Mahmud Abu-Jazi

Miral (2010)

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Schnabel
CAST:  Freida Pinto  •  Hiam Abbass  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Vanessa Redgrave

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Schnabel
CAST:  Freida Pinto  •  Hiam Abbass  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Vanessa Redgrave

Palestine Stereo (2014)

Palestinian director Rashid Mashawari follows his widely acclaimed dark comedy Laila’s Birthday with this compelling and ironic drama about two brothers on the West Bank who, rendered homeless by an Israeli air strike, hustle odd jobs to raise enough money to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rashid Masharawi
CAST:  Mahmud Abu-Jazi  •  Salah Hannoun

Palestinian director Rashid Mashawari follows his widely acclaimed dark comedy Laila’s Birthday with this compelling and ironic drama about two brothers on the West Bank who, rendered homeless by an Israeli air strike, hustle odd jobs to raise enough money to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rashid Masharawi
CAST:  Mahmud Abu-Jazi  •  Salah Hannoun

A Dead Sea (2021)

Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead Sea to receive medical treatment in seawater in the hope that it will help him treat psoriasis that has spread through his body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nahd Bashir
CAST:  Mahmud Abu-Jazi  •  Byan Anteer  •  Noya Bashir  •  Khawlah Hag-Debsy

Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead Sea to receive medical treatment in seawater in the hope that it will help him treat psoriasis that has spread through his body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nahd Bashir
CAST:  Mahmud Abu-Jazi  •  Byan Anteer  •  Noya Bashir  •  Khawlah Hag-Debsy

Be Quite

A simple car trip is beset by politically charged tension and a militarized reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sameh Zoabi
CAST:  Mahmud Abu-Jazi  •  Alaa Aghbariya  •  Jameel Khoury

A simple car trip is beset by politically charged tension and a militarized reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sameh Zoabi
CAST:  Mahmud Abu-Jazi  •  Alaa Aghbariya  •  Jameel Khoury

Arabani (2013)

After being estranged from his Druze village and family for 17 years, Yoseph returns with his two Israeli, teenage children. His marriage to a Jewish Israeli woman has just ended and he plans to settle down there. His arrival causes friction inside the closed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adi Adwan
CAST:  Eyad Sheety  •  Lucy Aharish  •  Zuhaira Sabbagh  •  Mahmud Abu-Jazi

After being estranged from his Druze village and family for 17 years, Yoseph returns with his two Israeli, teenage children. His marriage to a Jewish Israeli woman has just ended and he plans to settle down there. His arrival causes friction inside the closed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adi Adwan
CAST:  Eyad Sheety  •  Lucy Aharish  •  Zuhaira Sabbagh  •  Mahmud Abu-Jazi