Crossing Borders, Palestine - Israel

DIVINE INTERVENTION
(Yadon ilaheyya)

Elia Suleiman
France, Palestine 2002 | 92 Min. | 35 mm, OmU
Nazareth is a com­plete­ly normal city in the Middle East, where the Arabic neigh­bour­hood is embroiled in the daily war between the loners, the eccentrics, and the aggres­sive grum­blers. What … read more

FORD TRANSIT

Hany Abu-Assad
Netherlands 2002 | 80 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
The white Ford vans dri­ving around all over Pales­tine once belonged to the Israeli army. After the Oslo Agree­ments, they were given to former Pales­tin­ian col­lab­o­ra­tors as a source of … read more

RANA’S WEDDING

Hany Abu-Assad
Palestine 2002 | 90 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
Rana wakes up one morn­ing to an ulti­ma­tum deliv­ered by her father: She must either choose a hus­band from a pre-select­ed list of eli­gi­ble men, or she must accom­pa­ny her … read more

TICKET TO JERUSALEM

Rashid Masharawi
Palestine 2002 | 85 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
Jaber and Sanah live in a refugee camp in Ramal­lah. Sanah works here for the Pales­tin­ian ambu­lance ser­vice. Jaber has dreamed up quite a spe­cial job to do some­thing about … read more