Paradise Now Palestinian Territory Occupied / France / Germany / The Netherlands / Israel
2005, 90min.
Prod.: Bero Beyer, Amir Harel, Gerhard Meixner, Hengameh Panahi, Roman Paul, Script: Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer, Pierre Hodgson, Dir.: Hany Abu-Assad, Dir. of Phot.: Antoine Héberlé, Compos.: Jina Sumedi, Prod. Design: Olivier Meidinger, Art. Dir.: Bashir Abu Rabi'a, Sound: Uwe Haussig, Edit.: Sander Vos.
Cast: Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass.
In Nablus, on the West Bank, there live two friends who have known each other for years. Said and Khaled, two Palestinians, who lived under the rule of another nation for the whole life. They feel oppressed, humiliated and consider themselves prisoners in their own land. As soon as a friend presents them an opportunity to avenge their way of life, the filmmaker follows their steps in preparing themselves for their final act of resistance, a suicide mission in Tel-Aviv.
Awards
Best Director (Durban, 2005), Neth¬erlands Film Award - Best Film, Best Editing (2005), Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award - Best Foreign Film (2005), US National Board of Reviews Award - Best Foreign Language Film (2005), Van¬couver Film Cirtics Circle Award - Best Foreign Film (2006), Independent Spirit Award - Best Foreign Film, Santa Monica (2006), Berliner Morgenpost Audience Award, Berlin In¬ternational Film Festival (2005), Amnesty International Award, Berlin International Film Festival (2005), Blue Angel Award - Best European Film, Berlin International Film Festival (2005), Eu¬ropean Screenwriter Award, Berlin International Film Festival (2005), Gold¬en Globe - Best Foreign Language Film (2006)
Production Companies
Augustus Film, The Netherlands
Razor Film, Germany
Lumen Films, France
Lama Films, Israel
Hazazah Film, Palestine
| Abu-Assad, Hany Hany Abu-Assad (born 11.10.1961, Nazareth)
Hany Abu-Assad went to Amsterdam to study technical engineering. After working as an aircraft engineer for several years in the Netherlands, he founded the Dutch-based company Ayloul Film Productions and began producing television programs about immigrants. He directed his first short film in 1992 and his first feature film in 1998. His subsequent works all revolved around the subject of multicultural coexistence – both in Europe and in the Middle East, until he scored an international theatrical hit with Rana’s Wedding in 2002.
Filmography
The Fourteenth Chick (1998), Nazareth 2000 (2000), Ford Transit (2002), Another Day in Jerusalem (Al qods fee yom akhar, 2002), Rana’s Wedding ( 2002), Paradise Now (2005).
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