''Yana's Friends'' ( he, החברים של יאנה, translit=HaHaverim shel Yana) is a 1999 Israeli film directed by Arik Kaplun. script editor:

Savi Gabizon Savi Gabizon ( he, שבי גביזון; born 23 July 1960) is an Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Career Gabizon grew up in Kiryat Yam, near Haifa. In 1974 he enrolled in the Haifa military academy. After military service he enro ...

. Critically acclaimed, it won 10 Israeli Academy Awards including the

Ophir Award The Ophir Awards ( he, פרס אופיר), colloquially known as the Israeli Oscars or the Israeli Academy Awards, are film awards for excellence in the Israeli film industry awarded by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. The award, named ...

for Best Picture. It also won the Crystal Globe at the 34th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1999. The film has a very rare 100% rating on the film website

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based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 7.16/10. The site's consensus reads: "A heartwarming movie that handles some weighty subjects with humor".

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* 1999 films Israeli drama films 1990s Hebrew-language films 1990s Russian-language films Crystal Globe winners 1999 drama films Films set in Tel Aviv 1999 multilingual films Israeli multilingual films {{1990s-drama-film-stub