Israel’s submission for the international feature Oscar, the intimate, prize-winning drama “Cinema Sabaya,” is one of the country’s relatively few movies centering on a collaboration between Jews and Arabs. It follows a video workshop where eight women, four Jewish and four Muslim, are assigned to film their lives. As they share their footage, barriers are broken, beliefs are challenged and they learn more about each other and themselves. Based on helmer-writer Orit Fouks Rotem’s experience as a teacher and the real women she encountered, the film is full of life, love, humor and authenticity without being didactic. At the same time, it cleverly questions the ethics and responsibility of filmmaking. This Kino Lorber pickup will open Stateside in February.
Although the action takes place in the small, neutral, enclosed space of the Hadera Coexistence Center, it opens doors to places further afield through the homework assignments that...
Although the action takes place in the small, neutral, enclosed space of the Hadera Coexistence Center, it opens doors to places further afield through the homework assignments that...
- 1/3/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
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