Israeli model-turned-actress Stav Strashko recently made history as the first transgender performer to ever receive an Ophir Award nomination for her role in the 2018 film Flawless. The film is about a transgender teen named Eden who along with two friends seeks to obtain plastic surgery as a way to secure a date for her prom. Eden and […]
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- 6/18/2019
- by Pablo Mena
- Uinterview
Stav Strashko may be just 26 years old, but she is already breaking ground. The Israeli actress, who started her career as a model, recently became the first transgender performer ever to receive an Ophir Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the drama film Flawless. Strashko spoke to uInterview exclusively about her role in […]
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- 6/4/2019
- by Pablo Mena
- Uinterview
German-Israeli film “The Cakemaker” won best picture at Israel’s Ophir Awards on Thursday evening, an accolade that automatically makes it the country’s submission to the foreign-language film category at the Oscars.
The film was written and directed by Ofir Raul Graizer, an Israeli who lives in Berlin. Released last year, “The Cakemaker” focuses on a young German baker named Thomas who falls in love with Oren, a married Israeli man visiting Berlin. After Oren dies in a car crash, Thomas travels to Jerusalem to find closure – and answers – concealing his identity and insinuating himself into the life of Oren’s widow, Anat, by working as a cake-maker in her cafe.
The film first premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival last year, where it won the Ecumenical Jury prize.
On Thursday, “The Cakemaker” picked up five other Ophir Awards, Israel’s version of the Oscars, including best screenplay,...
The film was written and directed by Ofir Raul Graizer, an Israeli who lives in Berlin. Released last year, “The Cakemaker” focuses on a young German baker named Thomas who falls in love with Oren, a married Israeli man visiting Berlin. After Oren dies in a car crash, Thomas travels to Jerusalem to find closure – and answers – concealing his identity and insinuating himself into the life of Oren’s widow, Anat, by working as a cake-maker in her cafe.
The film first premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival last year, where it won the Ecumenical Jury prize.
On Thursday, “The Cakemaker” picked up five other Ophir Awards, Israel’s version of the Oscars, including best screenplay,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Amy Spiro
- Variety Film + TV
by Nathaniel
Flawless, which is called "The Prom" at home stars Stav Strashko (the one behind the wheel) who is a trans actress
The Ophir nominations were recently announced in Israel and we thought we'd share their Best Picture nominees. The winner of the Ophir -- which will be announced September 6th -- is almost always submitted for the Oscar's Foreign Language Film category. There are two Lgbtq films in the mix this year. Thanks to our loyal Israeli reader Yonatan for alerting us to the nominees. They're after the jump along with some stats about Israel's history with the Oscars and in Us arthouse movie theaters...
Flawless, which is called "The Prom" at home stars Stav Strashko (the one behind the wheel) who is a trans actress
The Ophir nominations were recently announced in Israel and we thought we'd share their Best Picture nominees. The winner of the Ophir -- which will be announced September 6th -- is almost always submitted for the Oscar's Foreign Language Film category. There are two Lgbtq films in the mix this year. Thanks to our loyal Israeli reader Yonatan for alerting us to the nominees. They're after the jump along with some stats about Israel's history with the Oscars and in Us arthouse movie theaters...
- 6/26/2018
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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