| Ophir Award | |
| Awarded For: | Best in film |
| Presenter: | Israeli Academy of Film and Television |
| Country: | Israel |
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 Israeli actor Shaike Ophir, has been granted since 1990.
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]
This is a list of Ophir Award ceremonies.
| data-sort-type="number" style="width:180px;" | Ceremony | Date | Time | Best Picture Winner | Length of Ceremony< | -- Should be specified as, with NNN being the length in total minutes [(X*60)+Y] zero-padded to 3 digits if necessary. X and Y should *NOT* be zero-padded. --> | Number of Viewers | Rating | Host(s)< | -- DO NOT use "rowspan" in this column, even when the same host continues from year to year (i.e., Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal); it may lead to sort and/or display issues in the venue column (i.e., venue may sort as blank instead of actual value, bar separating different venues may not appear in table). --> | Venue< | -- The "rowspan" parameter should be used ONLY in this column. --> | Broadcast Partner(s) |
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| — | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | — | The Lookout | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2nd Ophir Awards | 1991 | — | Beyond the Sea | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 3rd Ophir Awards | 1992 | — | Life According to Agfa | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 4th Ophir Awards | 1993 | — | Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 5th Ophir Awards | 1994 | — | Sh'Chur | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 6th Ophir Awards | 1995 | — | Lovesick on Nana Street | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7th Ophir Awards | 1996 | — | Saint Clara | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 8th Ophir Awards | 1997 | — | Pick a Card | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 9th Ophir Awards | 1998 | — | Circus Palestine | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 10th Ophir Awards | 1999 | — | Yana's Friends | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 11th Ophir Awards | 2000 | — | Time of Favor | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 12th Ophir Awards | 2001 | — | Late Marriage | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 13th Ophir Awards | 2002 | — | Broken Wings | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 14th Ophir Awards | September 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.[5] | |||||||||||||
| Since 2004, the award name changed from "Israeli Oscar" to "Ophir Award," named after actor Shaike Ophir.[6] | |||||||||||||
| 15th Ophir Awards | September 27, 2004 | 8:45 p.m. | Campfire | — | — | — | Channel 2 | ||||||
| 16th Ophir Awards | September 20, 2005 | — | What a Wonderful Place | — | — | — | HOT3 | ||||||
| 17th Ophir Awards | September 14, 2006 | 8:00 p.m. | Aviva, My Love and Sweet Mud (tie) | — | — | , | — | ||||||
| 18th Ophir Awards | September 20, 2007 | The Band's Visit | — | — | , | Channel 2 (Not Live) | |||||||
| 19th Ophir Awards | September 23, 2008 | — | Waltz with Bashir | — | — | — | , | Channel 10 | |||||
| 20th Ophir Awards | September 26, 2009 | — | Ajami | — | — | — | , | Channel 2 | |||||
| September 21, 2010 | 9:30 p.m. | The Human Resources Manager | — | — | — | Channel 1 | |||||||
| September 22, 2011 | 8:45 p.m. | Footnote | — | — | Channel 2 90 minutes were broadcast live. | ||||||||
| September 21, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. | Fill the Void | — | — | — | Channel 2 Air an edited version in 10:00 p.m. | |||||||
| September 28, 2013 | 9:00 p.m. | Bethlehem | — | — | — | Channel 10 | |||||||
| September 21, 2014 | — | — | — | Ashdod Performing Arts Center | |||||||||
| September 21, 2015 | Baba Joon | — | — | — | Tal Friedman | ||||||||
| September 22, 2016 | Sand Storm | — | — | — | Channel 24 | ||||||||
| September 19, 2017 | — | Foxtrot | — | — | — | Channel 10 | |||||||
| September 6, 2018 | — | The Cakemaker | — | — | — | Channel 13 | |||||||
| September 22, 2019 | — | Incitement | — | — | — | , | — | Kan 11 | |||||
| November 13, 2020 | — | Asia | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| October 5, 2021 | 9:15 p.m. | Let There Be Morning | — | — | — | , | — | ||||||
| 33rd Ophir Awards[7] | September 18, 2022 | 11:00 p.m. | Cinema Sabaya | ||||||||||
| September 10, 2023 | — | Seven Blessings | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
The following have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.
| Host | Number of Ceremonies |
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