Ophir Awards - the 2020 decade
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- DirectorRuthy PribarStarsAlena YivShira HaasTamir MulaDespite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs
- DirectorRam LoevyStarsYussuf Abu-WardaBilal BabaiJihad BabaiThree children from the West Bank are smuggled into Israel, arriving at the doorstep of George and Rita's house in Jaffa. Their mother is dead, and their father has been sentenced for life. As Israeli Palestinians, George is afraid that hiding illegal aliens will endanger Rita and himself, while Rita believes the arrival of these children could give meaning to her life. Nearby, a foreign film is being shot. Jerry, an English director, is making a movie about his parents' love affair in 1947, when they served in the British army in Palestine. George is invited to play a part. When the two stories intertwine, tensions erupt.
- DirectorAssaf AbiriMatan GuggenheimStarsShlomo Bar-AbaJoy RiegerDoval'e GlickmanDov (75) a widower, lives in a nursing home where he feels like he's in jail. He dreams of buying back his old house and returning live there, but he has has no money since losing his his pension and he blames the State. When he realizes that everyone in the nursing home consumes state-sponsored medical cannabis, he finds his way out. Not by smoking, but by selling cannabis, which he gets from the other tenants. When love, police, and the local mafia enter the picture, Dov finds himself at a crossroads where he has to decide whether he would be willing to risk everything for what really matters to him.
- DirectorNir BergmanStarsShai AviviNoam ImberSmadi WolfmanAharon raises autistic son Uri in isolation. Facing possibility of Uri living in specialized home, Aharon runs away with Uri on road trip, unwilling for separation from his son.
- DirectorOren GernerStarsMaya GernerMeir GernerOren GernerStruggling with post-retirement life, 68-year-old Meir goes out on a personal journey to reconstruct his shaken sense of meaning and vitality, in this cinematic experience of an aging parent crafted by the hands of his loving son.
- DirectorMarco CarmelStarsNelly TagarJoséphine DraïMoris CohenLouise, a Jewish lawyer, arrives from Paris to finalize an important real estate deal, using Neta, a chance driver, the cunning hero from Mahane Yehuda, who immediately finds the economic opportunity and decides to stick with Louise at any cost. When the two visit the Old City, they discover a secret connection between an ultra-Orthodox woman and a Christian man who communicate through notes hidden within the grooves of the Wailing Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. In an attempt to solve the mystery, Louise and Neta follow the puzzling couple through the narrow alleyways of the city. A comedy of mistakes in the heart of magical Jerusalem, and a story about friendship between two women at a critical point in their lives.
- DirectorNadav SchirmanStarsEfrat BoimoldAdam HaloonShira Kedem-KatzenelenbogenOn the eve of the second Passover holiday, a squad of five commandos from the PFLP cuts the northern border fence and penetrates into Kibbutz Misgav-Am. Their mission is to take hostage the Kibbutz members in order to negotiate the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails. But that night, most Kibbutz members are away on a concert and the Kibbutz is half empty, a light comes on in one of the small kibbutz houses, making it the target for the commandos to break into. When they realize this is not a family home but rather the dormitory for the very young children of the kibbutz, it's already too late. When the Kibbutz members understand what has happened, the PFLP commandos barricade themselves with their hostages: three children aged three and four, two babies of less than a year, and the young guard who volunteered to watch them that night.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsJohn Benjamin HickeyNiv NissimLihi KornowskiA New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
- DirectorTalya LavieStarsAvigail HarariRan Khalil DankerDan AmroussiFollowing a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem.
- DirectorItay TalStarsNaama PreisAndy LeviZe'ev ShimshoniFor Anat, music is everything. Having never been able to reach her father's musical standards, she rests her hopes on the child she's about to have. When the baby is born deaf, Anat succumbs to extreme measures to keep the dream alive.
- DirectorLimor ShmilaStarsHilla VidorYakir PortalTom AvniTamara, a successful career woman, lives in a world of high expectations and perfect performances. When she gives birth to her first daughter, the change shakes her world, altering the power dynamics in Tamara and her husband's marriage and sex life. While she struggles to maintain her place at work, their intimacy becomes more and more demanding. But Tamara continues the race, crossing her own boundaries again and again. She is torn between her many roles-as a motherwife, and career woman. When her home becomes a battlefield, Tamara realizes she is a queen trapped in her own castle.
- DirectorDavid YakinStarsBoaz KonfortyDana YadlinShalom Korem'Milk' is a psychological thriller telling the story of Rafi - a scientist working in a pharmaceutical company, called one day to take his spouse Adi back home from hospital, after she was brutally raped. Once home, Adi shut herself in the bathroom, and Rafi goes out to clear his mind, while buying a bottle milk. When Rafi returns home, he finds that Adi is missing and begins searching for her. During his quest, Rafi discovers unfamiliar sides of Adi, and concludes that in order to find her, he will first need to solve a mystery Adi was obsessed with.
- DirectorShirel PelegStarsMoran RosenblattLuise WolframRivka MichaeliWhen two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?
