Elia Suleiman
Director
Biography
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. 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. Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.
As Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
7 Days in Havana
2012
The Time That Remains
2009
Divine Intervention
2002
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
Introduction to the End of an Argument
1990
Homage by Assassination
1992
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Cyber Palestine
2000
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
The Arab Dream
1998Filmography
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S. 2019
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak") 2007
7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner") 2012
The Time That Remains
as E.S. 2009
Divine Intervention
as E.S. 2002
Bamako
as Cow-boy 2006
Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S. 1996
Critic
as Self 2008
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as Self 2013
A Special Day
as Self 2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself 2012
Homage by Assassination
as E.S. 1992
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993