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Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor. [1] [2] He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention ( Arabic : يد إلهية ), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 ...
Elia Suleiman is a Palestinian director, writer and actor born in Nazareth, Israel. He is known for his dark comedies about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such as Divine Intervention, The Time That Remains and It Must Be Heaven.
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Feb 27, 2023 · The award-winning director lives in Paris, but comes back regularly to visit his family in Nazareth and to make movies here – though it’s not due to any love for the land of his birth. In a rare interview with an Israeli journalist, ‘the Palestinian Chaplin’ reflects on his career.
Jun 15, 2021 · “Palestinisation is everywhere”: Elia Suleiman on It Must Be Heaven. The deadpan tragi-comedian talks about his new film It Must Be Heaven, the violence and trauma that has followed him from Palestine to Paris, and why he finds hope in his younger post-national compatriots.
May 28, 2020 · The Palestinian director talks about his nomadic cinema and his satirical take on home and alienation in his latest film. He shares his notes, his inspirations and his reflections on his expat existence.
- Monique Vigneault
Jun 10, 2021 · Film-maker Elia Suleiman on ‘the Palestinianisation of the globe’. The writer-director’s latest is set partially in Nazareth but is about ‘tension rising everywhere’, not just in Palestine. A scene...
May 24, 2019 · Elia Suleiman, who returned to Cannes this year with his latest film, talks with us about comedy as a form of political resistance.
