Maha Haj
Nascimento : 1970-01-01, Nazareth, Israel
História
Maha Haj (Arabic: مها حاج; born in 1970; Nazareth) is a Palestinian filmmaker.
Haj was born in Nazareth. She was educated in the Baptist Christian school in Nazareth, though both her parents were communist activists. Under her father's influence she began studying pharmacy science, but after year switched to literature, and completed her BA in English and Arabic literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and her MA in language and literature at Haifa University. She began working as a teacher, but was more interested in her art and writing, which she practiced in her free time.
She began her cinematic career working as an set designer, script doctor, and art director on such films as Elia Suleiman's The Time That Remains (2009), Ziad Doueiri's The Attack (2012); followed by Adi Adouan's Arabani (2014) and Rafael Najari's Over the HIlltop (2014). In 2009, she wrote and directed the short film Burtuqal, which was released to critical acclaim, and was screened at many international film festivals, and then the documentary film Within These Walls (2010). She achieved international recognition in 2016 with her film Personal Affairs, which had its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section. She both wrote and directed the film, which won Best Feature Film at the Haifa International Film Festival. In their reasoning, the judges wrote: "It is a creation that is entirely love of humankind, fluent and funny, captivating and kindhearted, a contemporary human mosaic, both local and universal."
Haj has been outspoken about the difficulties she has faced getting backing for films as a Palestinian. Former culture minister Limor Livnat created regulations according to which films receiving public funds must be presented as strictly Israeli, not as Palestinian-Israeli, causing filmmakers like Haj, who is both Palestinian and an Israeli citizen, politically and ethically.
Writer
Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
Director
Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
Set Decoration
O diretor Elia Suleiman estrela seu próprio filme, uma saga cômica que investiga os significados do exílio e da busca por um lar. Palestino, Suleiman deixa seu país, à procura de uma nova vida. Mas aonde quer que ele vá, de Paris a Nova York, a Palestina parece segui-lo, pois algo sempre o faz lembrar de casa.
Writer
In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of the daily routine. On the other side of the border, in Ramallah, their son Tarek wishes to remain an eternal bachelor, their daughter is about to give birth while her husband lands a movie role and the grandmother loses her head... Between check-points and dreams, frivolity and politics, some want to leave, others want to stay but all have personal affairs to resolve.
Director
In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of the daily routine. On the other side of the border, in Ramallah, their son Tarek wishes to remain an eternal bachelor, their daughter is about to give birth while her husband lands a movie role and the grandmother loses her head... Between check-points and dreams, frivolity and politics, some want to leave, others want to stay but all have personal affairs to resolve.
Writer
Despite the harsh reality of occupation, a young couple from Ramallah find ways of crossing conventional boundaries and celebrate life even under the most dreadful conditions.
Director
Despite the harsh reality of occupation, a young couple from Ramallah find ways of crossing conventional boundaries and celebrate life even under the most dreadful conditions.
Production Design
Shaul (Uri Pepper), the film’s protagonist, a solitary divorced man, tries to overcome his difficult emotional state. He goes to see his father Shimon (Moni Moshonov) in Haifa and confronts him, blaming his father for all his current woes. Shimon and his partner Betty (Michaela Eshet), try to help Shaul with alternative methods, using stones with magical attributes and therapeutic oils. With their help, Shaul becomes much more optimistic…
Art Direction
After being estranged from his Druze village and family for 17 years, Yoseph returns with his two Israeli, teenage children. His marriage to a Jewish Israeli woman has just ended and he plans to settle down there. His arrival causes friction inside the closed, conservative Druze community and also with his mother Afifa, who accepts him and his children as part of her family again.
Set Designer
After being estranged from his Druze village and family for 17 years, Yoseph returns with his two Israeli, teenage children. His marriage to a Jewish Israeli woman has just ended and he plans to settle down there. His arrival causes friction inside the closed, conservative Druze community and also with his mother Afifa, who accepts him and his children as part of her family again.
Art Direction
É baseado no best-seller de Yasmina Khadra. Na fita estamos num restaurante cheio em Telavive, local onde uma mulher faz explodir a bomba que dissimulava debaixo da sua túnica de grávida. Durante todo o dia, o doutor Amine, um palestiniano, opera em cadeia as inumeráveis vítimas desse atentado, mas mais tarde terá o conhecimento que o bombista suicida foi a sua própria mulher. O médico parte então numa busca sem tréguas pelos responsáveis.
Set Designer
É baseado no best-seller de Yasmina Khadra. Na fita estamos num restaurante cheio em Telavive, local onde uma mulher faz explodir a bomba que dissimulava debaixo da sua túnica de grávida. Durante todo o dia, o doutor Amine, um palestiniano, opera em cadeia as inumeráveis vítimas desse atentado, mas mais tarde terá o conhecimento que o bombista suicida foi a sua própria mulher. O médico parte então numa busca sem tréguas pelos responsáveis.
Director
Writer
An old man, a young man, and an orange tree Two neighbours, a garden, and no words exchanged What happens when interests clash and lines are crossed?
Director
An old man, a young man, and an orange tree Two neighbours, a garden, and no words exchanged What happens when interests clash and lines are crossed?
Art Direction
Quatro episódios sobre a família do diretor Elia Suleiman desde a década de 40. Os diários do pai, combatente da resistência, e cartas deixadas pela mãe reconstroem a vida dos cidadãos de Israel e do próprio Estado.
Set Designer
Quatro episódios sobre a família do diretor Elia Suleiman desde a década de 40. Os diários do pai, combatente da resistência, e cartas deixadas pela mãe reconstroem a vida dos cidadãos de Israel e do próprio Estado.
