“Baba Joon” picked as Israel's entry in foreign Oscar raceSeptember 22, 2015 - 18:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Baba Joon” has been named the year’s best film at the Ophir Awards, the Israeli version of the Academy Awards. The victory makes director Yuval Delshad’s drama about Iranian immigrants the official Israeli entry in the Oscar foreign-language race, TheWrap reports. The film also won awards for its cinematography, music, art direction and casting. “Wounded Land” won awards for its director, Erez Tadmor, and leading actor, Roy Assaf. Moran Rosenblatt was named Best Actress for “Wedding Doll.” Israel has received four Oscar nominations in the category in the last eight years and 10 nominations overall, though it has never won. It has made more submissions and received more nominations than any country that has yet to win the foreign-language Oscar. Other nominees for the top Ophir award were “Wounded Land,” “The Kind Words,” “Afterthought” and “Wedding Doll.” “Baba Joon” recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. To date, more than 50 countries have submitted films to the Academy, which will rule on their eligibility and announce the list of qualifying entries in early October. Last year, a record 83 films competed for the award, which was won by Poland’s “Ida.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |