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Najwa Najjar

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Najwa Najjar
A Palestinian prisoner's wife search for freedom
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Al-mor wa al rumman (2008)
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Writer/ Director Najwa Najjar received her BA in Political Science and Economics, MA in Film/Video Production (US). She has worked in both documentary and fiction since 2000. Her critically acclaimed debut was the feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009). Her second award winning feature film Eyes of a Thief (2014) won Best Director and Best Actor awards, among many others, and was the Palestinian nomination for the 2015 Oscars Best Foreign Film and the Golden Globe Awards.

Her third feature film, a road trip: Between Heaven and Earth shot throughout the country was selected Official Competition at the Cairo International Film Festival and won the Naguib Mafouz award for Best Screenplay (Nov2019).

Previous work include several award-winning films also shown worldwide (Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Hamptons,) : Yasmine Tughani (2006) , Naim and Wadee'a (2000), Quintessence of Oblivion(2001), Blue Gold (2004), A Boy Called Mohamad (2002), and They Came from the East which opened the 2004 European Academy Awards. Najjar produced a collection of short films by international filmmakers Gaza Winter (2009).

A speaker on numerous panels on cinema and a Jury member of several International Film Festivals, she recently gave a Director's Masterclass at Galway Film Festival and a LuxFest. Najjar has reviewed books, and her articles on Palestinian cinema have been published. She has been a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and has been also been an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriter's Lab. She will be giving a directing class on set to refugees in Jordan interested in filmmaking.
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ON JURY with Robert DeNiro and Mira Nair
Najwa Najjar
Me 'n Mr. Sharif
Red Carpeting Between Heaven and Earth
Between Heaven and Earth on stage
All the winners CIFF Best Screenplay Between Heaven and Earth
Hiam Abbass in Pomegranates and Myrrh
opening CIFF official competition Between Heaven and Earth
MasterClass Galway
Film Arabi Teaching Script structure
Photocall after winning Audience Award Doha FF Pomegranates and Myrrh
Sundance Photocall Pomegranates and Myrrh with Amritha Vaz and DOP Valentina

Known for

Between Heaven and Earth (2019)
Between Heaven and Earth
6.8
  • Writer
  • 2019
Eyes of a Thief (2014)
Eyes of a Thief
6.5
  • Writer
  • 2014
Al-mor wa al rumman (2008)
Al-mor wa al rumman
6.2
  • Writer
  • 2008
Na'im wa Wadee'a (2000)
Na'im wa Wadee'a
7.0
Short
  • Director
  • 2000

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Writer

  • Between Heaven and Earth (2019)
    Between Heaven and Earth
  • Eyes of a Thief (2014)
    Eyes of a Thief
  • Al-mor wa al rumman (2008)
    Al-mor wa al rumman
  • Yasmine's Song (2005)
    Yasmine's Song
  • Quintessence of Oblivion (2001)
    Quintessence of Oblivion

Director

  • Between Heaven and Earth (2019)
    Between Heaven and Earth
  • Eyes of a Thief (2014)
    Eyes of a Thief
  • Al-mor wa al rumman (2008)
    Al-mor wa al rumman
  • Yasmine's Song (2005)
    Yasmine's Song
  • Quintessence of Oblivion (2001)
    Quintessence of Oblivion
  • Na'im wa Wadee'a (2000)
    Na'im wa Wadee'a

Producer

  • Yasmine's Song (2005)
    Yasmine's Song
  • Quintessence of Oblivion (2001)
    Quintessence of Oblivion
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Videos3

Between Heaven and Earth
Demo Reel 1:33
Between Heaven and Earth
Pomegranates and Myrrh
Demo Reel 1:55
Pomegranates and Myrrh
Al Mor wa al Rumman
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Al Mor wa al Rumman

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  • Other works
    A Boy Called Mohamad (2001) 10 minute documentary on a 12 year old boy, Mohammed, who works carrying goods for Palestinians across the Qalandia Checkpoint manned by Israeli soldiers. (Arabic with English subtitles
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    • 15 Interviews
    • 14 Articles

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    Oscar winner Mychael Danna (and Amritha Vaz) composed the music for Najwa Najjar's first feature film "Pomegranates and Myrrh".

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