Feature film
Drama
90 minutes
Arabic
Israel
Desert noon in a Bedouin village in southern Israel. Jalila plays hosts to an awkward celebration – the marriage of her husband to a second, much younger wife – while having to conceal the insult that boils inside of her. Her daughter Layla is preoccupied with a different matter. Her secret, strictly forbidden, love affair with Anuar was just discovered by her mother.
Jalila believes that the world is harsh and cruel and that the only way to win is to keep your mouth shut and your head held high. The idea is not to draw too much attention to yourself and to struggle from inside against the limits of the traditional world.
Layla does not believe that there are limits to the world surrounding her. Everything can be hers if only she wishes for it hard enough. But, as the story unfolds, each fails in her individual battle. Their entire family falls apart and everything they believe in is shattered.
Now the two women are forced to understand that if they wish to survive, they will have to start seeing the world through each other's eyes.
WORLD SALES: Beta Cinema
Written and directed by: Elite zexer
Producers: Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg
Executive producers: Rami Yehoshua, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Yigal Mograbi
Director of photography: Shai Peleg
Production designer: Nir Adler
Editor: Ronit Porat
Sound designer: Gil Toren
Sound engineer: Ori Tchechik
Layla: Lamis Ammar
Jalila: Ruba Blal
Suliman: Haitham Omari
WINNER - Best Film
WINNER - Best Director - Elite Zexer
WINNER - Best Supporting Actress - Ruba Blal-Asfour
WINNER - Best Production Design - Nir Adler
WINNER - Best Make Up - Carmit Bouzaglo
WINNER - Best Casting - Limor Shmila
WINNER - Special Mention - International New Talent Competition
WINNER - Best Foreign Fiction Prize for first time filmmaker
WINNER - New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
WINNER - International Competition Grand Prize
Panorama
WINNER - World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize
WINNER - First Look on Israel work in progress competition
WINNER - Work in progress competition
Berlin International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Shanghai International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
Opening film - Dortmund|Cologne International Women's Film Festival
Valletta Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
New Horizons International Film Festival
Traverse City Film Festival
Sofia International Film Festival
