Tel Aviv on Fire

Tel Aviv on Fire
Movie poster; two men sitting across a table from each other; one in a white button-up shirt, the other in Israeli army uniform
תל אביב על האש
Directed bySameh Zoabi
Written byDan Kleinman
Sameh Zoabi
Produced byBernard Michaux (producer)
Amir Harel
Milena Poylo
Gilles Sacuto
Patrick Quinet
StarringKais Nashef
CinematographyLaurent Brunet
Release date
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesIsrael
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
LanguagesHebrew
Arabic
Box office$1.7 million[1][2]

Tel Aviv on Fire (Hebrew: תל אביב על האש, Tel Aviv Al Ha'Esh) is a 2018 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Sameh Zoabi and co-written by Zoabi and Dan Kleinman. The film premiered internationally at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti section, where Kais Nashef won the Best Actor award. The Israeli premiere was at the Haifa International Film Festival, where the film won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards. It was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Tel Aviv on Fire (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tel Aviv on Fire (2019)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "" Tel Aviv on Fire " représentera le Luxembourg aux Oscars". Le Quotidien. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. ^ Roxborough, Scott (24 September 2019). "Oscars: Luxembourg Selects 'Tel Aviv on Fire' for International Feature Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2019.