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Israeli Academy of Film and Television

(L-R) Neta Orbach, Mor Dimri, Moshe Rosenthal, Yair Mazor, Ido Tako, Keren Tzur and Assi Cohen attend the 'Tell Me Everything' Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 25, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images/AFP)
August 2, 2026, 12:22 pm
‘Tell Me Everything’ tops Ophir Awards nominations with highest-ever 16 nods
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
By Amy Spiro
'Happy Place' screenwriter and actor Noa Koler accepts the Israeli Academy of Film and Television award on May 3, 2026. (Niv Aharonson)
May 4, 2026, 2:17 am
Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war
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
By Jessica Steinberg
Dana Eden attends Apple TV+'s 'Tehran' Season 2 Premiere at The Robin Williams Center on May 4, 2022, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/AFP)
February 19, 2026, 4:27 pm
Annual TV award nominees announced after delay caused by death of ‘Tehran’ producer
Academy of Film and Television mourns loss of Dana Eden, notes membership increase following culture minister’s attack on its Ophir movie awards
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2025, 11:24 am
Nominees reverse decision to boycott culture minister’s alternate film awards
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
By Jessica Steinberg
Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 6:42 am
Culture minister threatens to end all state funding for film industry amid awards spat
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
By Amy Spiro
Filmmaker Tom Nesher at Ophir Awards on September 16, 2024, where she received the award for the best feature film, wearing a t-shirt that refers to the remaining 101 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Courtesy)
September 17, 2024, 12:33 pm
Tom Nesher’s ‘Come Closer’ wins Ophir, becomes Israel’s choice for Oscar nomination
Awards spread among nine different films at annual ceremony, which is overshadowed by ongoing war and hostage situation
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a ceremony for the Israeli Olympic and Paralympic delegation competing at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 19, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 6:00 pm
Culture minister not invited to this year’s muted Ophir Awards ceremony
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’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
From 'Eid,' Bedouin filmmaker Yousef Abu Madegem's film about life in Rahat, one of the highly nominated films in the upcoming 2024 Ophir awards in September 2024. (Courtesy)
September 3, 2024, 6:45 pm
Ophir Awards will change tone, following deaths of six hostages
The annual film event, seen as Israel’s Oscars, cancels celebratory dinner for nominees but will still hold award ceremony
By Jessica Steinberg
Dana Ivgi (right) in 'The Other Widow,' nominated for nine Ophir Awards; the ceremony will take place September 10, 2023. (Courtesy: Vered Adir)
August 17, 2023, 7:59 pm
Films nominated for Israeli Oscars to get special screenings
Israeli Academy of Film and Tel Aviv Cinematheque join forces to show most-nominated feature films
By Jessica Steinberg
From Palestinian filmmaker's Hany Abu Assad's 2013 film 'Omar,' now streaming on Netflix from October 2021 as part of the new Palestinian collection (Courtesy 'Omar' PR)
October 21, 2021, 4:59 pm
Netflix says it backs authentic storytelling in its Palestinian film collection
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
By Jessica Steinberg
YES show 'Fauda' was the big winner at the recent Israeli TV awards (Courtesy 'Fauda')
March 11, 2018, 5:08 pm
‘Fauda’ storms Israeli TV awards with 11 prizes
New comedy ‘Shababnikim’ wins in three categories in local version of Grammies; new public broadcaster Kan also gets recognition
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture Minister Miri Regev in a mock TV address posted on her Facebook page and timed to coincide with the Israel Film Academy's Ophir Film Awards to which she was not invited, September 19, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
September 20, 2017, 12:55 am
Barred from awards, minister uses Facebook pulpit to slam film industry
Miri Regev posts address taking aim at Ophir organizers for excluding her, steps up attack on big winner ‘Foxtrot’
By Sue Surkes
Culture Minister Miri Regev speaks to a crowd at the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 8, 2016, and receives boos in return (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
September 16, 2017, 10:16 pm
Regev vows to revolutionize state funding for films
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
By ToI Staff
Culture Minister Miri Regev wearing a dress featuring the old city of Jerusalem in Cannes on May 17, 2017 (AFP Photo/Antonin Thuillier)
September 12, 2017, 4:20 pm
After walkout last year, culture minister snubbed by Israel’s Oscars
Miri Regev, who has been highly critical of new movie ‘Foxtrot,’ calls decision not to invite her to Ophir Awards ‘cowardly and undemocratic’
By ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, February 17, 2016 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 23, 2016, 5:41 pm
Regev: Reciting Palestinian national poet’s work at ‘Israeli Oscars’ crossed red line
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
By ToI Staff
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