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Yasmin
Yasmin is accused of helping her brothers kill their sister over a forbidden love affair. She and Nizar, the film’s director, set out to find the murdered sister’s grave. The search emerges as a metaphor for the political relationship between men and women, a relationship based mainly on the struggle for power.
Festivals and Awards:
Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1996; Leipzig International Film Festival, 1996; IDFA, Amsterdam, 1996; Amiens Film Festival, France, 1996; Encontros Film Festival, Portugal, 1997.
Director: Nizar Hassan
Producer: Arik Bernstein, Nizar Hassan
Cinematographer: Nili Atslan, Itzik Portal
Editor: Danny Yitzhaki
Supporter(s): New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 1 - Israel Broadcast Authority
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: יסמין
Category: Family / Human Rights / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: "honor" killings Arab minority gender discrimination Palestinian society patriarchy
Yasmin is accused of helping her brothers kill their sister over a forbidden love affair. She and Nizar, the film’s director, set out to find the murdered sister’s grave. The search emerges as a metaphor for the political relationship between men and women, a relationship based mainly on the struggle for power.
Festivals and Awards:
Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1996; Leipzig International Film Festival, 1996; IDFA, Amsterdam, 1996; Amiens Film Festival, France, 1996; Encontros Film Festival, Portugal, 1997.
Director: Nizar Hassan
Producer: Arik Bernstein, Nizar Hassan
Cinematographer: Nili Atslan, Itzik Portal
Editor: Danny Yitzhaki
Supporter(s): New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 1 - Israel Broadcast Authority
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: יסמין
Category: Family / Human Rights / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: "honor" killings Arab minority gender discrimination Palestinian society patriarchy
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