TEL AVIV ON FIRE
by Sameh Zoabi
synopsis
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle.
| international title: | Tel Aviv on Fire |
| original title: | Tel Aviv Boeret |
| country: | Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel, France |
| sales agent: | Indie Sales |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Sameh Zoabi |
| film run: | 100' |
| release date: | FR 3/04/2019, CH 7/03/2019, IT 9/05/2019, DE 11/07/2019, SE 16/08/2019, ES 3/07/2020 |
| screenplay: | Dan Kleinman, Sameh Zoabi |
| cast: | Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadim Sawalha, Salim Daw, Yousef Sweid, Amer Hlehel, Laëtitia Eïdo, Ashraf Farah, Negweny El Assal |
| cinematography by: | Laurent Brunet |
| film editing: | Catherine Schwartz |
| art director: | Christina Schaffer |
| costumes designer: | Magdalena Labuz |
| music: | André Dziezuk |
| producer: | Amir Harel, Bernard Michaux, Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto |
| co-producer: | Patrick Quinet |
| associate producer: | Alice Bloch-Robin, Philippe Logie, Jani Thiltges, Claude Waringo |
| production: | Samsa Film, TS Productions, Artémis Productions, Lama Films (IL) |
| backing: | Eurimages |
| distributor: | Haut et Court, Trigon Film, MFA Filmdistribution, Academy Two, Edge Entertainment, Surtsey Films |