Ave Maria
Ave Maria · dir. Basil Khalil
Palestine, France 2015, 14’
Polish premiere
Screenings
22 October, 14:00 · Od Nowa – large hall
The Nuns of the “Sisters of Mercy” Convent, in the middle of the West Bank wilderness, have their daily routine of silence and prayer disrupted when a family of Jewish settlers come knocking at their door for help after crashing into the convent’s wall.
| Director: | Basil Khalil |
| Screenplay: | Basil Khalil & Daniel Yáñez Khalil |
| Cinematography: | Eric Mizrahi |
| Editing: | Yang Qiu |
| Cast: | Maria Zreik, Huda al Imam, Shady Srour, Ruth Farhi, Maya Koren |
| Production: | Eric Dupont & Eric Fantone |
| Awards: | MFF w Cannes / Cannes IFF – Złota Palma, nominacja w kategorii Najlepszy Film Krótkometrażowy / Palme d\'Or – Best Short Film: nominated (2015) |
Basil Khalil was born and raised in Nazareth. Basil studied for an MA in Screen Project Development at Screen Academy Scotland then moved on to London to work in Television productions. He is currently developing his debut feature comedy screenplay.
2015 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening and closing ceremonies
- Special event
- On Air
- Shortcut
- From Poland
- Localizations
- Phenomena: Club 27
- The ABC of the Iranian New Wave
- Portrait of a woman — heroine and director
- Small country, great cinema — cinema of Iceland
- Masters: Manoel de Oliveira
- Masters: Jan Peszek
- Forward: Pedro Costa
- Forum 2014/2015
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- Night Owls
- Movies for children
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- The Festival Club: NRD