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| Directed by | Amos Gitai |
| Written by | Amos Gitai Marie-Jose Sanselme |
| Produced by | Nicolas Blanc Michael Tapuah Laurent Truchot |
| Starring | Natalie Portman Hiam Abbass Hanna Laslo |
| Cinematography | Laurent Brunet |
| Distributed by | Bac Films |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Languages | English Hebrew |
| Box office | $32,381 [1] |
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.