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Sh'Chur
''Sh'Chur'' () is a 1994 Israeli drama film starring Gila Almagor, Ronit Elkabetz and Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari. It was written by Hanna Azoulay Hasfari and directed by her partner Shmuel Hasfari. Sh'Chur received critical acclaim and was the 1994 official Israeli submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also awarded the Ophir Award for best film by the Israeli Film and Television Academy. After its release, the film garnered various discussions in the Israeli press over its representation of the Moroccan community in Israel. Plot Cheli, a successful Israeli television personality, receives news that her father has died and she must immediately return to her childhood home for the funeral. She prepares for the journey and brings her young daughter Ruth, who is autistic. Along the way, Cheli is forced to pick up her older sister Pnina from the institution where she has resided since young adulthood. As the three women make their way back to the developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Azoulay Hasfari
Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari ( he, חנה אזולאי-הספרי; born June 29, 1960) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter, playwright, film director and a two-time winner of the Ophir Award. She is a women's rights activist, and has dedicated her career promoting awareness regarding social justice issues and cultural diversity. In 2015, she was invited to speak at the United Nations headquarters in New York, in honor of International Women's Day, where she presented a screening of her film ''Orange People,'' in condemnation of child marriage. Early life Azoulay-Hasfari was born on June 29, 1960 in Beersheba, Israel. Both of her parents immigrated to Israel from Morocco. She studied at residential school called “Mae Boyar” in Jerusalem. Upon completion of her high school education, Azoulay-Hasfari served her compulsory service in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in the military theater. After her military service she went on to study theater and acting at Tel Aviv University. Theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit Elkabetz ( he, רונית אלקבץ; 27 November 1964 – 19 April 2016) was an Israeli actress, screenwriter and film director. She worked in both Israeli and French cinema. She won three Ophir Awards and received a total of seven nominations. Biography Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Moroccan Jewish family, originally from Essaouira. She grew up in Kiryat Yam. Her mother spoke French and Moroccan Arabic, but her father insisted on speaking only Hebrew. Elkabetz was the oldest of four children, with three younger brothers. Her younger brother Shlomi also became a director, and they worked together on the trilogy '' Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem''. Elkabetz never studied acting and started her career as a model. She divided her time between her homes in Paris and Tel Aviv. She married architect Avner Yashar, the son of prominent architect Yitzhak Yashar and singer Rema Samsonov, on 25 June 2010. In 2012, they had a twin son and daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Lavi
Amos Lavi (Hebrew: ; 1 January 1953 – 9 November 2010) was an Israeli stage and film actor. He won three Ophir Awards for the roles he played in the films ''Sh'Chur'', ''Nashim'' and ''Zirkus Palestina''. Career Lavi was born in Libya in 1953. Lavi immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of three and they settled Kiryat Gat. His father died when he was seven years old. In 1973, during the Yom Kippur War Lavi participated in the war in the reserve forces of the IDF, and suffered from a posttraumatic stress disorder after the war. During his rehabilitation he was offered to study acting. In the early 1980s Lavi graduated from acting school at the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts. His first film was the drama ''Ma'agalim'' (1980). Two years later Lavi acted in the film ''Ot Kain'' (1982) by Eran Preis which was directed by Uri Barbash. In 1983 he played a central role in the prestigious TV series ''Michel Ezra Safra and Sons'' by Amnon Shamosh and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmuel Hasfari
Shmuel Hasfari (Hebrew: שמואל הספרי; b. 26 August 1954) is an Israeli playwright and screenwriter. He was artistic director of the Cameri Theatre. Biography Shmuel Hasfari was born in Ramat Gan to Holocaust survivor parents from Poland; theirs was a religious family. He began theater studies at Tel Aviv University but left to join an alternative theater company that won first prize at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre in 1982. Hasfari is married to actress and writer Hanna Azoulay Hasfari. They have three sons and live in Tel Aviv. Plays His works include ''Kiddush'', ''Shivaa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Film Academy
The Ophir Awards ( he, 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 Israeli actor Shaike Ophir, has been granted since 1990. 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, although exceptions include ''Aviva My Love'' (which was rejected in favor of the film it ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
45th Berlin International Film Festival
