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Films

Tel Aviv on Fire

Support :	AFS
Director(s):	Sameh Zoabi
Producer(s):	SAMSA FILM TS Productions (FR), Lama Films (IL), Artemis Productions (BE)
Script:	Sameh Zoabi, Dan Kleinman
Year:	2019
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Comedy
Original version:	Hebrew, Arabic
Running time:	100'
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Synopsis

Israel, today. The famous TV soap opera “Tel Aviv on Fire”, in which a Palestinian female spy has a love affair with an Israeli General in 1967, is a huge success throughout the Middle East. Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem, works as an intern on the show. Every day Salam must pass through the arduous Israeli checkpoints to reach the television studios. He meets the check-point chief, Assi, whose wife is a huge fan of the show. In order to please her, Assi threatens Salam to change the story of the show...

Casting

Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Nadim Sawalha, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Laetitia Eïdo, Salim Daw, Wafaa Abo Zarifa, Amer Oklah, Alexandre Hornbeck

Crew

Laurent Brunet (DOP), Catherine Schwartz (Editors), Christina Schaffer (Production Designer), André Dziezuk (Music), Magdalena Labuz (Costumes Designer), Solveig Harper (production manager), Tiago Hof (Location Manager)

Nominations & Awards

- Grand Prix and Youth Jury Award at Saint-Jean-de-Luz Festival, 2018
- Best Screenplay at Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2018
- Best Screenplay at Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, 2018
- Best Film at Haifa International Film Festival, 2018
- Best Film and Actor at Venice Film Festival, 20189

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