Ophir Award

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Ophir Award
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Tzachi Halevy and Yuval Scharf (right) hosting the 2019 Ophir Awards
Awarded forBest in film
Country Israel
Presented by Israeli Academy of Film and Television
First awarded1990;34 years ago (1990)
Website www.israelfilmacademy.co.il

The Ophir Awards (Hebrew : פרס אופיר), full name: the Israel Film Academy Award, sometimes also 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 after Israeli actor Shaike Ophir, has been granted since 1990.

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The Academy Awards ceremony takes place every year in September, about four months before the announcement of the nominees for the American Academy Award. The winner of the "Best Film" award is sent as Israel's representative to compete for an Oscar nomination in the "Best Foreign Film Oscar Award" category. Out of the winners of the Ophir Award in the "Best Film" category over the years, 10 films were chosen to be nominated for the Oscar Award in the "Best Foreign Film" category.

History

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 films produced that year. The Ophir Awards are awarded in 18 categories in the field of Israeli cinematic creation.

Since 2003, the Academy has held a separate ceremony for television programs. Before the establishment of the Academy, the "Kinor Daviv" was awarded in the years 1963 - 1986 to creators in various fields of Israeli culture. The award was given both in the field of cinema and in the field of communication (where awards were given for television programs). Starting in 2003, these awards are given separately as part of the "Awards of the Israel Television Academy".

The year 2004 is known as the record year for viewing percentages of Israeli films and the record year for the Ophir Awards ceremony: 23 feature films competed, including the blockbusters "Turn Left at the End of the World", "Campfire" and "Walk on Water".

As of 2022, The highest number of Ophir Awards won by a single film is 11, for the film "Nina's Tragedies", , which in 2003 won 11 awards out of a possible 13 (not including the "Best Documentary" award and "Lifetime Achievement Award"), including the best film, but lost the best actor award to Aryeh Elias and the best composer award to Ehud Banai (both from the film "James' Journey to Jerusalem"). The record for winnings per person belongs to Assi Dayan and Gil Toran, who won 8 Ophir awards each. Assi Dayan is also the only one who won awards for directing, writing and acting.

The award is televised every year. In the beginning it was broadcast on Channel 2 as part of Keshet Medial Group broadcasts, and then the broadcast moved to Channel 10. In 2016 the ceremony was broadcast live on Channel 24 and then returned a second Channel 12.

The winner of the Best Film award usually becomes Israel's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, [1] although exceptions include Aviva My Love (which was rejected in favor of the film it tied with, Sweet Mud ) and The Band's Visit , which was disqualified for having more than 50% of its dialogue in English. Israel submitted the runner-up for that year— Beaufort —instead. The latter film was eventually nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

The statuette awarded to prize winners was designed by the Israeli sculptor Richard Shiloh, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2011. [2]

The categories in which the award is distributed:


In addition, almost every year awards are given for lifetime achievement and a recognition award for professional achievements.

List of winners

Awards ceremonies

This is a list of Ophir Award ceremonies.

Ceremonies

CeremonyDateTimeBest Picture WinnerLength of CeremonyNumber of ViewersRatingHost(s)VenueBroadcast Partner(s)
1984 Beyond the Walls
1985 When Night Falls
1986 Avanti Popolo
1987 I Don't Give a Damn
1988 Aviya's Summer
1989 One of Us
1st Ophir Awards  [ he ]1990 The Lookout
2nd Ophir Awards1991 Beyond the Sea
3rd Ophir Awards1992 Life According to Agfa
4th Ophir Awards1993 Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein
5th Ophir Awards1994 Sh'Chur
6th Ophir Awards1995 Lovesick on Nana Street
7th Ophir Awards1996 Saint Clara
8th Ophir Awards1997 Pick a Card
9th Ophir Awards1998 Circus Palestine
10th Ophir Awards1999 Yana's Friends
11th Ophir Awards2000 Time of Favor Aki Avni
12th Ophir Awards2001 Late Marriage Yael Abecassis
13th Ophir Awards2002 Broken Wings Avi Kushnir
14th Ophir AwardsSeptember 24, 2003 Nina's Tragedies

