Sand Storm | |
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Directed by | Elite Zexer |
Written by | Elite Zexer |
Starring | Lamis Ammar Ruba Blal |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Arabic |
Box office | $86,800 [1] [2] |
Sand Storm ( Hebrew: סופת חול Sufat Chol) is a 2016 Arabic-language Israeli coming-of-age film directed by Elite Zexer. [3] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. [4] At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section. [5] It won the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards. [6] [7] It was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. [8] [9]
The film is set in a Bedouin village in southern Israel and is Elite Zexer's directorial debut. [10] [11] [12]
Sand Storm | |
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Directed by | Elite Zexer |
Written by | Elite Zexer |
Starring | Lamis Ammar Ruba Blal |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Arabic |
Box office | $86,800 [1] [2] |
Sand Storm ( Hebrew: סופת חול Sufat Chol) is a 2016 Arabic-language Israeli coming-of-age film directed by Elite Zexer. [3] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. [4] At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section. [5] It won the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards. [6] [7] It was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. [8] [9]
The film is set in a Bedouin village in southern Israel and is Elite Zexer's directorial debut. [10] [11] [12]