muslimmafia:standwithpalestine:Omar (2013) was Palestine’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at t
muslimmafia:standwithpalestine:Omar (2013) was Palestine’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars and finished as one of the five finalists.“All the heads of the departments were Palestinians. Not all of them had experience but we all worked so hard to make a quality movie, and I think we proved we can do a high quality movie without the money or talent of the West. If I’m proud of anything it’s that this film was made by Palestinians with Palestinian money. I’m really proud of that. The non-Palestinians had no influence on the artistic quality or the quality of the movie.” — Hany Abu-Assad, Director“We have to take ownership of our own talent,” added Waleed Zuaiter, one of the leading actors.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize, and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.Honestly this is one of the most heartbreaking films I have ever seen -- source link