• Diploma films, rather than debut films.

• No more than one film per graduate. (with the exception of Talya Lavie's Sliding Flora and The Substitute)

• Adhering to our guidelines regarding length - 15-20 minutes, omitting longer films and documentaries.
  (With the exceptions of Anthem and The Mute's House)

• The basis were previous school DVDs (2004, 2009) with additional internationally award-winning films.

• 34 films were discussed for the 25 final places. 16 were restored. (Negatives for Sea Horses and video master of Road were not found)

• In 2019, the pedagogical committee convened to rank 9 additional films (2015-2019) out of which 5 were selected to reach our goal of 30 films, marking 30 years of the school.

World film critics

and Israeli film scholars