List of Israeli films of 2006

A list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 2006.

2006 releases

Premiere		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
J A N	26	Out of Sight (Hebrew: למראית עין)	Daniel Syrkin	Tali Sharon, Assi Dayan, Sandra Sade	Drama, Mystery		[1]
F E B	10	Bubot Niyar (Hebrew: בובות נייר, lit. "Paper Dolls")	Tomer Heymann		Documentary	Israeli-American-Swiss co-production	[2]
	11	Forgiveness (Hebrew: סלחנות)	Udi Aloni	Itay Tiran, Clara Khoury, Moni Moshonov, Makram Khoury	Drama		[3]
	28	Janem Janem (Hebrew: ג'נאם ג'נאם)	Haim Bouzaglo		Drama		[4]
M A Y	18	Comrade (Hebrew: בקרוב יקרה לך משהו טוב, lit. "Something Good Is Going to Happen to You Soon")	Eyal Shiray	Adam Hirsch, Assi Dayan, Tinkerbell	Drama, Action		[5]
	20	Love & Dance (Hebrew: סיפור חצי רוסי)	Eitan Anner	Jenya Dodina, Avi Kushnir	Drama, Family, Romance	Entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival	[6]
J U N	29	The Bubble (Hebrew: הבועה)	Eytan Fox	Ohad Knoller, Yousef Sweid, Daniela Virtzer, Alon Friedman	Drama, Romance		[7]
J U L	6	Someone to Run With (Hebrew: מישהו לרוץ איתו)	Oded Davidoff	Bar Belfer	Adventure, Drama		[8]
	7	Things Behind the Sun (Hebrew: הדברים שמאחורי השמש)	Yuval Shafferman	Assi Dayan, Sandra Sade	Drama		[9]
	10	Dear Mr. Waldman (Hebrew: מכתבים לאמריקה, lit. "Letters to America")	Hanan Peled	Rami Heuberger	Drama		[10]
	11	Aviva, My Love (Hebrew: אביבה אהובתי)	Shemi Zarhin		Drama		[11]
	12	Tied Hands (Hebrew: ידיים קשורות)	Dan Wolman	Gila Almagor	Drama		[12]
	13	Three Mothers (Hebrew: שלוש אמהות)	Dina Zvi-Riklis	Miri Mesika, Gila Almagor	Drama		[13]
	13	Melah Ha'arets (Hebrew: מלח הארץ, lit. "Salt of the earth")	Uri Barbash	Lior Ashkenazi, Aki Avni, Lucy Dubinchik, Liat Glick, Limor Goldstein	Crime, Drama		[14]
	14	Dead End (Hebrew: NO אקזיט, lit. "No Exit")	Dror Sabo	Ofer Shechter, Gal Zaid, Noa Barkai, Mali Levi	Drama		[15]
A U G	3	Little Heroes (Hebrew: גיבורים קטנים)	Itai Lev	Avigail Ariely, Tzion Baruch, Lucy Dubinchik, Dana Ivgy	Family film		[16]
	10	The Belly Dancer (Hebrew: לרקוד)	Marek Rozenbaum	Meital Dohan, Alon Aboutboul, Yuval Segal, Uri Klauzner, Moni Moshonov	Action, Drama, Crime		[17]
	31	Melanoma ahuvati (Hebrew: מלנומה אהובתי, lit. "Melanoma My Love")	Yossi (Joseph) Madmoni and David Ofek		Drama		[18]
S E P	9	Sweet Mud (Hebrew: אדמה משוגעת, lit. "Crazy Mud")	Dror Shaul	Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi	Drama	Israeli-German-Japanese co-production	[19]
	12	The Galilee Eskimos (Hebrew: אסקימוסים בגליל)	Jonathan Paz	Germaine Unikovsky, Mosko Alkalai, Gabi Amrani	Comedy, Drama		[20]
O C T	11	Nuzhat al-Fuad (Hebrew: נוזהת אל-פואד, lit. "Promenade of the Heart")	Yehuda Ne'eman	Mohammed Bakri, Efrat Gosh	Drama		[11]

Awards

Ophir Award Category Winners Best Film Aviva, My Love Sweet Mud Best Director Shemi Zarhin Aviva, My Love Best Actor Assi Dayan Things Behind the Sun Best Actress Asi Levi Aviva, My Love Best Supporting Actor Tzahi Grad Someone to Run With Best Supporting Actress Rotem Abuhab Aviva, My Love Best Cinematography Shai Goldman Three Mothers Best Screenplay Shemi Zarhin Aviva, My Love Best Composer Tsoof Philosof and Adi Renart Sweet Mud Best Original Score Eli Yarkoni and Yoav Sarig Sweet Mud Best Documentary Feature Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat Souvenirs Lifetime Achievement Award Nadav Levitan

Wolgin Award Category Winners Best Feature Film Dead End Best Documentary 9 Star Hotel Best Short Film Road Marks Best Screenplay Shemi Zarhin Aviva My Love Best Cinematography Shai Goldman Three Mothers Best Actor Assi Dayan Things Behind The Sun Gal Zayed Dead End Best Actress Yevgenia Dudina Dear Mr. Waldman Asi Levi Aviva My Love

Notable deaths

• May 11 – Yossi Banai, Israeli singer and actor. (b. 1932).

See also

• 2006 in Israel