who could sing like Dylan and inspired like Mandela. IDFA Competition for First Appearance The jury for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance has awarded Soldier on the Roof (the Netherlands) by Esther Hertog with the award. There's a small Jewish enclave at the center of Hebron's oldest neighborhood, where countless Israeli soldiers are posted on the rooftops to protect 800 settlers from their 120,000 Palestinian neighbors. The filmmaker regularly lived among the orthodox Jewish families for three years, and paints a picture of their daily lives -- lives that are marked by constant conflicts. The IDFA Award for Best First Appearance is given to the director with the best first or second film. The director will receive _ 5,000. The jury in this category consisted of Maria Luz Climent (Spain), Maria Lourdes Corts (Costa Rica), Renzo Martens (the Netherlands), Djo Munga (Congo) and Sara Rster (Sweden). The other nominees were: The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear (Georgia/Germany) by Tinatin Gurchiani When Gurchiani returns to her home country of Georgia she wants to make a documentary about the lives of young people there. By announcing through a variety of channels that she's going to organize a casting call looking for the perfect protagonist she establishes a way to get in touch with youngsters from every social background and part of the country. Mercy Mercy (Denmark) by Katrine Riis Kjr At first sight, adoption seems like a win-win situation: a poor orphan gets some loving parents and a good life. But