"Sand Storm" and "Our Father" lead the Israeli Academy Awards Competition with 12 nominations each!

The Israeli Film and TV Academy announced this morning its nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards.

We're proud to have 12 nominations:

Best Film – Sand Storm

Best Director – Elite Zexer

Best Script – Elite Zexer

Best Leading Actress – Lamis Amar

Best Supporting Actress – Ruba Blal-Asfour

Best Photography – Shai Peleg

Best Production Design – Nir Adler

Best Editing – Ronit Porat

Best Original Music Score – Ran Bagno

Best Costume Design – Chen Gilad

Best Make Up – Carmit Bouzaglo

Best Casting – Limor Shmila

We're so honored!!!

Our best wishes to all our candidates.