Biography
Elia SULEIMAN (1960, Israel) lived in New York from 1981 to 1993 where he directed his first two short films. He settled down in Jerusalem and in 1996 directed his first feature film Chronicle of a Disappearance. It won the Best First Film Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Divine Intervention (2002) was awarded the Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes, as well as the Best Foreign Film Prize at the European Film Awards in Rome. His last feature film, The Time That Remains (2009), was screened in the Cannes Film Festival in Competition. In 2012, his short film Diary of a Beginner - part of the omnibus film 7 Days in Havana - was in the Un Certain Regard selection in Cannes. Since 2013, Elia Suleiman has been artistic advisor to the Doha Film Institute.
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Actor
Movies | |
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2019 |
It Must Be Heaven |
2012 |
7 Days in Havana |
2009 |
The Time That Remains |
2007 |
To Each His Own Cinema |
2006 |
Bamako |
2002 |
Divine Intervention |
1996 |
Segell ikhtifa |
1993 |
Harb El Khalij... wa baad |
Documentaries | |
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2006 |
Humbert Balsan, producteur rebelle (TV movie) |
2004 |
Je t'aime... moi non plus : Artistes et critiques |
1997 |
War and Peace in Vesoul |
Director
Movies | |
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2019 |
It Must Be Heaven |
2012 |
7 Days in Havana |
2009 |
The Time That Remains |
2007 |
To Each His Own Cinema |
2002 |
Divine Intervention |
1999 |
Cyber Palestine |
1996 |
Segell ikhtifa |
1993 |
Harb El Khalij... wa baad |
Documentaries | |
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1997 |
War and Peace in Vesoul |
1990 |
Muqaddimah Li-Nihayat Jidal (Introduction to the End of an Argument) |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2019 |
It Must Be Heaven |
2012 |
7 Days in Havana |
2009 |
The Time That Remains |
2002 |
Divine Intervention |
1996 |
Segell ikhtifa |
Producer
Movies | |
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2019 |
It Must Be Heaven |
2009 |
The Time That Remains |
1996 |
Segell ikhtifa |
Performer
Shows | |
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2022 |
The European Film Awards 2022 |
2010 |
Janela Indiscreta |
1997 |
Le Cercle du cinéma |