Netflix launches Palestinian award-winning film collection
Los Angeles (QNN)- Netflix launched on Thursday a collection of Palestinian award-winning films by telling stories about Palestine.
The collection included 32 films, with more to be added over the next few weeks, according to a press release by Netflix.
Featuring the works of prolific and critically-acclaimed directors like Annemarie Jacir, Mai Masri, Mahdi Fleifel, Susan Youssef, May Odeh, Farah Nabulsi and many more, “the collection is a tribute to the creativity and passion of the Arab film industry as Netflix continues to invest in stories from the Arab world.,” the press release said.
Nuha El Tayeb, Director, Content Acquisitions, MENAT at Netflix said, “The diversification of our content sits close to my heart as Netflix works to become the home of Arabic Cinema, a place where anyone in the world can access great Arab stories. We believe that great stories travel beyond their place of origin, are told in different languages and enjoyed by people from all walks of life and, with the Palestinian Stories collection, we hope to amplify these beautiful stories to a global audience. While these stories are distinctly and authentically Arab, the themes are quintessentially human, and will resonate with audiences across the world. That is the true beauty of storytelling.”
The collection includes Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Like 20 Impossibles’, the first short film from the Arab world to premiere in Cannes, National Finalist for the Academy Awards as well as winning Best Film at Palm Springs, Chicago, IFP/New York, Nantucket, and Mannheim-Heidelberg film festivals.
It also includes Elia Suleiman’s ‘Divine Intervention’, which won two prizes and was nominated at Cannes, Also, it includes ‘3000 Nights’, ‘Present’, ‘Pomegranate and Myrrh’, and ‘It Must be Heaven’.
It will also include Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘A Drowning Man’, ‘Xenos’ and ‘A World Not Ours’.
