“For people living in Palestine, everything is absurd,” says “200 Meters” director Ameen Nayfeh. “Every aspect of our life doesn’t make sense.”
“200 Meters” debuted as part of the Venice Days competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Bnl People’s Choice Audience Award. It’s currently playing in the Feature Narrative Competition at the El Gouna Film Festival, where earlier this week, the film’s Palestinian producer May Odeh picked up the Variety Mena Award.
The absurd situation in “200 Meters” is that a Palestinian construction worker Mustafa (Ali Suliman) lives just 200 meters away from his wife Salwa (Lana Zreik) and children. Yet, on the day his son is taken into hospital, he has to travel 200 kilometers to visit. That’s because he has to cross the Israel West Bank Wall that separates their homes, and the work permit allowing him to cross the Green Line has expired.
“200 Meters” debuted as part of the Venice Days competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Bnl People’s Choice Audience Award. It’s currently playing in the Feature Narrative Competition at the El Gouna Film Festival, where earlier this week, the film’s Palestinian producer May Odeh picked up the Variety Mena Award.
The absurd situation in “200 Meters” is that a Palestinian construction worker Mustafa (Ali Suliman) lives just 200 meters away from his wife Salwa (Lana Zreik) and children. Yet, on the day his son is taken into hospital, he has to travel 200 kilometers to visit. That’s because he has to cross the Israel West Bank Wall that separates their homes, and the work permit allowing him to cross the Green Line has expired.
- 10/28/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
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