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        <title>&#8216;Tell Me Everything&#8217; tops Ophir Awards nominations with highest-ever 16 nods</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also competing in best picture category - which determines Israel's submission to Oscars -- is Avi Nesher's 'Our Loves' about the intertwining stories of characters on October 7<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/AFP__20260126__2258211638__v1__HighRes__2026SundanceFilmFestivalTellMeEverythingPrem-1024x640.jpg" title="&#8216;Tell Me Everything&#8217; tops Ophir Awards nominations with highest-ever 16 nods" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Noa Koler&#8217;s &#8216;Happy Place&#8217; wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kan snags 27 prizes in belated 2025 awards; winning Best Investigative Program, Uvda's Ilana Dayan says government 'machine' working to erase memory of Oct. 7 failures<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-03-at-23.42.30-e1777843192134-1024x640.jpeg" title="Noa Koler&#8217;s &#8216;Happy Place&#8217; wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Annual TV award nominees announced after delay caused by death of &#8216;Tehran&#8217; producer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Academy of Film and Television mourns loss of Dana Eden, notes membership increase following culture minister's attack on its Ophir movie awards<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/02/AFP__20220504__1395426426__v1__HighRes__AppleTvSTehranSeason2Premiere-e1771505005372-1024x640.jpg" title="Annual TV award nominees announced after delay caused by death of &#8216;Tehran&#8217; producer" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Nominees reverse decision to boycott culture minister’s alternate film awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[8 film professionals had refused to participate in new ceremony until producer Moshe Edery promised to work with Culture Minister Zohar to maintain funding for industry<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/12/F251126YS24-e1766693283835-1024x640.jpg" title="Nominees reverse decision to boycott culture minister’s alternate film awards" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Culture minister threatens to end all state funding for film industry amid awards spat</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/culture-minister-threatens-to-end-all-state-funding-for-film-industry-amid-awards-spat/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miki Zohar says he'll work to cancel Film Law, hits out at 'violent extremists' he accuses of 'threatening' those taking part in his alternative ceremony to Ophir Awards<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/11/F250507YS20-1024x640.jpg" title="Culture minister threatens to end all state funding for film industry amid awards spat" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Tom Nesher&#8217;s &#8216;Come Closer&#8217; wins Ophir, becomes Israel&#8217;s choice for Oscar nomination</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/tom-neshers-come-closer-wins-ophir-becomes-israels-choice-for-oscar-nomination/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awards spread among nine different films at annual ceremony, which is overshadowed by ongoing war and hostage situation<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-17-at-11.03.44 AM-e1726560332924-1024x640.png" title="Tom Nesher&#8217;s &#8216;Come Closer&#8217; wins Ophir, becomes Israel&#8217;s choice for Oscar nomination" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Culture minister not invited to this year&#8217;s muted Ophir Awards ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miki Zohar, who has been criticized for proposal to reform movie industry, says he wasn't planning on attending event anyway 'due to the situation in the country'<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/09/F240619OBH14-1024x640.jpg" title="Culture minister not invited to this year&#8217;s muted Ophir Awards ceremony" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Ophir Awards will change tone, following deaths of six hostages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual film event, seen as Israel's Oscars, cancels celebratory dinner for nominees but will still hold award ceremony<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/08/eed3-1024x640.jpg" title="Ophir Awards will change tone, following deaths of six hostages" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Films nominated for Israeli Oscars to get special screenings</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/films-nominated-for-israeli-oscars-to-get-special-screenings/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israeli Academy of Film and Tel Aviv Cinematheque join forces to show most-nominated feature films<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2023/08/הפילגש-תמונה-צילום-ורד-אדיר-1024x640.jpg" title="Films nominated for Israeli Oscars to get special screenings" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Netflix says it backs authentic storytelling in its Palestinian film collection</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/netflix-says-it-backs-authentic-storytelling-in-its-palestinian-film-collection/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Streaming giant defends 'Palestinian Stories' as a showcase of 'depth and diversity' after pro-Israel watchdog group points out BDS leanings of participating Palestinian directors<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2021/10/1_DPGyZt0FPL-SVKe_mMOujA-1024x640.jpeg" title="Netflix says it backs authentic storytelling in its Palestinian film collection" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>&#8216;Fauda&#8217; storms Israeli TV awards with 11 prizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New comedy 'Shababnikim' wins in three categories in local version of Grammies; new public broadcaster Kan also gets recognition<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2017/11/CROPfauda_all2_copy-1024x640.png" title="&#8216;Fauda&#8217; storms Israeli TV awards with 11 prizes" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Barred from awards, minister uses Facebook pulpit to slam film industry</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/barred-from-awards-minister-uses-facebook-pulpit-to-slam-film-industry/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miri Regev posts address taking aim at Ophir organizers for excluding her, steps up attack on big winner 'Foxtrot'<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2017/09/regev-e1505849241324-1024x640.jpg" title="Barred from awards, minister uses Facebook pulpit to slam film industry" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Regev vows to revolutionize state funding for films</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2017 19:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shunned by Ophir Awards, bitterly critical of new movie 'Foxtrot,' culture minister promises an overhaul; claims settler, Arab and ultra-Orthodox voices aren't heard<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2016/07/F160707HP41-1024x640.jpg" title="Regev vows to revolutionize state funding for films" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>After walkout last year, culture minister snubbed by Israel&#8217;s Oscars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miri Regev, who has been highly critical of new movie 'Foxtrot,' calls decision not to invite her to Ophir Awards 'cowardly and undemocratic'<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2017/05/000_OI4CL-e1495220323233-1024x640.jpg" title="After walkout last year, culture minister snubbed by Israel&#8217;s Oscars" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Regev: Reciting Palestinian national poet&#8217;s work at &#8216;Israeli Oscars&#8217; crossed red line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Culture minister defends her decision to storm out of hall over reading of work by Mahmoud Darwish, who she said called for destruction of Jewish state<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2016/03/F160218TN37-1024x640.jpg" title="Regev: Reciting Palestinian national poet&#8217;s work at &#8216;Israeli Oscars&#8217; crossed red line" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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