Israeli Director Sharon Bar-Ziv received a Special Jury Mention at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in the category of “Best New Narrative Director,” for his film Room 514.
The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winners of its competition categories on April 26, 2012 at a ceremony hosted at the Conrad New York in New York City.
Room 514, Sharon Bar-Ziv’s debut feature film, will be screened at the in the ACID program at Cannes 2012.
The film looks into the closed world of the military and the power struggles within as a young female soldier is assigned to investigate a superior officer accused of excessive violence toward Arabs. Her personal situation is complicated by the fact that she is having an affair with her direct superior. Despite pressure to end the investigation, she perseveres.
Room 514, written and directed by Sharon Bar-Ziv; Cinematography: Edan Sasson; Cast: Asia Naifeld, Guy Kapulnik, Ohad Hall, Udi Persi, Rafi Kalmar; Producers: Sharon Bar-Ziv, Michal Rubin, Bibi Arbel Rekhess.
