Free Zone (film)

Free Zone
Directed byAmos Gitai
Written byAmos Gitai
Marie-Jose Sanselme
Produced byNicolas Blanc
Michael Tapuah
Laurent Truchot
StarringNatalie Portman
Hiam Abbass
Hanna Laslo
CinematographyLaurent Brunet
Distributed byBac Films
Release date
  • June 9, 2005 (2005-06-09)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesEnglish
Hebrew
Box office$32,381 [1]
Amos Gitai with Hana Laszlo and Natalie Portman on the set of Free Zone, 2005

Free Zone is a 2005 film directed by Amos Gitai. Shot in Israel and Jordan, the Israeli-Belgian-French-Spanish production stars Israeli Jewish actress Hanna Laslo, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass, and Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman. It is the second film of Gitai's "Border" or "Frontier" trilogy.

The film made its debut at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2005. It was released in Israel on June 9, 2005, and then appeared at numerous other film festivals throughout the rest of the year, with a limited release on December 16, 2005, in the United States.