Kamel El Basha
Biography: Kamel El Basha is a Palestinian actor of screen and stage, theater director, play-writer and producer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s. He gained critical acclaim in 2017 when he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri. It was El Basha's first major role on screen, although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions, actually also directing some of them. He is the former artistic director of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011 and the artistic director of Quds Art since 2012.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 14, 1962
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Huda's Salon
2022-03-04
Huda's Salon
Overview: A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
2022-11-16
Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
Overview: After his recovery, middle-aged Hamza has continued a practice he began 20 years ago when he was freed from an Israeli prison: he goes into the woods every day to chase the lion that the locals don’t think exists. Hamza struggles to reach a peaceful place. Despite his wife’s pleadings and the villagers’ contempt, Hamza sits his baits and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat. He finds refuge in his journey from social rejection and denial. In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound – the trauma of losing his childhood friend, and the horrific memories of torture and guilt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-11-16
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An Orange from Jaffa
2024-02-03
An Orange from Jaffa
Overview: Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2024-02-03
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Love, Theft and Other Entanglements
2015-02-06
Love, Theft and Other Entanglements
Overview: Layabout, clandestine lover, small-time hood – Mousa has all kinds of skills. A refugee camp resident, this Palestinian does not give a damn about his father’s hard-won permit to work legally in the Israeli part of Jerusalem – he would rather earn a living stealing Israeli cars and selling them to Palestinian fences. Mousa is convinced that his future lies far away from all the violence and constraints that characterise life in the divided city; his heart, moreover, belongs to a married woman. Following the theft of a Passat one day he is given a brutal goingover by Palestinian militia-men. On closer inspection of the vehicle, he makes a discovery which suddenly makes apolitical Mousa of interest to all sides …
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2015-02-06
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Lion
Lion
Overview: It deals with the period of the slave revolt, during which Muhammad Ramadan embodies the character of Ali bin Muhammad Al-Farsi, and is sold in the slave market. He also leads the Negroes to a revolution against the Abbasid army, and the events take place in the year 1280 AD in the Mamluk era.
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Original Language: ar
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The Insult
2017-09-14
The Insult
Overview: After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-09-14
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The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
2018-03-15
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Overview: The affaire of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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Curfew
2020-12-04
Curfew
Overview: On 2013, Faten is released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence for committing a horrific crime. She is forced to spend her night with Leila as a result of a curfew and she is subjected to another trial in search of answers to hidden questions about her
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2020-12-04
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Palestine Islands
2023-10-28
Palestine Islands
Overview: Maha, 12, is part of the last generation of Palestinian refugees from the Balata camp. Following a faintness from her blind grandfather, she imagines a crazy project: to make him believe that the wall of separation has fallen and that a return to his native land is possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-10-28
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My Father's Scent
My Father's Scent
Overview: A father-son story, in which each discovers many secrets about the other while they both try to settle their scores during one long night
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
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Thank You for Banking with Us!
2024-10-17
Thank You for Banking with Us!
Overview: When their father passes away leaving a large sum of money in the bank, two sisters put their differences aside and join forces against Sharia law, according to which their brother has the right to take double what they are entitled to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2024-10-17
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