West Bank Story
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | West Bank Story |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 21 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ari Sandel |
| script | Kim Ray Ari Sandel |
| production | Bill Boland Ashley Jordan Amy S. Kim Ravi Malhotra Ari Sandel Pascal Vaguelsy |
| music | Yuval Ron |
| camera | Gavin Kelly |
| cut | Avi Youabian |
| occupation | |
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West Bank Story is an American short film directed by Ari Sandel in 2005.
action
The film is a parody of the musical West Side Story , an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet in the New York of 50 years. The action takes place in the West Bank (West Bank) today and depicts the romance between the Israeli soldier David ( Ben Newmark ) and the Palestinian saleswoman Fatima ( Noureen DeWulf ). Their warring families run falafel restaurants on the same street . David's family runs the Kosher King , when the family procures a new machine and it sticks out onto the Hummus Hut after it has been set up, the Hummus Hut employees sabotage the machine. The situation escalates and in the end David's family builds a wall between the two restaurants, while Fatima's family responds with violence. As a result, both restaurants are destroyed. The love between David and Fatima unites the families who decide to build and run a joint restaurant.
The script was written by Ari Sandel and Kim Ray and the film was produced by Bill Boland, Ashley Jordan, Amy S. Kim, Ravi Malhotra, Ari Sandel and Pascal Vaguelsy. Ramon Del Barrio was responsible for the choreography .
Reviews
In the August 25, 2007 issue of the Al Jazeera English news channel's The Fabulous Picture Show , the film was shown in full length. The broadcaster invited some Israeli and Palestinian youth to watch and discuss the film. Al Jazeera gave the director the opportunity to comment on the discussion. The film was temporarily shown in full length on YouTube , but this is no longer the case in a revised version of the video.
Awards
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2005 and has been shown at numerous other film festivals around the world. The film won various film awards , including the Oscar in the Best Short Film category at the 2007 Academy Awards .
Oscar 2007
- Oscar in the Best Short Film category
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Fabulous Picture Show, August 25, 2007 (accessed July 12, 2008)
- ↑ Festivals. Retrieved February 10, 2020 . , on westbankstory.com
Web links
- West Bank Story in the Internet Movie Database (English)(retrieved 12 July 2008)
- Official website (accessed on July 12, 2008)