Boris Lojkine’s drama The Story Of Souleymane has won Best International Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

The feature, which was feted with the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in May, revolves around a young man rehearsing his lines ahead of an asylum application interview as he cycles around Paris delivering food.

Romania’s Emanuel Parvu won best director for Three Kilometers to the End of the World about a young gay man who is brutally attacked when he returns to his conservative village in the Danube Delta wetlands region for the summer.

The jury International Feature competition jury consisting of Michel Franco, Guy Nattiv and Maria Choustova also awarded Hu Guan’s Black Dog with a Special Mention.

UK-Indian director Sandhya Suri’s rape drama Santosh won Best Film in the First Feature Competition, with Block Pass by French director Antoine Chevrollier scoring a Special Mention.

Bedouin drama Eid by Yousef Abo Madegem won best film in the Israeli Feature Film Competition.

The unrequited love story revolves around a young playwright, who secretly writes a play based on the sexual assault he experienced as a child, with the help of a married woman in Paris who is the object of his desire, while faces an arranged marriage at home.

Tom Nesher’s drama Come Closer won the Best Israeli First Feature Award.

Key awards:

The International Competition

The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film
The Story of Souleymane
Directed by Boris Lojkine, Produced by Bruno Nahon

Best Director Award
Emanuel Parvu for Three Kilometers to the End of the World

Special Mention
Black Dog
Directed by Hu Guan

First Feature Competition

The GWFF Award for Best First Feature
Santosh
Directed by Sandhya Suri

Special Mention
Block Pass
Directed by Antoine Chevrollier

In the Spirit of Freedom Competition

Cummings Award for Best Feature Film
Ghost Trail
Directed by Jonathan Millet

The MKR Award for Best Documentary
The Invasion
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa

Chantal Akerman Competition

The Chantal Akerman Prize
Henry Fonda for President
Directed by Alexander Horwath

Israeli Feature Film Competition

The Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature
Eid
Directed by Yousef Abo Madegem

The GWFF Award for Best Israeli First Feature
Come Closer
Directed by Tom Nesher

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Screenplay
Maya Kenig for The Milky Way

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actress
Lia Elalouf for Come Closer

The Anat Pirchi Award for Best Actor
Shadi Mar’i for Eid

The Ensemble Award
Youthful Grace – Ido Tako, Amitay Shulman, Moris Cohen, Hilla Vidor, Adam Gabay, Swell Ariel Or, Hitham Omari

Special Mention
Highway 65
Directed by Maya Dreifuss