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2010 Ophir Awards: Riklis’ The Mission of the Human Resources Manager Wins 5
Intimate Grammar, Nir Bergman's moving story of a boy who mysteriously stops growing, was the favorite to win. Nominated for 12 awards, it was so highly favored to win that the printers were just waiting to complete the one sheet tagline, "Winner of XX Ophir Awards."
Israeli Films at TIFF: Eran Riklis and Avi Nesher Confirmed, Precious Life Hitting Fest and then HBO
As predicted in last week's post, both Eran Riklis (North American preem for The Human Resources Manager) and Avi Nesher were confirmed last Tuesday for TIFF's Contemporary World Cinema program -- Nesher's International Premiere goes by a different title now, and will know be known as The Matchmaker.
Tipped for TIFF: Lastest Films from Eran Riklis and Avi Nesher
Last week, the Locarno film festival wrapped up with another award for veteran Israeli helmer Eran Riklis (see picture above). The helmer's The Mission of the Human Resources Manager won the Prix du Public - the same award he won six years ago for The Syrian Bride. It's rumored next stop is TIFF - that will be confirmed in tomorrow's final programming announcement.
This is Sodom: Unexpected Israel Popcorn Hit
No this isn't a remake of Pier Paolo Pasolini's film folks. This is Sodom had the biggest local opening since Avatar. The slapstick comedy (see trailer) set the record for the most tickets sold for an Israeli movie in it's first weekend.
Hersonski’s A Film Unfinished and Eldar’s Precious Life Making International Waves
While the last decade has been a prosperous one for the Israeli film industry with the output of quality feature "fiction" films, the Israeli documentary scene is creating an even a bigger buzz. About 20 fiction features are created each year in Israel and the number of annual Israeli documentaries is more than a double that number. This year, a pair of Ophir Award nominated documentaries are receiving a lot of buzz-worthy attention.