Cinema Sabaya (2021)

Original title

סינמה סבאיא

Directed by

Orit Fouks Rotem

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

K15

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of Israeli and Palestinian women come together in a video workshop. They learn to film their own lives and share their stories with each other.

warmintimatereflectivegentlethoughtfulquietly emotionalhumanistic

What happens

Cinema Sabaya (Hebrew: סינמה סבאיא) is a 2021 Israeli drama film, directed by Orit Fouks Rotem and produced by the Israeli production company, Green Productions. It stars an all-female cast, including Dana Ivgi, Amal Murkus, Marlene Bejali, Ruthie Landau, Haula Haj-Divsi, Joanna Said, Yulia Tagil, Asil Farhat, Orit Samuel and Liora Levy. In 2022 the film was chosen as the official Israeli nominee for the Academy Award for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. This followed its Ophir Award win for Best Feature Film (along with four additional Ophir Awards). Previously to that, it had also won the Best Debut Film Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. On March 8, 2022, in celebration of International Women's Day, the film was chosen for a special screening at Beit HaNassi, the Israeli President's Residence. In November 2022 it was picked up by Kino Lorber for North American distribution rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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