Elia Suleiman
Director · Actor · WriterElia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.
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FILMOGRAPHY
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It Must Be Heaven
2019
E.S.
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
Self
7 Days in Havana
2012
E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
A Special Day
2012
Self
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
Himself
The Time That Remains
2009
E.S.
Critic
2008
Self
Bamako
2007
Cow-boy
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
Divine Intervention
2002
E.S.
The Arab Dream
1998
Himself
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
E.S.
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Homage by Assassination
1992
E.S.
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It Must Be Heaven
2019
Director
7 Days in Havana
2012
Director
The Time That Remains
2009
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
Divine Intervention
2002
Director
Cyber Palestine
2000
Director
The Arab Dream
1998
Director
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
Director
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
Director
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Director
Homage by Assassination
1992
Director
Introduction to the End of an Argument
1990
Director
