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Elia Suleiman

28th July 1960 Nazareth, Israel Directing

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.

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Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

It Must Be Heaven poster

It Must Be Heaven 4th December 2019 as E.S.

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me poster

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me 23rd November 2013 as Self

A Special Day poster

A Special Day 16th May 2012 as Self

7 Days in Havana poster

7 Days in Havana 5th April 2012 as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy poster

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy 1st March 2012 as Himself

The Time That Remains poster

The Time That Remains 12th August 2009 as E.S.

Critic poster

Critic 22nd January 2008 as Self

To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema 31st October 2007 as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

Bamako poster

Bamako 23rd February 2007 as Cow-boy

Divine Intervention poster

Divine Intervention 2nd October 2002 as E.S.

The Arab Dream poster

The Arab Dream 1st January 1998 as Himself

War and Peace in Vesoul poster

War and Peace in Vesoul 4th February 1997

Chronicle of a Disappearance poster

Chronicle of a Disappearance 1st September 1996 as E.S.

The Gulf War... What Next? poster

The Gulf War... What Next? 2nd January 1993

Homage by Assassination poster

Homage by Assassination 1st January 1992 as E.S.

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