Elvis of Nazareth (Elvis de Nazareth)
Arab Short Film Competition
Rani Massalha / Short Narrative / Palestine / 2011 / 16 min / Colour / HDCAM
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Comedy, Drama, Music, Adventure
World Premiere
Synopsis
A street boy of Nazareth develops a friendship with a 72 year-old man who imagines himself as Elvis.
About the Directors
Rani Massalha started working in cinema with Misr Internationall Films in Cairo (Yussef Shahin & Co) as a production assistant, and later as an assistant for Rachid Bouchareb ("Outside the Law") and the directors Hiner Saleem and Bruno Dumont. Rani is currently developing a feature, "Giraffada", as a co-writer, co-producer and director with MACT Productions and Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre (president of UNIFRANCE), and additiion to two original scripts.
Credits
- Director
- Rani Massalha
- Screenwriter
- Rani Massalha, Thomas Brunot
- Producer
- Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre
- Editor
- Eyas Salman
- Co-Producer
- Ehab Assal, Rani Massalha
- Music
- Benjamin Grospiron
- Cinematographer
- Ehab Assal
- Cast
- Khalil Haddad, Maisem Masri, Ahmed Bayatra, Rohy Ayadi, Tarek Copty