Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman, one of the world’s most renowned directors who has won awards at many prestigious European film festivals, has been named jury president for the 54th International Antalya Film Festival, it was announced today by Antalya Film Festival Artistic Director Mike Downey.Elia Sulieman
Elia Suleiman has participated in numerous festivals as a jury member including Cannes Film Festival (2006) and was a President of the Jury of The New Horizons Competition, Abu Dhabi Film Festival (2010), Deauville Asian Film Festival (2012), Rotterdam Film Festival (2014).
He has been given tributes amongst which are the MoMA in New York, Istanbul Film Festival, and Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival in Portugal. He was the recipient of the 1992 Rockefeller Award and the 2008 Prince Claus Award. In 2009, he was named the Variety Magazine Middle-East filmmaker of the year in Abu Dhabi Film Festival where he was awarded the Black Pearl Award for The Time That Remains.
Elia Suleiman has participated in numerous festivals as a jury member including Cannes Film Festival (2006) and was a President of the Jury of The New Horizons Competition, Abu Dhabi Film Festival (2010), Deauville Asian Film Festival (2012), Rotterdam Film Festival (2014).
He has been given tributes amongst which are the MoMA in New York, Istanbul Film Festival, and Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival in Portugal. He was the recipient of the 1992 Rockefeller Award and the 2008 Prince Claus Award. In 2009, he was named the Variety Magazine Middle-East filmmaker of the year in Abu Dhabi Film Festival where he was awarded the Black Pearl Award for The Time That Remains.
- 8/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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