{"id":19009,"date":"2012-04-28T04:11:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T11:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=19009"},"modified":"2012-04-28T04:11:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T11:11:22","slug":"israeli-academy-of-film-and-television-opens-2012-awards-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=19009","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Academy of Film and Television Opens 2012 Awards Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israel Academy for Film and Television competition for the 2012 Ophir Awards will open on May 13, 2012, and will take place during the months of May, June and July at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. 31 feature films and 38 documentaries have entered the competition this year, a significant increase from last year, particularly in documentary films; in 2011 there were 26 features and 18 documentaries.<\/p>\n

In recognition of the large number of low budget\/independent films (under 1,000,000 NIS) produced in Israel, the academy is introducing an additional optional category to the Best Feature\u00a0 Film competition. Makers of low-budget films may choose to compete as usual, or in this new track. The implementation of this new category will be seen in the counting, as all films will be viewed as usual. However, once all the films competing in the Best Feature Film have been ranked and the five top films will make it as nominees, another round of vote counting will take place among those films choosing to compete in the \u201clow-budget\/independent\u201d category, and the film with the most votes will be added to the list of nominated films, for a total of six films. The change is intended to level the prize-nomination playing field, increasing the chances of an independent film making it into the running.<\/p>\n

There has been a major change in the nomination process for documentary films. In the past, the films were viewed by lectors who chose 20 films to compete; these films were viewed by the members of the academy who then voted on the nominees. This system has been abolished, and this year all 38 films will be streamed online to the members of the academy on a secure site.<\/p>\n

The films nominated for the Ophir Awards will be announced at a press conference in August, and then a second round of screenings will take place before the final vote. Winners will be announced at the Ophir Awards Ceremony, which will take place in September 2012.<\/p>\n

Films participating in the feature film competition are: \u201cIgor and the Cranes,\u201d directed by Yevgeni Roman; \u201cMan Without a Cellphone,\u201d directed by Sameh Zoabi; \u201cNever Too Late,\u201d directed by Ido Fluk; \u201cBalada Le\u2019Aviv Haboche,\u201d directed by Benny Toraty; Jo & Belle, directed by Roni Kedar; Dr. Pomerantz, directed by Assi Dayan; \u201cHadilerim,\u201d directed by Oded Davidoff; \u201cHahayim Bentayim,\u201d directed by Aner Preminger; \u201cGod\u2019s Neighbors,\u201d directed by Meni Yaesh; \u201cHamesima X,\u201d directed by Yuval Ovadia, Or Yashar and Prosper Malka; \u201cYossi,\u201d directed by Eytan Fox; \u201cThe World is Funny,\u201d directed by Shemi Zarhin; \u201cArmand\u2019s Kites,\u201d directed by Moshe Zeevi; \u201cLast Days in Jerusalem,\u201d directed by Tawfik Abu Wael; \u201cTake 2,\u201d directed by Tommy Lang; \u201cRoom 514,\u201d directed by Sharon Bar-Ziv; \u201cTaka Mama,\u201d directed by Ariel Cohen; \u201cTayara,\u201d directed by Tommy Lang; \u201cYoter Iti Milev,\u201d directed by Yoni Zicholtz; \u201cFilling the Void,\u201d directed by Rama Burstein; \u201cLaredet Mehaetz,\u201d directed by Gur Bentwich; \u201cMenatek Hamayim,\u201d directed by Idan Hovel; \u201cMa\u2019asiya Urbanit,\u201d directed by Eliav Lilty; \u201cHayuta and Berl,\u201d directed by Amir Manor; \u201cBy Summer\u2019s End,\u201d directed by Noa Aharoni; \u201cAnother World,\u201d directed by Eitan Reuven; \u201cAlata,\u201d directed by Michael Meir; \u201cSingle +,\u201d directed by Dover Kosashvili; \u201cRock the Casbah,\u201d directed by Yariv Horowitz; \u201cReach Poalim,\u201ddirected by Gudis Schneider; and \u201cSnails in the Rain,\u201ddirected by Yariv Mozer.<\/p>\n

Documentary films participating in the competition this year: \u201cAlef Techasel Otam,\u201d directed by Levi Zini and Gidi Weitz; \u201cAhavoteya shel Lea Koenig,\u201d directed by Tali Ohayun; \u201cZilber and I,\u201d directed by Roy Zilber; \u201cThe Well of Milk in the Center of Town,\u201d directed by Uri Barabash; \u201cAmeer Got His Gun,\u201d directed by Naomi Levari; \u201cInvisible Men,\u201d directed by Yariv Mozer; \u201cHagever Hazeh Hu Ani,\u201d directed by Shiri Shahar; \u201cThe Dreamers,\u201d directed by Efrat Shalom-Danon; \u201cHalevai Shetamuti,\u201d directed by Amalia Margolin; \u201cHen Efshar (Haim Hefer \u2013 the Story Behind the Songs)\u201d directed by Eitan Oren; \u201cMiba\u2019ad La\u2019Einayim \u2013 Yoni Hamenahem,\u201d directed by Yael Kloppmann; \u201cLife in Stills,\u201d directed by Tamar Tal; \u201cHashuk Hatzahov,\u201d directed by Shani Haziza; \u201cZchut Avot,\u201d directed by Yishri Halpern; \u201cHoni HaMa\u2019agel \u2013 After the Flood,\u201d directed by Uzi Yahav; \u201cHitler\u2019s Children,\u201d directed by Chanoch Ze\u2019evi; \u201cOne Day After Peace,\u201d directed by Miri and Erez Laufer; \u201cYaldat Pele,\u201d directed by Harela Hodaya Masula; \u201cBut Why Did You Dance Naked?\u201d directed by Zohar Wagner; \u201cKaparot Sababa C\u2019est Tout,\u201d directed by Ehud Segev; \u201cThou Shalt Not Dance,\u201d directed by Eyal Sela and Yochai Shalom Hadod; \u201cWhite Nights,\u201d directed by Irit Gal; \u201cNo Full Stop,\u201d directed by Shlomo Slutzsky; \u201cMutarot,\u201d directed by David Ofek; \u201cWho Shot My Father?\u201d directed by Liora Amir-Barmatz; \u201cTurbulence,\u201d directed by Roni Livneh and Kobi Davidian; \u201cNovember \u201908,\u201d directed by Daniel Sivan; \u201cCinema Jenin,\u201d directed by Marcus Vetter; \u201cNumbered,\u201d directed by Dana Doron and Uriel Sinai; \u201cTestimony,\u201d directed by Shlomi Elkabetz; \u201cIraq \u2018N\u2019 Roll,\u201d directed by Gili Gaon; \u201cShadows in Palestine,\u201d directed by David Golan; \u201cCaf\u00e9 Europa,\u201d directed by Tzipi Trope; \u201cRevah,\u201d directed by Sigalit Banai; \u201cSix Million and One,\u201d directed by David Fisher; \u201cBelfast Blues,\u201d directed by Itamar Handelman-Smith, Eamonn Devlin, and Itai Lev; \u201cThe Law in These Parts,\u201d directed by Ra\u2019anan Alexandrowicz; \u201cTlooyim Ba\u2019avir,\u201d directed by Rami A. Katz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israel Academy for Film and Television competition for the 2012 Ophir Awards will open on May 13, 2012, and will take place during the months of May, June and July at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. 31 feature films and 38 documentaries have entered the competition this year, a significant increase from last year, particularly in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}