“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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |