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Ophir Award

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Ophir Award
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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 have been chosen to be nominated for the Oscar Award in the "Best Foreign Film" category.

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History

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The predecessors of the award were the Israeli Film Center Award (פרסי מרכז הסרט הישראלי) and the Silver Menorah Award (פרסי מנורת הכסף). The first Israeli Academy Awards ceremony was held since the establishment of the academy in 1990 It was held annually at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. In 2004 it was renamed the Ophir Awards after Shaike Ophir.[1] 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,[2] 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.[3]

The categories in which the award is distributed:

  • Best Movie
  • Best Director
  • Best Lead Actor
  • Best Lead Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Shot
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Edit
  • Best Artistic Design
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Original Music
  • Best Soundtrack
  • Best Makeup
  • Best Casting
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Short Documentary
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Best Short Feature Film

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

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List of winners

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Awards ceremonies

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This is a list of Ophir Award ceremonies.

Ceremonies

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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.

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