List of Israeli films of 2009

A list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 2009.

2009 releases edit

Premiere		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
A P R	27	A Matter of Size (Hebrew: סיפור גדול, lit. "A Big Story")	Sharon Maymon and Erez Tadmor		Comedy/Drama/Sport	Israeli-French-German co-production	^{[citation needed]}
M A Y	13	Carmel (Hebrew: כרמל)	Amos Gitai		Biography	Israeli-French-Italian co-production	^{[citation needed]}
	16	Jaffa (Hebrew: כלת הים)	Keren Yedaya		Drama	Israeli-German-French co-production Special screening at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival	^{[citation needed]}
	20	Einayim Pekukhoth (Hebrew: עיניים פקוחות, lit. "Eyes Wide Open")	Haim Tabakman		Drama	Israeli-German-French co-production Competing at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival	^{[citation needed]}
	22	Ajami (Hebrew: עג'מי)	Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani		Crime/Drama	Israeli-German co-production Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	^{[citation needed]}
J U N	7	The Loners (Hebrew: הבודדים, lit. "The Loners")	Renen Schorr		Drama		^{[citation needed]}
S E P	8	Lebanon (Hebrew: לבנון)	Samuel Maoz		Drama/War	Israeli-French-Lebanese-German co-production Won the Leone d'Oro at the 66th Venice International Film Festival	^{[citation needed]}
	13	The Assassin Next Door (Hebrew: קירות, lit. "Walls")	Danny Lerner	Olga Kurylenko, Ninette Tayeb, Liron Levo	Action, Drama	Israeli-French-American co-production	^{[citation needed]}
	14	Phobidilia (Hebrew: פובידיליה)	Doron Paz and Yoav Paz		Drama		^{[citation needed]}
	15	Bena (Hebrew: בנא)	Niv Klainer		Drama	Israeli-French co-production	^{[citation needed]}

Awards edit

Ophir Award edit

Category	Winners
Best Film	Ajami
Best Director	Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti Ajami
Best Actor	Sasha Agronov The Loners
Best Actress	Irit Kaplan A Matter of Size
Best Supporting Actor	Zohar Strauss Lebanon
Best Supporting Actress	Levana Finkelstein A Matter of Size
Best Cinematography	Giora Bejach Lebanon
Best Screenplay	Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti Ajami
Best Composer	Rabii Bukhari Ajami
Best Original Score	David Lees and Alex Claude Lebanon
Best Documentary Feature	The Shakshouka System
Lifetime Achievement Award	Assi Dayan