Won 25 International Film Awards!
2007 Israeli Film Academy:
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Best Film
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Best Actor: Sasson Gabai
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Best Actress; Ronit Elkabetz
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Best Costumes: Doron Ashkenazi
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Best Director: Eran Kolirin
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Best Music: Habib Shadah
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Best Screenplay: Eran Kolirin
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Best Supporting Actor: Saleh Bakri
A small Egyptian Police band arrives in Israel. They are suppose to play at an initiation ceremony but instead are left stranded at the airport. The band tries to make their way on their own, only to find themselves in a desolate, small Israeli town, somewhere in the heart of the desert. A lost band in a lost town.
Director:Eran Kolirin
Writer: Eran Kolirin
Cannes Film Festival:
Un Certain Regard - Jury Coup de Coeur
European Film Awards:
European Discovery of the Year: Eran Kolirin
European Film Award Best Actor: Sasson Gabai
Flanders International Film Festival:
Special Mention: Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz
Independent Spirit Awards:
Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
Other Awards:
Molodist International Film Festival
Montréal Festival of New Cinema
Munich Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Warsaw International Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
Cast:
Sasson Gabai ... Lieutenant-colonel Tawfiq Zacharya
Ronit Elkabetz ... Dina
Saleh Bakri ... Haled
Khalifa Natour ... Simon
Shlomi Avraham ... Papi
Uri Gavriel ... Avrum
Imad Jabarin ... Major-general Camal Abdel Azim
Ahuva Keren ... Lea
François Khell ... Makram
Hisham Khoury ... Fauzi
Tarak Kopty ... Iman
Rinat Matatov ... Yula
Rubi Moskovitz ... Itzik
Hilla Sarjon ... Iris
Eyad Sheety ... Saleh