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Tel Aviv on Fire

Support :	AFS
Director(s):	Sameh Zoabi
Producer(s):	SAMSA FILM TS Productions (FR), Lama Films (IL), Artémis Productions (BE)
Script:	Sameh Zoabi, Dan Kleinman
Year:	2019
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Comedy
Original version:	Arabic, Hebrew
Running time:	97'
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Synopsis

Israel / Palestine, today. Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem, works as an intern on a popular Palestinian soap opera, “Tel Aviv on Fire,” which is produced in Ramallah. Every day Salam must pass through an arduous Israeli checkpoint to reach the television studios. He meets the commander of the check-point, Assi, whose wife is a huge fan of the show. In order to impress her, Assi gets involved in the writing of the show. Salam soon realizes that Assi’s ideas could get him a promotion as a screenwriter. Salam’s creative career catches fire, until Assi and the soap’s
financial backers disagree on how the soap opera should end…

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

- European Film Awards 2019 : European Comedy Nominee
- 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, 2018

International sales

Indie Sales
Clément Chautant

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