Haifa (film)
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Haifa is a 1996
Palestinian
drama film
directed by Rashid Masharawi
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
.
1996 in film
Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
Palestinian
Cinema of Palestine
Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support. Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Rashid Masharawi
Rashid Masharawi
Rashid Masharawi, film artist, born in Gaza in 1962 to a family of refugees from Jaffa. He grew up in the Shati refugee camp....
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
1996 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Francis Ford Coppola *Nathalie Baye *Greta Scacchi, actrice *Michael Ballhaus *Henry Chapier *Atom Egoyan *Eiko Ishioka *Krzysztof Piesiewicz *Antonio Tabucchi...
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Cast
- Mohammed Bakri - Haifa
- Ahmad Abu Sal'oum - Abu Said
- Hiam AbbassHiam AbbassHiam Abbass , also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and an Arab citizen of Israel. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge , Haifa , Paradise Now , The Syrian Bride , Free Zone , Dawn of the World , The Visitor , Lemon Tree , and Amreeka...
- Oum Said (as Hiyam Abbass) - Nawal Zaqout - Sabah
- Fadi El-Ghoul - Siad
- Areen Omari - Samira
- Khaled Awad - Abbas (as Khalid Awad)
- George Ibrahim (actor) - Postman
- Mariam El-Hin - Haifa's aunt
- Mahmoud Qadah - Said
- Hussam Abu Eisheh - Barber
- Samer Abu Eisheh - Son of the barber
- Younis Younis - Younis