Junction 48
Film poster
Directed byUdi Aloni
Written byOren Moverman
Tamer Nafar
Produced byUdi Aloni
Stefan Arndt
Lawrence Inglee
David Silber
StarringTamer Nafar
Samar Qupty
CinematographyAmnon Zlayet
Edited byJay Rabinowitz
Release dates
  • 13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) (Berlin)
  • 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) (Israel)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesArabic
Hebrew

Junction 48 is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Udi Aloni, co-written by Oren Moverman and the film's star Tamer Nafar.[1] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.[2][3] It received the Best International Narrative Feature award at the 2016 Tribeca Festival.

Plot

Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the Balkan Beat Box).

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Junction 48". Berlinale. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Israeli Winner at Berlin Film Festival Calls Israeli Government 'Fascist' at Movie Screening". Haaretz. No. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

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