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The first Israeli Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1982 with the first award being presented to director Shimon Dotan for the film Repeat Dive, and since 1990 has been renamed the Ophir Awards and held annually at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. The award holds annual competitions in the field of feature and documentary cinema among the ...
However, as of 2024, no Israeli film has ever won the coveted award. Since 1991, the Israeli Ophir Award winner for Best Film is automatically designated the Israeli submission for the Oscar. In 2007, Aviva My Love and Sweet Mud tied for the award, necessitating a second round of voting which resulted in the submission of Sweet Mud.
Each year the academy gives the Israeli Film Academy Award, known as the Ophir Award, for outstanding Israeli films. [citation needed]From 2003, the academy added a separate ceremony for television, known as the Awards of the Israeli Television Academy.
These include Sophie Artus’ Ophir Award-nominated “Halisa,” Maya Dreifus’ nominated “Highway 65,” and Ayelet Menahemi’s “Seven Blessings,” which won 10 Academy Ophir Awards.
Year (Ceremony) English film title Original title Director Status Ref. 1964: Sallah: Sallakh Shabati (סאלח שבתי) Ephraim Kishon: Nominated [5]1971
Ari Folman (“Waltz With Bashir”), Nadav Lapid (“Ahed’s Knee”) and Hagai Levi (“Our Boys”) are among a group of 250 Israeli filmmakers that has signed an open letter to protest ...
The film received four Ophir Award nominations at the 2007 Ophir Awards ceremony, including Best Feature Film for Eyal Shiray, Best Leading Actor for Assi Dayan, Best Original Screenplay for David Volach, and Best Cinematography for Boaz Yehonatan Yaakov. In addition to these nominations, the film won several prestigious awards.
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