"Let There Be Morning" by Eran Kolirin and "The Picture of Victory" by Avi Nesher are the two films that lead the list of nominees for the Ophir Awards with 15 nominations each.
Candidates in the best film category include "Legend of Destruction" by Gidi Der (who received 7 nominations in total), "The Knee" by Nadav Lapid (who received 8 nominations), and "The Death of the Cinema and My Father Also" by Danny Rosenberg (who received 9 nominations).
As every year, the film that wins the best film category is also the one that will receive the right to represent Israel at the Oscars in the foreign film category.
"Let There Be Morning," which premiered at the last Cannes Film Festival (not in the presence of the film's actors, who chose to boycott the event), is an adaptation of a novel by Sayed Kashua.
At the center of the plot is Sami (Alex Bakri), an Arab-Israeli citizen who has to deal with his national identity and affiliation when one morning the village where he grew up is surrounded by a wall and surrounded by a wall.
In addition to being nominated in the Best Picture category, "Let There Be Morning" is also nominated in the category of actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, screenplay, photography, casting, makeup, costume design, art design, soundtrack, original music and editing.
Kolirin's debut film, "The Orchestra's Visit," picked up eight awards at the 2008 ceremony.
"The Victory Picture" by veteran filmmaker Avi Nesher ("The End of the World Left", "That's How I Was"), is a historical drama that takes place in Kibbutz Nitzanim, just before the outbreak of the War of Independence.
The cast includes Joy Rieger, Eliana Tidhar, Meshi Kleinstein, Amir Khuri, Tom Avni and Ala Daka.
In addition to being nominated for Best Picture, Nesher's is also nominated for Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Photography, Casting, Makeup, Costume Design, Artistic Design, Soundtrack, Original Music and Editing.
Other films that have won numerous nominations are the romantic comedy "One in the Heart" by Talia Lavie, which collected 7 nominations (but was surprisingly ignored in the category of film, director and screenplay), "The House on Finn Street" by screenwriter / director Amir Manor, which also garnered 7 nominations. , And "More Than What I Deserve", the debut film by actor Pini Tabger, which has garnered no less than 6 nominations.
In the documentary category this year, nominees are "This Love Was Not" by Mia Tzarfati, "Danny Caravan" by Barak Heiman, "Being Anat Kam" by Shlomi Eldar, "Blue Box" by Michal Weitz, and "Shefar on the Road to Hollywood" by Vanessa Lafa.
The Ophir Awards ceremony is expected to take place during the month of October.
From the movie "Let There Be Morning",
Candidate list:
Best Picture:
"Legend of Destruction", "The Knee", "And Let There Be Morning", "The Death of the Cinema and My Dad too", "The Picture of Victory"
Directed by:
Gidi Der ("Legend of Destruction"), Nadav Lapid ("The Knee"), Eran Kolirin ("Let There Be Morning"), Danny Rosenberg ("The Death of the Cinema and My Father Too"), Avi Nesher ("The Picture of Victory").
Starring
:
Abigail Harari ("One in the Heart"), Anna Dobrowecki ("More Than I Deserve"), Joy Rieger ("The Picture of Victory"), Jonah Suleiman ("And There's a Morning"), Nur Pivek ("The Knee") ").
Starring:
Avshalom Polak ("The Knee"), Imri Bitton ("The House on Finn Street"), Alex Bakri ("And There Was a Morning"), Amir Khoury ("The Picture of Victory"), Micha Prodorovsky ("More Than I Deserve"), Mark Rosenbaum ("The Death of the Cinema and My Father Too").
Supporting actresses:
Orly Zilbershtz ("One in the Heart"), Isabel Ramadan ("Let There Be Morning"), Meshi Kleinstein ("The Picture of Victory"), Noa Koller ("The Death of the Cinema and My Dad too"), Raymond Amsalem ("The House on the Street" penis")
Supporting Actor:
Ihab Elias Salameh ("Let There Be Morning"), Yaakov Zeda-Daniel ("More Than I Deserve"), Meir Suissa ("One in the Heart"), Ala Dhaka ("The Picture of Victory"), Roni Koven ("The Death of The movie and my dad's too ")
Screenplay:
Avi Nesher ("The Picture of Victory"), Gidi Der and Shuli Rand ("Legend of Destruction"), Danny Rosenberg and Itai Kochi ("The Death of the Cinema and My Father Too"), Eran Kolirin ("And Let There Be Morning"), Pini Tabger ( "More than I deserve").
Documentary:
"This Love Was Not", "Danny Caravan", "Being Anat Kam", "Blue Box", "Shefar on the Way to Hollywood".
Original music:
Assaf Talmudi and Yonatan Albeck ("Legend of Destruction"), Habib Hanna ("And there was a morning"), Yuval Samu ("The Death of the Cinema and My Dad too"), Karni Postel ("The House on Finn Street"), Tom Oren ( "Victory Picture")
