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"It's a bit delusional. There's a failure here": The creator of the huge hit "Forgiveness" reacts to the exclusion of the film from the Ophir Awards
"Forgiveness" was the big hit of the year at the Israel box office, but received only one nomination for the Ophir Awards - in the soundtrack design category.
"It does not make sense that there is no connection between box office success and candidacy," he told Walla!
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Sagi Ben Nun and Avner Shavit
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 16:07
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The Ophir Awards are held in a different format than usual due to the Corona, but there are things that do not change: this time too, as usual, the big box office hit of the year hardly wins any nominations.
In the past these were the successful films of Avi Nesher, until he retired from the competition;
Three years ago, it was the turn of the dreaded blockbuster "Makatuv", a film by Hanan Savyon and Guy Amir;
And in 2020 it is a "forgiveness" pen, which was released last fall and sold hundreds of thousands of tickets.
The nominations for Ophir were announced today, and it was revealed that the box office hit had to settle for only one nomination, and it is also in a category that, with all due respect, is not considered central - the soundtrack design.
"I'm not surprised. We've already been through this with 'Letter.'
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"Because we're popular, people think we're 'chickpea chips salad' and don't matter."
Hanan Savyon in "Forgiveness" (Photo: PR)
"The audience voted with their feet, and the films are made for him," he continued.
"There's a sense that in order to be successful at these awards you have to make very certain films. Somehow, they still haven't figured out that even a popular film that communicates with the audience can cope. After all, if the film wasn't worthy, the audience would not come." I mean 'chickpea chips salad', and there are 'important' films. I think an important film is a film that manages to talk about topics that we talk about. In the film there are values that are important to us, whether it is spiritual, Jewish or social values. That's our style. "But he would not be replaced by any 'important' film that gets awards but fewer people come to it."
"The problem is not with us. It's something I need to pay attention to. It's a bit delusional. In the end, a film is made for an audience, so there's a failure here. It doesn't make sense to me that there is no connection between box office success and nominations. "It was a very big disappointment. At the end of the day, we're engaged in saying what we have to say, and if that 'just' is enough to bring hundreds of thousands to the cinema - we'll settle for that."
"The Mossad," the second biggest hit of the past year that also sold hundreds of thousands of tickets, also settled for a modest amount of nominations - four, and none of them in a major category like film or directing.
"Asia", which has not yet been released, garnered 13 nominations, and "The Dead of Jaffa", which was commercially distributed but sold a modest amount of tickets, was honored with a dozen such.
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