Cinema Sabaya

Name: Cinema Sabaya
Genre: Drama
Released: February 10, 2023
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Amal Murkus, Aseel Farhat, Dana Ivgy, Joanna Said, Khawlah Hag-Debsy

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: February 10, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Amal Murkus, Aseel Farhat, Dana Ivgy, Joanna Said, Khawlah Hag-Debsy, Liora Levi, Marlene Bajali, Orit Samuel, Ruth Landau, Yulia Tagil

Summary: Eight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.

Director: Orit Fouks Rotem

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Alissa Simon

Jan 30, 2023

Based on helmer-writer Orit Fouks Rotem’s experience as a teacher and the real women she encountered, the film is full of life, love, humor and authenticity without being didactic. At the same time, it cleverly questions the ethics and responsibility of filmmaking. Read full review

Benjamin Franz

Feb 24, 2023

Cinema Sabaya is a beautiful model of peaceful coexistence. This is a heartwarming film that should be watched by everyone. Read full review

Robert Abele

Feb 26, 2023

A wonderfully unforced, lightly intimate experience existing in a dramatic arena between observational nonfiction and bare-bones theater’s nowhere-to-go focus. Read full review

Nikki Baughan

Jan 30, 2023

While the film’s narrative may run a familiar path from conflict to resolution, Rotem’s light, authentic touch makes it an engaging journey. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Feb 9, 2023

Cinema Sabaya, a quietly affecting little film about unexpected connections and unseen sorrows, shimmers with a bright optimism about how people might overlook one another’s differences if only they took a little time to learn about each other. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 30, 2023

It’s another one of the many Israeli films over the years that emphasizes connection, accidental or forced, in the close-quarters of Palestine — Israel, the Occupied Territories, lands under the Palestinian Authority. And like most of these films, it offers a glimmer of hope, even if it’s too much to expect Orit Fouks Rotem’s film to play out as wholly neutral. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Feb 9, 2023

Rotem’s organic approach steers clear of icky idealism, but its conclusions nevertheless feel worn out. Talking helps, sure, but getting people in the same room is too often the stuff of fiction. Read full review

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