Michel Khleifi ( ar, ميشيل خليفي}, born in 1950 in

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

, is a Palestinian of

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film writer, director and producer, presently based in Belgium. Khleifi emigrated to

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in 1970, where he studied television and theatre directing at the ''

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'' (INSAS). After graduating from INSAS, he worked in Belgium television before turning to making his own films. He has directed and produced several documentary and feature films. He has received several awards, including the International Critics’ Prize at the

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, the

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and the

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in 1987 for his film Wedding in Galilee. Khleifi currently teaches at INSAS. ''

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'' referred to Khleifi as "a trailblazer in bringing the Palestinian perspective to world screens".

Filmography

*Fertile Memory (1980) * Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (1985) * Wedding in Galilee (also known as

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عرس الجليل transliteration ''Urs al-Jalil'' (1987) *Canticle of the Stones (1990) *L'Ordre du Jour (1993) *The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels (1995) *Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel (2003), in collaboration with

Eyal Sivan Eyal Sivan ( he, אייל סיון) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, theoretician and scholar based in Paris, France. Early life Eyal Sivan is a Filmmaker, Writer and theoretician born in 1964 in Haifa, Israel; raised in Jerusalem; and b ...

*Zindeeq (2009)

Awards

* International Critics Prize, Cannes and the

for ''Wedding in Galilee'' (1987) *Special Jury Prize at

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for ''Canticle of the Stones'' (1991) *Mayor's Prize, at the

for ''Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel'' (with Eyal Sivan) (2005) *Muhr award for "Best Arab Feature Film" at the

Dubai International Film Festival The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ar, مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) is the leading film festival in the Arab region. The 12th edition of DIFF took place from December 9 – 16, 2015. In 2018, the DIFF announce ...

(DIFF) (2009)

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