Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman - (Arabic: إيليا سليمان); born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth ; is a Palestinian film director.
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"...
Movie page7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film...
Movie pageBamako
as Cow-boyCaught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its...
Movie pageIt Must Be Heaven
as E.S.Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his...
Movie pageThe Time That Remains
as E.S.An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A...
Movie pageCrítico
as SelfSeventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the...
Movie pageA Special Day
as SelfAt the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
Movie pageDivine Intervention
as E.S.Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of...
Movie pageChronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S.Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux,...
Movie pageAwkward
as DirectorA Palestinian director (Suleiman) is uncomfortable at a film festival.
Movie pageNelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as SelfKhalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela,...
Movie pageKusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as HimselfA film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a...
Movie pageHomage by Assassination
as E.S.A Palestinian filmmaker is writing a script in his New York apartment during the first Gulf war....
Movie pageThe Gulf War... What Next?
as uncreditedThe second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point...
Movie pageThe Arab Dream
as HimselfIn this autobiographical film the Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman goes in search of his past...
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