200 meters (2020)
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Country:
State of Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden
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Duration:
97 min
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Genre:
drama, adventure
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Director:
Ameen Nayfeh
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Producer:
Francesco Melzi d'Eril, May Odeh
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Cast:
Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Lana Zreik, Gassan Abbas, Nabil Al Raee
About film
This is a successful political film, which premiered at the Venice Days program at the Venice Film Festival. It then became the Jordanian entry for the Academy Awards, but was not nominated. This thoughtful and tragic film, which combines realism with lyricism, tells about a Palestinian father who is trying hard but in vain to get past the Israeli separation wall to his son.
Rewards and nominations
- Venice Days 2020 — The BNL People's Choice Award
- Fajr Film Festival 2021 — Best Script, Best Film
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2021 — Human Rights Jury Prize
- Thessaloniki Film Festival 2020 — Meet the Neighbors Competition, Meet the Neighbors Special Jury Award for Best Director
- International Film Festival of India 2020 — ICFT UNESCO Ghandi Award for Best Film
- El Gouna Film Festival 2020 — Best Actor, Cinema for Humanity Prize, EDA Award, FIPRESCI International Critics Prize; nominee: Golden Star in Feature Narrative Competition
Director
Ameen Nayfeh is a Palestinian director born in 1988. He has worked many jobs in the film industry before making his feature narrative debut with the film 200 meters, which won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the El Gouna Film Festival and the BNL People's Choice Award at the Venice Days.
Along with
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Speaker:
Alexander Kargin, Dmitry Maryasis, Timofey Dzyadko, Abbas Juma, Dmitry Levner
Along with
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Speaker:
Alexander Kargin, Dmitry Maryasis, Timofey Dzyadko, Abbas Juma, Dmitry Levner
Trailer
Director
Ameen Nayfeh is a Palestinian director born in 1988. He has worked many jobs in the film industry before making his feature narrative debut with the film 200 meters, which won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the El Gouna Film Festival and the BNL People's Choice Award at the Venice Days.
