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Elia Suleiman

born 1960 · Directing

56.7avg grm
2titles
4honors

Honors

4
2022European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
2020Lumière Award — Best International Co-Production
2002European Film Award — Best Non-European Film
—Prince Claus Award

Bio

Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) 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.

Biography

Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) 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.

Filmography

ranked on this site
2000s1 titleTThe Time That Remains2009 · as ES54.9
1990s1 titleIIntroduction to the End of an Argument1990 · as Director58.5

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Elia Suleiman

E
born1960
known forDirecting
titles on site2
avg GRM56.7
honors4 · European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award, 2022
Honors
  • 2022European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
  • 2020Lumière Award — Best International Co-Production
  • 2002European Film Award — Best Non-European Film
  • —Prince Claus Award
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) 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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2000s

1 title
T54.9The Time That Remains2009 · as ES

1990s

1 title
I58.5Introduction to the End of an Argument1990 · as Director

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