
Part of the official competition at the last edition of the Haïfa International Film Festival, Mabul won several prestigious awards, including the Jack Naylor Award for Cinematography in a feature film, which came with a 10,000 shekels prize. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_review&reviewid=VE1117943847&categoryid=31 Haifa Film Festival The Flood/Mabul (Israel-Canada-Germany-France) By ALISSA SIMON <http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=3326> The Jack Naylor Award for Cinematography [...]

Haifa Film Festival The Flood/Mabul (Israel-Canada-Germany-France) By ALISSA SIMON The Jack Naylor Award for Cinematography in a Feature Film The award, in the sum of 10,000 NIS, was presented to cinematographer Philippe Lavalette for his work on the film Mabul by Guy Nattiv The Jury: “One of the pleasures of watching Mabul was the sensitive [...]

Trained at the Louis Lumière School in Paris, Philippe Lavalette made his start as a cinematographer in the world of experimental films, most notably with “l’Ange” (Patrick Bokanowski, 1982), a visual poem of great delicacy for which he received a Caméra d’Or nomination at Cannes. His interests then turned to science, and in association with [...]