Since 2003 the ceremony split into two ceremonies: a separate ceremony for television and a separate ceremony for films.
This was also the first ceremony which been held in late September instead of October, due to the US Academy Awards brought forward from March to February.
[5]

Since 2004, the award name changed from "Israeli Oscar" to "Ophir Award," named after actor Shaike Ophir. [6]

15th Ophir AwardsSeptember 27, 20048:45 p.m. Campfire Avi Kushnir Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center Channel 2
16th Ophir AwardsSeptember 20, 2005 What a Wonderful Place Moni Moshonov HOT3
17th Ophir AwardsSeptember 14, 20068:00 p.m. Aviva, My Love and Sweet Mud (tie)2 hours, 38 minutes Shlomo Bar-Aba , Moni Moshonov
18th Ophir AwardsSeptember 20, 2007 The Band's Visit 1 hour, 41 minutes Tal Friedman , Moni Moshonov Channel 2
(Not Live)
19th Ophir AwardsSeptember 23, 2008 Waltz with Bashir Shai Goldstein , Dror Refael Channel 10
20th Ophir AwardsSeptember 26, 2009 Ajami Avi Kushnir , Moni Moshonov Haifa Auditorium Channel 2
21st Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 21, 20109:30 p.m. The Human Resources Manager Aki Avni Jerusalem Theatre Channel 1
22nd Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 22, 20118:45 p.m. Footnote 2 hour, 12 minutes Moni Moshonov Krieger Center for Performing Arts Channel 2
90 minutes were broadcast live.
23rd Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 21, 20121:00 p.m. Fill the Void Shlomo Bar-Aba Channel 2
Air an edited version in 10:00 p.m.
24th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 28, 20139:00 p.m. Bethlehem Yaron Brovinsky Haifa Theatre Channel 10
25th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 21, 2014 Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Moni Moshonov Ashdod Performing Arts Center
26th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 21, 2015 Baba Joon Tal Friedman
27th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 22, 2016 Sand Storm Guri Alfi Channel 24
28th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 19, 2017 Foxtrot Ilan Peled Channel 10
29th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 6, 2018 The Cakemaker Ilan Peled Channel 13
30th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 22, 2019 Incitement Tzachi Halevy , Yuval Scharf Kan 11
31st Ophir Awards  [ he ]November 13, 2020 Asia Kobi Meaden
32nd Ophir Awards  [ he ]October 5, 20219:15 p.m. Let There Be Morning Alma Zack , Shai Avivi
33rd Ophir Awards [7] September 18, 202211:00 p.m. Cinema Sabaya
34th Ophir Awards  [ he ]September 10, 2023 Seven Blessings
35th Ophir Awards [8] September 16, 2024 Come Closer

Award Records

Record nominations for a film (general): 15 - "The World is Funny" (2012) [8], "Image of Victory" (2021), "Let it be Morning" (2021)

Record of wins for a film (overall): 11 – "Nina's Tragedies" (2003)

Record of wins per person (general): 10 - Israel David (all in the soundtrack category)

Record of wins for the soundtrack: 10 - Israel David

Record of wins for editing: 7 - Einat Glazer-Zarhin

Record of winnings for photography: 4 - David Gurfinkel

Record of wins for an actress: 3 - Ronit Elkebetz (3 main actress), 3 - Dana Ivgy (2 main actress; 1 supporting actress), 3 - Anat Waxman (1 main actress; 2 supporting actress), 3 - Raymond Amsalem (1 main actress , 2 supporting actress)

Record wins for a player: 4 - Sasson Gabai (2 main player; 2 secondary player)

Record of winnings for a screenplay: 4 - Savi Gabizon ("The Lookout", "Lovesick on Nana Street", "Nina's Tragedies" and "Longing")

Record of wins for directing: 3 - Savi Gabizon ("The Lookout", "Lovesick on Nana Street" and "The Lookout")

Record of wins for the documentary film: 2 - Arnon Goldfinger, Nadav Shirman, Shlomi Elder

Ceremony hosts

The following have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.

HostNumber of Ceremonies
Moni Moshonov 5
Avi Kushnir 2
Shlomo Bar-Aba 2
Tal Friedman 2
Ilan Peled 2

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