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Israeli Film Academy Awards
The Ophir Awards (), 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. 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. History The predecessors of the award were the Israeli Film Center Award () and the Silver Menorah Award (). The first Israeli Academy Awards ceremony was held since t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzachi Halevy
Tzachi Halevy (or Tsahi HaLevi; ; born ) is an Israeli film and television actor and singer. Early and personal life HaLevi was born and raised in Petah Tikva, Israel, to an Israeli family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish descent.קצין המסתערבים שהפך לרקדן שר על חיילים ("The Mista'arvim officer that became a dancer who sings about soldiers") Assaf Nevo, ''Keshet Media Group#Mako, Mako'', 8 August 2011 His father was an 8th generation Sabra (person), Sabra, whereas his mother is of Moroccan Jews, Moroccan-Jewish origin. As a child, he lived in many countries due to his father's work in the Prime Minister's Office (Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehud Banai
Ehud Banai (; born March 31, 1953) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, author, and a member of the prominent Banai family in Israel. Early life Ehud Banai was born in Jerusalem. His father was the actor Yaakov Banai, one of the Banai siblings. The family moved to Givatayim when Banai was four. At the age of ten, he learned to play the cello. In 1971 he was drafted to the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Nahal infantry brigade. After his discharge, he moved to London, where he busked in the London Underground for six months. Music career In 1982, Banai formed a band with singer Avi Matos. He made several other attempts at a breakthrough during the following years. He auditioned for Shlomo Bar's band, ''Habreira Hativ'it'', but wasn't accepted. In 1986, Ehud and his band ''Haplitim'' ("The Refugees") broke through, with the hit single ''Ir Miklat'' (City of Refuge) and the rock opera " Mami". In 1987, Banai and the Refugees released their self-titled debut, which is con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Sea (1991 Film)
''Beyond the Sea'' (, also known as Over the Ocean) is a 1991 Israeli drama film directed by Jacob Goldwasser. It stars Aryeh Moskona, Dafna Rechter, Moti Giladi, and Mili Avital. Yair Lapid, who later became Prime Minister of Israel, was also in the cast. The film, a family drama set in the 1960s, explores Holocaust survivors' relationship with Israel in its early years and their dilemma over whether to stay in the country or emigrate, as seen through the eyes of a child. It was critically acclaimed and won the Ophir Award for Best Film. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot In the film, starring Aryeh Moskona and Dafna Rechter in the role of Menachem and Rosa Greenberg, a couple of hard-pressed Holocaust survivors. Their friend, Maurice Greenspan (Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lookout (1990 Film)
''The Lookout'' (, translit. Shuroo) is a 1990 Israeli comedy film directed by Savi Gabizon. It stars Moshe Ivgy, Moshe Ferster, and Keren Mor. The film is about a "small-time con man who becomes a guru". Critically acclaimed, it won the Ophir Award for Best Film and garnered numerous Best Actor awards for Ivgy at the Israeli Academy Awards and Haifa Film Festival. It was submitted by Israel to the Academy Awards. Plot Asher Yeshuron ( Moshe Ivgi), a failed businessman, lacks integrity but is charismatic, is trying to promote the sales of his book, "To Drive Out the Crow." His life changes when he was a guest on a TV show, after being deemed by a cult to be a spiritual leader. Inside the cult, there are betrayals, secrets, and passions. The film unfolds the story of people seen as typical Tel Avivians of the eighties and nineties. Cast * Shmuel Edelman * Moshe Ferster as Moshe * Sharon Hacohen * Moshe Ivgy * Ezra Kafri * Keren Mor as Shimrit Reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaufort (film)
''Beaufort'' ( ''Bufor'') is a 2007 Israeli war film. The film was directed by Joseph Cedar and was co-written by Cedar and Ron Leshem, based on Leshem's Beaufort (novel), 2005 novel. The film takes place in the year 2000, the year of the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon#Withdrawal from the security belt, IDF withdrawal from the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon. It chronicles the daily routine of a group of soldiers positioned at the 12th-century Crusader stronghold of Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, Beaufort Castle, their feelings and their fears, and explores their moral dilemmas in the days preceding the withdrawal and end of the 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict, 18-year of Israeli occupation of South of Lebanon. Plot The film portrays the final months of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) presence in Lebanon's security zone. Ziv Paran, a soldier in the bomb disposal unit, joins an outpost mission named "Operation Cabinet" to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Band's Visit
''The Band's Visit'' () is a 2007 comedy-drama film written and directed by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel. It is an international co-production between Israel, France and the United States. The film received acclaim from critics and audiences. It won eight Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy. It was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue. Thus, Israel sent '' Beaufort'' instead, which was eventually included in the five final nominees. Synopsis The eight men of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tikva, but through a miscommunication (Arabic has no "p" sound, and regularly replaces it with "b"), the band takes a bus to ''Beit Hatikva'', a fictional town in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Mud
