Ophir Award

The Ophir Awards (Hebrew: 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 after actor Shaike Ophir, has been granted since 1990.

Ophir Award
Award winner Roy Assaf at the Ophir Awards ceremony in 2012.
Awarded forBest in film
CountryIsrael
Presented byIsraeli Film and Television Academy
First awarded1990
Websitewww.israelfilmacademy.co.il

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 held annually at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center.

The highest number of Ophir Awards won by a single film is 11, achieved only by Nina's Tragedies. Assi Dayan won the award 8 times and is the only person to have won as a director, as a screenwriter and also as an actor.

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]

List of winners

Awards ceremonies

This is a list of Ophir Award ceremonies.

Ceremonies
Ceremony Date Time Best Picture Winner Length of Ceremony Number of Viewers Rating Host(s) Venue Broadcast 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 Awards1990—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.[3]

Since 2004, the award name changed from "Israeli Oscar" to "Ophir Award," named after the late actor Shaike Ophir.[4]

15th Ophir AwardsSeptember 27, 20048:45 p.m.Campfire———Avi KushnirTel Aviv Performing Arts CenterChannel 2
16th Ophir AwardsSeptember 20, 2005—What a Wonderful Place———Moni MoshonovHOT3
17th Ophir AwardsSeptember 14, 20068:00 p.m.Aviva, My Love2 hours, 38 minutes——Shlomo Bar-Aba, Moni Moshonov—
18th Ophir AwardsSeptember 20, 2007The Band's Visit1 hour, 41 minutes——Tal Friedman, Moni MoshonovChannel 2
(Not Live)
19th Ophir AwardsSeptember 23, 2008—Waltz with Bashir———Shai Goldstein, Dror RefaelChannel 10
20th Ophir AwardsSeptember 26, 2009—Ajami———Avi Kushnir, Moni MoshonovHaifa AuditoriumChannel 2
21st Ophir AwardsSeptember 21, 20109:30 p.m.The Human Resources Manager———Aki AvniJerusalem TheatreChannel 1
22nd Ophir Awards September 22, 20118:45 p.m.Footnote2 hour, 12 minutes——Moni MoshonovKrieger Center for Performing ArtsChannel 2
90 minutes were broadcast live.
23rd Ophir AwardsSeptember 21, 20121:00 p.m.Fill the Void———Shlomo Bar-AbaChannel 2
Air an edited version in 10:00 p.m.
24th Ophir Awards September 28, 20139:00 p.m.Bethlehem———Yaron BrovinskyHaifa TheatreChannel 10
25th Ophir AwardsSeptember 21, 2014Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem———Moni MoshonovAshdod Performing Arts Center
26th Ophir Awards September 21, 2015Baba Joon———Tal Friedman
27th Ophir Awards September 22, 2016Sand Storm———Guri AlfiChannel 24

Ceremony hosts

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

Host Number of Ceremonies
Moni Moshonov5
Avi Kushnir2
Shlomo Bar-Aba2
Tal Friedman2


See also

References
  1. "'Zero Motivation' gets 12 Ophir nods". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. Tragedy: Artist Richard Shiloh dies in road accident
  3. "טקס "האוסקר הישראלי" יוקדם לספטמבר" [Israeli Oscars ceremony will be brought forward to September]. Ynet (in Hebrew). 14 January 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. "הוכרזו המועמדים לאוסקר הישראלי" [The nominees for Israeli Oscars announced]. Ynet (in Hebrew). 23 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2016.


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