The award holds annual competitions in the field of feature and documentary cinema among the films produced that year.

Before the establishment of the Academy, the "Kinor Daviv" was awarded in the years 1963 - 1986 to creators in various fields of Israeli culture.

The record for winnings per person belongs to Assi Dayan and Gil Toran, who won 8 Ophir awards each.

The statuette awarded to prize winners was designed by the Israeli sculptor Richard Shiloh, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2011.

[6] Record nominations for a film (general): 15 - "The World is Funny" (2012) [8], "Image of Victory" (2021), "Let it be Morning" (2021) Record of wins for a film (overall): 11 – "Nina's Tragedies" (2003) Record of wins per person (general): 10 - Israel David (all in the soundtrack category) Record of wins for the soundtrack: 10 - Israel David Record of wins for editing: 7 - Einat Glazer-Zarhin Record of winnings for photography: 4 - David Gurfinkel Record of wins for an actress: 3 - Ronit Elkebetz (3 main actress), 3 - Dana Ivgy (2 main actress; 1 supporting actress), 3 - Anat Waxman (1 main actress; 2 supporting actress), 3 - Raymond Amsalem (1 main actress , 2 supporting actress) Record wins for a player: 4 - Sasson Gabai (2 main player; 2 secondary player) Record of winnings for a screenplay: 4 - Savi Gabizon ("The Lookout", "Lovesick on Nana Street", "Nina's Tragedies" and "Longing") Record of wins for directing: 3 - Savi Gabizon ("The Lookout", "Lovesick on Nana Street" and "The Lookout") Record of wins for the documentary film: 2 - Arnon Goldfinger, Nadav Shirman, Shlomi Elder The following have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.