By Jessica Steinberg - August 11, 2022
The Ophir Awards, Israel’s version of the Academy Awards, will be held on September 18.
The nominated films were chosen by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television from a selection of 95 movies of all different genres, a record number of entries for the awards competition.
The competing features nominated in the Best Film category are Ari Folman’s “Where Is Anne Frank?” his 2021 animated film narrated by Kitty, Frank’s imaginary friend from her diary; “Karaoke,” in which a middle-aged couple gets to know their neighbor through his karaoke parties; “Cinema Sabaya,” with takes eight Arab and Jewish women through a film workshop; “Valeria is Getting Married,” which tells the tale of two Ukrainian sisters, one who married an Israeli and the other who is about to do the same; and “35 Downhill,” about a son and his estranged, kibbutz-dwelling father traveling across Israel on a tractor.
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