Ophir Award

Ophir Award
Awarded for	Best in film
Country	Israel
Presented by	Israeli Film and Television Academy
First awarded	1982
Official website	www.israelfilmacademy.co.il

The Ophir Awards (Hebrew: פרס אופיר‎), also the Israeli Oscars, are film awards awarded by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry. They are named after actor Shaike Ophir and first given out in 1982.

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 Foreign Language Film, although exceptions include Aviva My Love and The Band's Visit.

List of Best Film Award winners

• 1990: The Lookout (Shuroo)
• 1991: Beyond the Sea
• 1992: Life According to Agfa
• 1993: Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein
• 1994: Sh'Chur
• 1995: Lovesick on Nana Street
• 1996: Saint Clara
• 1997: Pick a Card
• 1998: Circus Palestine
• 1999: Yana's Friends
• 2000: Time of Favor
• 2001: Late Marriage
• 2002: Broken Wings
• 2003: Nina's Tragedies
• 2004: Campfire
• 2005: What a Wonderful Place
• 2006: Aviva My Love and Sweet Mud
• 2007: The Band's Visit
• 2008: Waltz with Bashir
• 2009: Ajami
• 2010: The Human Resources Manager
• 2011: Footnote
• 2012: Fill the Void
• 2013: Bethlehem
• 2014: Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
• 2015: Baba Joon

Hosts

• Avi Kushnir
• Moni Moshonov
• Aki Avni

Venue

• Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
• Jerusalem Theatre

See also

• Cinema of Israel
• Israeli Academy of Film and Television
• List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Official site of the Israeli Film and Television Academy
• Info on IMDB.com