''Sweet Mud'' () is a 2006 Israeli satirical drama film written and directed by Dror Shaul. The semi-autobiographical film was shot on the kibbutzim of Ruhama and Nir Eliyahu, and draws on Shaul's memories of growing up on a kibbutz with his mentally unstable and widowed mother. Plot Set in 1974, Dvir (Tomer Steinhof) is soon to turn 13 and lives with his mother Miri (Ronit Yudkevitz) at a progressive kibbutz populated by people who take pride in their open-minded attitudes. However, they're not so easygoing when it comes to Miri; she's been sent to a mental hospital more than once, and her instability is more than most of the residents want to deal with, leaving Dvir to look after his mother with the help of his older brother Eyal (Pini Tavger). Miri persuades her Swiss boyfriend Stephan (Henri Garcin) to join her at the kibbutz, even though he isn't Jewish, but he isn't welcomed by other residents, and an unpleasant incident involving a neighbor's dog turns the couple into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviva My Love
''Aviva, My Love'' () is a 2006 Israeli drama film directed by Shemi Zarhin. The film was regarded as a major Israeli success, attracting 300,000 viewers to cinemas. The film won six Ophir Awards, including Best Actress for Asi Levi and Best Picture (which it shared with the film ''Sweet Mud''). It also received two Wolgin Awards, the Chicago Film Festival Award, and the Shanghai Film Festival Award. Plot Aviva Cohen ( Asi Levi) is a cook in a hotel in Tiberias, where her dream to be a writer has been suppressed for years. She draws ideas for her stories from her life. She carries a small notebook where at every opportunity she writes about small events that happen to her and she later weaves these events into her stories. With the help of her sister Anita ( Rotem Abuhav), who lives next door, Aviva goes to Oded Zer ( Shashon Gabai), a well-known writer who lives in Tel Aviv, a writer who reads her works and promises to help Aviva achieve her dream. The path to achieving he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 12 (Israel)
Keshet 12 () is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by Keshet Media Group. It launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements for the outgoing Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2. History Israel's Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2 was operated by the The Second Authority for Television and Radio, Second Authority for Television and Radio, but was programmed by two rotating companies, Keshet Media Group and Reshet. As part of a larger series of reforms to Israel's broadcast system to increase diversity and competition, Channel 2 was shut down, and both concessionaires were granted their own, standalone channels; Keshet 12 officially launched on 1 November 2017, alongside Reshet 13. Programs were divided among the two channels. The Israel Television News Company continued to provide news programmes for both channels, with the main primetime bulletin simulcast by both channels, until 16 January 2019 when HaHadashot 12 was established after the merger of Reshet 13 and Channe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 24 (Israel)
Channel 24 (), formally known as Music 24 (), is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by Telad, which was launched on July 20, 2003 and broadcasts music videos by Israeli musicians. Apart from music videos, the channel has different music-related shows, including interviews with musicians, live performances, music-oriented talk shows and programs which are dedicated to a specific genre of music. The channel's editor-in-chief, Yoav Kutner, has been one of the most influential figures in the Israeli rock scene. For more than 20 years he has been instrumental in introducing new singers, both Israeli and foreign, in his radio shows (which he quit in order to head the TV channel) to generations of Israeli music fans. Music 24 has struggled through monetary and ratings problems since its inception. Critics claim it has become a niche channel for Israeli bands and singers which appear only on it and otherwise remain anonymous for the public at large. However, it has been re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshet Media Group
Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company (), is an Israeli private mass media company headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones. The company has operated Keshet Broadcasting, a television broadcast operator and a franchisee of Israel's Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2, since 1993 and up until November 2017. Since November 2017's licensing reform, it was rebranded in Israel as Keshet 12, a separate channel. Keshet shows original drama series, entertainment, current affairs, lifestyle shows, and foreign programs. Keshet's global production and distribution arm is Keshet International, and the company's digital branch is Mako, one of the top three most-visited websites in Israel. Keshet was established in 1993 and is one of Israel's largest media companies. Avi Nir has been the chief executive officer of Keshet since 2002. Keshet is responsible for shows including ''Prisoners of War (TV series), Prisoners of War'' (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
