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  2. Cinema of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    The first film festival dedicated to Palestinian films was held in Baghdad in 1973, and Baghdad also hosted the next two Palestinian film festivals, in 1976 and 1980. [13] Mustafa Abu Ali was one of the early Palestinian film directors, and he helped found the Palestinian Cinema Association in Beirut in 1973.

  3. Edgar G. Ulmer - Wikipedia

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    The first feature he directed in North America, Damaged Lives (1933), was a low-budget exploitation film exposing the horrors of venereal disease. His next film, The Black Cat (1934), starring Béla Lugosi and Boris Karloff, was made for Universal Pictures.

  4. Cinema of Israel - Wikipedia

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    The earliest film shot entirely in Mandatory Palestine was Murray Rosenberg's 1911 documentary, The First Film of Palestine. [6] In 1933, a children's book by Zvi Lieberman Oded ha-noded (Oded the Wanderer) was made into a silent film, the country's first full-length feature film for children, produced on a shoestring budget with private ...

  5. History of Gaza - Wikipedia

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    The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples. Originally a Canaanite settlement, it came under the control of the ancient Egyptians for roughly 350 years before being conquered and becoming one of the Philistines' principal cities. Gaza became part ...

  6. List of film noir titles - Wikipedia

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    Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.

  7. From Ground Zero - Wikipedia

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    'Untold stories of Gaza's Ground Zero') is a 2024 anthology film directed by 22 different Palestinian directors. [1] The film is made up of 22 short films, including documentaries, fiction, animation and experimental films about the current situation of the people of Gaza in the midst of the Israel-Hamas War.

  8. Cinema of the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The First Film of Palestine (1911) First film made in Palestine, but was not by a Palestinian. Mustafa Abu 'Ali: No Peaceful Solution! (1968) Michel Khleifi Wedding in Galilee (1987) First feature-length fiction film that was filmed in historic Palestine. Elia Suleiman: Divine Intervention (2002) Hany Abu-Assad: Paradise Now (2005)

  9. Elia Suleiman - Wikipedia

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    Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor. [1] [2] He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.