The Band's Visit

This article is about the film. For the stage version, see The Band's Visit (musical).

The Band's Visit
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEran Kolirin
Written byEran Kolirin
Produced byEhud Bleiberg
Koby Gal-Raday
Guy Jacoel
Eylon Ratzkovsky
Yossi Uzrad
Starring
CinematographyShai Goldman
Edited byArik Leibovitch
Music byHabib Shehadeh Hanna
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 19 May 2007 (2007-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 13 September 2007 (2007-09-13)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesIsrael
France
United States
LanguagesArabic
English
Hebrew
Box office$14.6 million[1]

The Band's Visit (Hebrew: ביקור התזמורת, romanized: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) is a 2007 comedy-drama film written and directed by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel. It is an international co-production between Israel, France and the United States.

The film received acclaim from critics and audiences. It won eight Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy.[2] It was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue.[3] Thus, Israel sent Beaufort instead, which was eventually included in the five final nominees.[4]

  1. ^ "The Band's Visit". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ Yudilovitch, Merav (28 October 2007). "'The Band's Visit' wins Tokyo festival". Ynetnews. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Israeli film wins country's first two European Academy Awards". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Birenberg, Yoav (21 September 2007). "The Band Visit's victory". Ynetnews.