Film of the Week #5

April 29th - May 5th 2020

Omar (2013)

Documentary, 1h 15m

Arrested after the death of an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) agrees to work as an informant, but his true motives and alliances remain hidden.

Omar  is a 2013 Palestinian drama directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, and was screened at the United Nations in New York on the 1st of May, 2014.

Director & Writer: Hany Abu-Assad

Cinematographer: Ehab Assal

Editors: Martin Brinkler, Eyas Salman

Starring: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Walleed Zuaiter, Eyad Hourani, Samer Bisharat

Such a cleverly subversive act deserves a cleverly subversive mode of cinematic expression
— Variety