The fact that first-time co-directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani used a mostly nonprofessional cast and shot "Ajami" on location, sometimes without a script, gives their film a raw, realistic power ...
On the one hand, you have a claustrophobic, clapped-out Israeli army tank stuck on enemy soil; on the other, a suffocating, dead-end Arab ghetto that bleeds racial tension. Two locations, two new ...
The Israeli Oscar-nominated film Ajami, named for the rough-and-tumble Jaffa neighborhood where it takes place, announces its approach early. The opening credits reveal two directors—one a Palestinian ...
The film “Ajami” was the big winner at last night's Ophir Prizes and will continue on to international audiences as Israel's foreign film nominee for the 2010 Academy Awards. “Ajami” is named for the ...
JAFFA, Israel (Reuters) - When the directors yelled "Action!" on the set of Israeli film "Ajami," none of the actors had prepared lines or knew exactly what was expected in their scenes. Most of them ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, won the Wolgin Award for best full-length Israeli feature at the 26 th Jerusalem International Film Festival, which ended this weekend (Saturday). The ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
On the streets of Ajami, a mixed neighbourhood in the Israeli city of Jaffa, Arabs and Jews and Christians live side by side. They co-exist but not peacefully, at least not in the frames of this ...
The Israeli film “Ajami” has made the first cut in the Oscar race by being named among nine semifinalists in the foreign-language film category. The nine movies were selected from among 65 entries and ...
Minister of Culture Limor Livnat said Sunday that she was “saddened” by the comments of Skandar Copti, the Arab co-director of the film 'Ajami', which is a candidate for receiving the Academy Award ...
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