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Elia Suleiman

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 07/28/1960 (63) | Nazareth (Israel)
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960) 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. ()
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Elia Suleiman - (Arabic: إيليا سليمان‎); born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth, Israel; is a Palestinian film director.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine. ...

It Must Be Heaven

Certification unknown

2019 | 3.3/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Drama
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An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. Combined with ...

The Time That Remains

PG-13

2009 | 3.6/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, History
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Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most ...

Divine Intervention

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2003 | 3.3/5 | 1h 32min
Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
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Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many un ...

Chronicle of a Disappearance

Certification unknown

1996 | 3.2/5 | 1h 28min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Elia Suleiman

Prince Claus Fund European Film Award for Best Non-European Film European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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Movies with Elia Suleiman as Actor(12)

as E.S.2019 It Must Be Heaven
as himself2013 Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as himself2012 Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")2012 7 Days in Havana
as himself2012 A Special Day
as E.S.2009 The Time That Remains
as himself2008 Crítico
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")2007 To Each His Own Cinema
as E.S.2003 Divine Intervention
as himself1998 The Arab Dream
as E.S.1996 Chronicle of a Disappearance
1993 The Gulf War... What Next?

Movies with Elia Suleiman as Crew(23)

Directing/Director2019 It Must Be Heaven
Production/Producer2019 It Must Be Heaven
Writing/Writer2019 It Must Be Heaven
Directing/Director2012 7 Days in Havana
Directing/Director2009 The Time That Remains
Production/Producer2009 The Time That Remains
Writing/Writer2009 The Time That Remains
Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Directing/Director2003 Divine Intervention
Production/Co-Producer2003 Divine Intervention
Writing/Writer2003 Divine Intervention
Directing/Director2000 Cyber Palestine
Writing/Writer2000 Cyber Palestine
Crew/Cinematography1998 The Arab Dream
Directing/Director1998 The Arab Dream
Writing/Writer1998 The Arab Dream
Directing/Director1997 War and Peace in Vesoul
Directing/Director1996 Chronicle of a Disappearance
Production/Producer1996 Chronicle of a Disappearance
Writing/Writer1996 Chronicle of a Disappearance
Directing/Director1993 The Gulf War... What Next?
Writing/Writer1993 The Gulf War... What Next?
Directing/Director1990 Introduction to the End of an Argument

Full Name: Elia Suleiman
Citizenship: Israel
Born: Thursday, 07/28 1960 (July) in Nazareth (Israel) (current age: 63 years + 272 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: Arabic (AR)
Educated at: Birzeit University
Employer: European Graduate School
Represented by: Video Data Bank, Argos, Centrum voor Kunst en Media
Spouses (current/former): Yasmine Hamdan
Other names for Elia Suleiman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"엘리아 술레이만"
"إيليا سليمان"
"אליה סולימאן"
"エリア・スレイマン"
"Elya Süleyman"
"伊利亞·蘇萊曼"
"ایلیا سلیمان"
Elia Suleiman frequently works together with these people:
Takeshi Kitano (6x, Actor)
Emilie Lesclaux (6x, Crew)
Kleber Mendonça Filho (6x, Crew)
Aki Kaurismäki (5x, Crew)
Véronique Lange (5x, Crew)
Marc-André Batigne (5x, Crew)
Wong Kar-wai (4x, Crew)
Nanni Moretti (4x, Crew)
Gaspar Noé (3x, Crew)
Luc Dardenne (3x, Crew)
Juan Pedro de Gaspar (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:221849, Added: 07/29/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024