Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. 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 Cannes Film Festival. Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.
The Time That Remains
as E.S.An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A...
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It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his...
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To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema"...
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7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community...
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Divine Intervention
as E.S.Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of...
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Crítico
as SelfSeventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the...
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Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S.Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux,...
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Bamako
as Cow-boyCaught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its...
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The Gulf War... What Next?
as uncreditedThe second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point...
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A Special Day
as SelfAt the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as HimselfA film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a...
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Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as SelfKhalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela,...
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Homage by Assassination
as E.S.A Palestinian filmmaker is writing a script in his New York apartment during the first Gulf war....
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The Arab Dream
as HimselfIn this autobiographical film the Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman goes in search of his past...
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