Trailer for the movie "Oppenheimer"/courtesy Tulip Entertainment
What time is the ceremony and how can I see it?
The ceremony will take place on the night between Sunday and midnight Israel time.
It will start at one in the morning and is expected to end at half past four.
Please note that these are earlier hours than usual, also because they moved it an hour forward in the first place so that even if it is late it will remain in the prime time window (according to the eastern region of the United States), and also because they moved the clock tonight in the United States, but not yet here.
In short, if in the past you woke up at half past six in the morning to at least have time to see the end of the ceremony - forget it.
And if you are still brave enough to stay up in the wee hours of the night, you can watch the ceremony on yes MOVIES DRAMA and +STING.
Its edited and translated version will be available at the same locations on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m.
Which films stand out in the ceremony?
The big star of the ceremony is of course expected to be "Oppenheimer", the famous hit by Christopher Nolan with Cillian Murphy as the Jewish scientist who was behind the atomic bomb.
It is expected to win seven-eight statuettes, including in the most important categories - film, director, lead actor, supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), cinematography, editing and original music, and possibly also sound and adapted screenplay, a category in which the favorite is "American drama" .
Although "Barbie" was even more successful at the box office than "Oppenheimer", it will settle for two or three statuettes at most - in the category of original song and perhaps also in the category of costume design, production design and adapted screenplay.
"Poor People Like This" may win the lead actress award thanks to Emma Stone, and maybe even a statuette or two more in "technical" categories like make-up.
"Staying for the holiday" will win the supporting actress award - Davin Joy Randolph.
"The Area of Interest", the Holocaust film in question that was released this week in Israel, is the clear favorite in the international film category.
The French "Anatomy of a Fall" is expected to win the original screenplay category.
What is the most exciting category in the ceremony?
The leading actress category.
In the other prominent categories the identity of the winner is quite clear, and any other result will be considered a surprise.
In the leading actress category, the situation is fifty/fifty, as they say in English, and predictions are divided about the result: will it be Lily Gladstone from "The Moonflower Killers", who will thus become the first American-born to win this category, or Emma Stone from "Such Poor People", who will enter as such At the age of only 35, she joins the limited club of actresses who have won the category twice (she already won for "La La Land").
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What are expected to be the big moments in the ceremony?
For many of the winners, this will be their first win, after a long career, so it will be an exciting moment for them and their fans.
This is, for example, Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Nolan.
Steven Spielberg is on the list of award presenters and it is interesting if he was chosen to present the award to Nolan.
It will be a passing of the baton between the two most prominent Hollywood directors of their generation.
The winner of the docu category is expected to be "20 Days in Maripol" about the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, and director Mstislav Chernov's winning speech is sure to be strong and get loud applause.
In a completely different world, the ceremony is expected to reach its climax with Ryan Gosling's performance of "I Am Ken" from "Barbie".
The star of the ceremony.
From "Oppenheimer"/© Universal Studios
What is the Israeli point in the ceremony?
One of the nominees in the short animated film category is Tal Cantor's "Letter to a Pig".
It should be emphasized: there were Israelis who won Oscars in the past, but it was not for Israeli films.
Moshe Mizrahi won the international category for the French "All Life Before Him".
Guy Nativ won an Oscar for the short film "Skin", which was filmed in America, took place in America and spoke English.
"Letter to Pig" is an Israeli film - a joint production with France, like many Israeli films, but Israeli in its essence. The director was born, grew up and lives here, and the film is Hebrew-speaking and takes place in Israel, with Israeli characters. We have never had such a win. We should Also to note that if this happens, there is another meaning: two of the winners this year will be "Holocaust films" - both "Letter to the Pig" and "The Area of Interest", and it is also possible to include "Oppenheimer", which takes place against the background of the Holocaust, which is a main motivation for the Jewish scientists to build the The bomb that will end the war
Unfortunately, the assumption at the moment is that the Academy will choose to award the statuette to another film - "War is Over", produced by Sean Lennon to the music of his parents John and Yoko, and conveys in a childish way naive pacifist messages, which it turns out have buyers Even five decades after the song came out, the film was directed by Dave Mullins, who has rich mileage at Pixar, making him connected in the industry, and that too will help garner votes.
The Israeli hope.
From "A Letter to a Pig"/The Hive Studio, Miyu Productions
Will Israel and Gaza be mentioned in the ceremony?
Violent and anti-Semitic demonstrations are already a matter of course in the United States.
According to reports in the American media, the Los Angeles Police Department is preparing for them with increased forces and will try to maintain the balance between freedom of expression and the need to allow the ceremony to take place as planned.
Although the blood of Jews is allowed in the United States, it can be assumed that because of the high profile of the event, the demonstrations will not get out of control.
The New York Times predicted that the speeches would not be political, because the winners would fear for their careers.
The thing is that the race to the Oscars will already be behind them, and some of the winners will come from outside Hollywood so they care less.
Among the names that will be interesting to follow: Jonathan Glaser, the British-Jewish who is expected to win the international Oscar for "Area of Interest", and has already spoken out recently against Israel;
Arthur Harari, the French-Jewish who is expected to win the Oscar for the original screenplay for the screenplay he wrote with his partner Justine Trey for "Anatomy of a Fall", and already gave an anti-Israel speech at a French awards ceremony a month and a half ago.
The Tunisian director Kawter Ben-Haniya is the most prominent anti-Israel name in the current awards season.
She won many awards with her documentary "Arba Benot" and always took the opportunity to attack Israel, and also refused from the beginning that her film would be screened here.
If her hit, which just went up on Netflix in the United States, surprises "20 days in Maripol" and wins the docu category - then it will surely be the blatant political speech of the evening.
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And finally - what did we think of the ten nominees for the best film award?
"Oppenheimer": why did they cast an Irishman to play a handsome Jew?
"Barbie": a spiritual collective experience, like a Shabbat dinner
"Such poor people": Emma Stone gets fifty Oscars
"Left for the holiday": this film is an instant classic
"American Story": an American film that is very relevant to Israel
"Killers of the Moon Flower": Scorsese's film Too long
"Maestro": Bradley Cooper knows how to communicate with his audience
"A lifetime": delicate as a branch, as multi-beautiful as a bird, and as unique as their meeting
"Anatomy of a Fall": a film that is an emotional and cinematic transcendence
"The Zone of Interest": "The best Holocaust film since 'Schindler's List'" turns out to be simplistic and outrageous
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