Tel Aviv Boeret

Tel Aviv on Fire
Director
Sameh Zoabi
Country
Luxemburg, Belgium, Israel, France
Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Dan Kleinman, Sameh Zoabi
Cast
Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadim Sawalha, Salim Dau, Yousef Sweid, Amer Hlehel, Laëtitia Eïdo, Ashraf Farah
Production
Samsa Films, TS Productions, Artémis Productions, Lama Films (IL)

Storyline

Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2018
Orizzonti
Best Actor (Kais Nashif)
Toronto International Film Festival 2018
Discovery
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019
Limelight

European Film Awards (EFA) 2019
European Comedy Nomination
Goyas Awards 2021
Candidate for Best European FIlm Nomination

Releases

Spain (13 of March 2020)