The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. The Golden Bear was awarded to French film '' The Bait'' directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Lia van Leer, founder of Jerusalem Cinematheque-Israel Film Archive and Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel) - Jury President * Georgi Djulgerov, director, screenwriter and producer (Bulgaria) * Siqin Gaowa, actress (China) * Alfred Hirschmeier, production designer (Germany) * Christiane Hörbiger, actress (Austria) * Vadim Yusov, director of photography (Russia) * Dave Kehr, film critic (United States) * Michael Kutza, founder of the Chicago International Film Festival (United States) * Pilar Miró, director and screenwriter (Spain) * Tsai Ming-liang, director and screenwriter (Taiwan) Films in competition The following films were in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ophir Award
The Ophir Awards ( he, 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 Israeli actor Shaike Ophir, has been granted since 1990. 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, although exceptions include ''Aviva My Love'' (which was rejected in favor of the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 67th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 67th Academy Awards, forty-six films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1994. Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Guatemala, Macedonia and Serbia submitted films to the competition for the first time. Also for the first time, films from both the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed against ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Israeli Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Israel has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1964. Despite its relatively small film-making industry, ten Israeli films have been nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar, placing it in the Top Ten most nominated countries of all time. However, as of 2022, 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''. In 2008 ''The Band's Visit'' won the Ophir Award for Best Film but was disqualified by AMPAS for containing too much English dialogue. The runner-up '' Beaufort'' was submitted in its place, resulting in Israel's first Oscar nomination in 23 years. The most successful Israeli director is this category is Moshé Mizrahi who received two Oscar nominations represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sephardi Jews
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefarditas or Hispanic Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula. The term, which is derived from the Hebrew ''Sepharad'' (), can also refer to the Mizrahi Jews of Western Asia and North Africa, who were also influenced by Sephardic law and customs. Many Iberian Jewish exiles also later sought refuge in Mizrahi Jewish communities, resulting in integration with those communities. The Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula prospered for centuries under the Muslim reign of Al-Andalus following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, but their fortunes began to decline with the Christians, Christian ''Reconquista'' campaign to retake Spain. In 1492, the Alhambra Decree by the Catholic Monarchs of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizrahi Jews In Israel
Mizrahi Jews constitute one of the largest Jewish ethnic divisions among Israeli Jews. Mizrahi Jews are descended from Jews in the Middle East and Central Asia, from Babylonian and Persian heritage, who had lived for many generations under Muslim rule during the Middle Ages. The vast majority of them left the Muslim-majority countries during the Arab–Israeli conflict, in what is known as the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. Some 607,900 Jews are immigrants and first-generation descendants by paternal lineage of Iraqi, Iranian, Yemenite, Egyptian, Pakistani and Indian Jewish communities, traditionally associated with the Mizrahi Jews. Many more Israeli Jews are second and third generation Mizrahi descendants or have a partial Mizrahi origin. The other dominant sub-groups are the Israeli Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardic Jews. Often Mizrahi and North African Sephardic Jews in Israel are grouped together due to the similarity of their history under Muslim rule and an over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Mysticism
Academic study of Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem's '' Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism'' (1941), distinguishes between different forms of mysticism across different eras of Jewish history. Of these, Kabbalah, which emerged in 12th-century Europe, is the most well known, but not the only typologic form, or the earliest to emerge. Among previous forms were Merkabah mysticism (c. 100 BCE – 1000 CE), and Ashkenazi Hasidim (early 13th century) around the time of Kabbalistic emergence. Kabbalah means "received tradition", a term previously used in other Judaic contexts, but which the Medieval Kabbalists adopted for their own doctrine to express the belief that they were not innovating, but merely revealing the ancient hidden esoteric tradition of the Torah. This issue is crystallised until today by alternative views on the origin of the Zohar, the main text of Kabbalah which was written by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who opened up the study of Jewish Mystic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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