Michel Khleifi

Michel Khleifi (born November 3, 1950 in Nazareth , Israel ) is a Palestinian screenwriter , film director and film producer .

Life

Khleifi studied television and theater directing at the Belgian Institute national supérieur des arts du spectacle (INSAS) in Brussels . After graduating there he worked for Belgian television before starting to produce his own documentaries and feature films. At the same time he taught at INSAS and was, among other things, the teacher of the Palestinian film producer and patron Omar al-Qattan . Khleifi still teaches at the university today (2015).

Since the 1980s, several of Khleifi's films have received awards at international film festivals. His film Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine, Israel , co-produced with Israeli director Eyal Sivan in 2003 and co-produced by Omar al-Qattan , was broadcast in the same year on the Franco-German television station Arte . After that it was discussed controversially, especially in France .

Filmography

• 1980: Fertile memory .
• 1985: Ma'loul Celebrates is Destruction .
• 1987: Urs al-Jalil (English: Wedding in Galilee).
• 1990: Canticle of the Stones
• 1993: L'Ordre du jour .
• 1995: Tale of the Three Jewels ; French: Le conte des trois diamants .
• 2003: Direction with Eyal Sivan: Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine / Israel .
• 2009: Zindeeq .

theatre

• 1998: La fuite au paradis in French and Arabic. Théâtre Marni, Ixelles , Belgium.

Prizes and awards

• 1987: International Critics' Prize (FIPRESCI Award), International Cannes Film Festival 1987 for Urs al-Jalil .
• 1987: André Cavens Award for the same film.
• 1987: Golden Shell , Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián , Spain for the same film.
• 1991: Special Jury Prize of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival , Yamagata , Japan for Canticle of the Stones .
• 2005: Mayor's Prize together with Eyal Sivan at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival for: Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine / Israel .
• 2009: Muhr Prize for the best Arab feature film at the Dubai International Film Festival .

Web links

• Michel Khleifi in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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