Sand Storm
Film poster
Directed byElite Zexer
Written byElite Zexer
StarringLamis Ammar
Ruba Blal
Release dates
  • 25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) (Sundance)
  • 15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) (Israel)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageArabic
Box office$86,800[1][2]

Sand Storm (Hebrew: סופת חול Sufat Chol) is a 2016 Arabic-language Israeli coming-of-age film directed by Elite Zexer.[3] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section.[5] It won the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards.[6][7] It was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[8][9]

The film is set in a Bedouin village in southern Israel and is Elite Zexer's directorial debut.[10][11][12]

Cast

  • Lamis Ammar as Layla
  • Ruba Blal as Jalila
  • Hitham Omari as Suliman
  • Khadija Al Akel as Tasnim
  • Jalal Masrwa as Anwar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sand Storm". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sufat Chol (Sand Storm)". The Numbers. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ↑ d'Arcy, David (23 January 2016). "'Sand Storm': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale (Press release). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Chang, Justin (30 January 2016). "Sundance: The Birth of a Nation Sweeps Top Prizes". Variety. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "ההכרזה על העולים לגמר - פרסי אופיר 2016". Israeli Academy of Film and Television. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Brown, Hannah (20 August 2016). "2016 Ophir nominations announced – snubs and all". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Pond, Steve (22 September 2016). "'Sand Storm' Wins Ophir Award, Becomes Israeli Oscar Entry'". TheWrap. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Caspi, David (22 September 2016). "Oscars: Israel Selects 'Sand Storm' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Beaumont, Peter (26 September 2016). "Arabic-language film is Israel's official Oscar entry". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (27 September 2016). "Review: 'Sand Storm' Follows a Bedouin Mother and Daughter in Quiet Revolts". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Turan, Kenneth (6 October 2016). "Israeli family drama 'Sand Storm' is an experience as intense as any thriller". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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