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Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

إيليا سليمان

Filmmaker

Palestine

Nazareth,

Palestine

Palestinian filmmaker known for deadpan, largely wordless comedies that have won awards at major international film festivals.

Elia Suleiman has directed a body of distinctive, near-silent tragicomic films examining Palestinian life, including Divine Intervention, which won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2002.

Representation

Independent