarno Film Festival in 2011 and won the Special Jury Prize. The short film Why? produced by Lapid was shortlisted for the Best Short Film of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in 2015. His directorial feature film Synonyms was shortlisted for the Competition Section of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Prize in the International Competition in 2019. Lapid won the Jury Prize at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for his directorial film Ahed’s Knee in 2021. He attended the Masterclass with Chinese director Lu Chuan at the HiShorts! Film Festival in 2022.
Lapid was appointed the Jury of the International Critics’ Week Section of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, Jury of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, and Jury President of the 53rd Indian International Film Festival.
