World Cinema
The Teacher / The Teacher
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 6.00 pm
- Sree Padmanabha
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 8.30 pm
- audi 1
Farah Nabulsi
Director's bio
Farah Nabulsi
Farah Nabulsi, born in 1978 in London, United Kingdom, is a British-Palestinian filmmaker and human rights activist. In 2016, Nabulsi founded Native Liberty Productions, a not-for-profit media production company aimed at re-humanizing Palestinians and drawing attention to the injustices they face. Her directorial debut, "The Present" (2020), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. The film has won over 50 international awards and was licensed to Canal+ and Netflix worldwide. Her feature film debut, "The Teacher" (2023), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has won numerous international awards, including the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film tells the story of a Palestinian school teacher struggling to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for a student and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker.
Synopsis
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer-worker and his emotional support for one of his students.
Details of Cast
Saleh Bakri as Basem El-Saleh Imogen Poots as Lisa Muhammad Abed Elrahman as Adam Stanley Townsend as Simon Cohen Paul Herzberg as Liberman Mahmoud Bakri as Yacoub Andrea Irvine as Rachel Cohen Nabil Al Raee Ruba Blal
Details of Crew
Cinematography: Gilles Porte Editing: Mike Pike Music: Alex Baranowski Production Design: Nael Kanj
Producer Details
Sawsan Asfari, Farah Nabulsi, Ossama Bawardi
Writer Details
Farah Nabulsi
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