Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman was born in 1960 in Nazareth. He lived in New York from 1981 to 1993, made two short films there, then settled in Jerusalem, where the European Commission commissioned him to found a cinema department at Birzeit University. He himself plays in his films an almost silent character, and critics compare this mix of burlesque and restraint to Tati and Keaton. He received the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2002 and writes essays in Arabic, English and French.

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• CinemaChronicle of a Disappearanceسجل اختفاءElia Suleiman · 1996Cinema