- DirectorAri FolmanStarsSebastian CroftRuby StokesEmily CareyKitty, the imaginary girl who Anne Frank wrote to in her 1940s diary during WWII, seeks out the deceased diarist while also inspiring a wave of modern social justice for refugees.
- DirectorYona RozenkierStarsShmuel VilozniYoel RozenkierAviva NagosaThe hanged body of an old man in the middle of a small kibbutz in the north of Israel leads Albert, a war veteran, to make a drunken bet. Along with Ben, his grumpy unemployed son, the feisty odd couple will cross the entire country on an old tractor, in one week. This spontaneous 35 km\h, bitter-sweet and sour journey towards forgiveness take them through Israel's neglected backyard, where stereotypes and prejudices meet broken dreams of a better life. The trip will enable Ben to discover his fascinating father, and will give Albert the chance to be the father he never was.
- DirectorMoshe RosenthalStarsLior AshkenaziSasson GabayGabriel Omri LoukasA long-married couple becomes obsessed with their new, charismatic neighbor and his karaoke parties. Stars Sasson Gabay (The Band's Visit, Shtisel).
- DirectorMichal VinikStarsLena FraifeldYaakov Zada-DanielDasha TvoronovichTwo Ukrainian sisters, Valeria and Christina decide to marry Israeli men through online-arranged marriages. One already did it and is now living in Israel and the another is considering moving to Israel too and doing the same thing.
- DirectorEran KolirinStarsAlex BakriJuna SuleimanSalim DawA gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel.
- DirectorGidi DarStarsOscar IsaacEvangeline LillyElliott GouldThe film "Legend of destruction" tells the story of the Jewish revolt against Rome which ended with the destruction of the Temple in the year 70.
- DirectorNadav LapidStarsAvshalom PollakNur FibakOded AzulayAn Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom, the other against the death of a mother.
- DirectorDani RosenbergStarsMarek RozenbaumRoni KubanNatan RosenbergA father and son try to freeze time through cinema, but the father's illness threatens to cut their quest short.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsJoy RiegerAmir KhouryAla DakkaIn 1948, Hassanin joins a platoon going to Palestine to liberate farmers. While documenting their mission, Hassanin's values are tested and both sides re-evaluate what they understand about war.
- DirectorAmir ManorStarsReymonde AmsellemRami HeubergerImri BitonThe film follows Dina, a young Russian girl from south Israel, who cleans toilets in her town's central bus station. She falls in love with Yehuda, a Tel Avivian charmer, and moves with him to the big city. Little does she know that he is nothing but a pimp who recruits young girls for the sex industry.
- DirectorPini TavgerStarsYaakov Zada-DanielMicha PrudovskyAna DubrovitzkiAfter a boy's mother refuses to help him prepare for his bar mitzvah, he forms a bond with a religious neighbour who volunteers to help him.
- DirectorOrit Fouks RotemStarsLiora LeviAseel FarhatOrit SamuelEight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.
- DirectorBenny FredmanStarsRoy NikYarden Toussia-CohenDror KerenWhen you wage war on your community, you wage war on your family.
- DirectorDani RosenbergStarsIdo TakoMika ReissEfrat Ben TzurEighteen-year-old Israeli soldier flees back to his girlfriend in Tel Aviv only to discover that the military elite is convinced he was kidnapped in the fog of war.
- DirectorMaayan RyppStarsDana IvgyAnia BuksteinItamar RotschildElla, 34 a theatre dresser and mistress, experiences the sudden death of her lover. She begins to frequent his Shiva and observes the life that was forbidden to her. eventually she demands her legitimate right to mourn.
- DirectorAdar ShafranStarsChancela MongozaKim Or AzulayZvika HadarWhen a young Eritrean refugee deported from Israel is mistaken for the new foreign player of a struggling football team, his survival depends on the team's success
- DirectorAyelet MenahemiStarsReymonde AmsellemTikva DayanRivka BaharMarie travels from France to Israel, where her family now lives, to marry her one true love. "Seven Blessings"is a week of festive meals in honor of the bride. This week turns into a sad comedy about family crimes, forgiveness and loss.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsAdir MillerSuzanna PapianShani CohenA once successful novelist tries to revive his fading career by launching a highly inventive scam. He recruits a reckless actress and trains her to assume the somber identity of a lit Masters student. Their lives will alter forever.
- DirectorMatan YairStarsYarden Bar-KochbaGilad LedermanIsrael BrightUri makes a mistake in his interview for the army - he tells the truth. He says he's been sharing a room with his mother, his father is about to leave them, and he doesn't think he'll fit in in the army. In his last year of high school, Uri will have to find his path in life and a room of his own.
- DirectorEitan GreenStarsSasson GabaySivan LevyClément AubertShimon, a 70-year-old widower, travels to Paris to visit a childhood friend. He stays with his daughter and discovers that her marriage is falling apart. He decides to help. In the process, he finds out that he and his daughter share both dreams and desires of which they had been previously unaware.