25/09/2014
Palestine submits Eyes of a Thief to Oscars
Only the seventh time Palestine has submitted film to the Academy Awards. The Palestinian Ministry of Culture has submitted Najwa Najjar?s Eyes of a Thief for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards. The timely drama explores the impact of the Middle East conflict on Palestinian life through the tale of a West Bank man searching for his lost daughter following his release from an Israeli jail. Egyptian actor Khaled Abol Naga, whose credits include Villa 69 and Microphone, plays the protagonist Tareq ? an enigmatic figure with a violent past ? opposite Algerian actress and singer Souad Massi, as a woman who knows the whereabouts of his child. The film...
