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    Hany Abu-Assad, Omar
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    Hany Abu-Assad, Omar

    2013-09-10T09:34:00Z

    The Oscar-nominated director discusses the first film fully-financed and produced out of Palestine, his remarkable debut actors, the film market and future projects.

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    Omar El Zohairy’s ‘Feathers’ sweeps Critics’ Awards for Arab Films
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    Omar El Zohairy’s ‘Feathers’ sweeps Critics’ Awards for Arab Films

    2022-05-22T05:00:00Z

    167 film critics from 68 countries voted on the awards organised by the Arab Cinema Centre.  

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    Hany Abu-Assad, The Idol
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    Hany Abu-Assad, The Idol

    2015-12-10T22:09:00Z

    The prize-winning director talks about why he was unable to resist making The Idol, the story of the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol

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    IFC Films acquires Hany Abu-Assad’s Toronto world premiere ‘Huda’s Salon’
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    IFC Films acquires Hany Abu-Assad’s Toronto world premiere ‘Huda’s Salon’

    2021-08-11T18:36:00Z

    Filmmaker’s Paradise Now was first Palestinian film nominated for foreign language Oscar in 2006.

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    TIFF 2015: Hany Abu-Assad talks 'The Idol'
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    TIFF 2015: Hany Abu-Assad talks 'The Idol'

    2015-09-11T16:20:00Z

    Hany Abu-Assad, the Oscar-nominated director of Omar and Paradise Now, tells Screen about his latest film The Idol, which charts the unlikely true story of how Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf won talent contest Arab Idol. Interview by Andreas Wiseman.

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    ‘Huda’s Salon’: Toronto Review
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    ‘Huda’s Salon’: Toronto Review

    2021-09-09T17:00:00Z

    Hany Abu-Assad sets the stage for his political thriller in a Bethelem beauty parlour

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    Hany Abu-Assad set to move 'Mountain Between Us'
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    Hany Abu-Assad set to move 'Mountain Between Us'

    2016-02-03T00:01:00Z

    Double Oscar nominee has been in Rotterdam with his new feature, The Idol, a biopic of Palestinian singer Mohammad Assaf.

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    Hany Abu-Assad plans road movie
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    Hany Abu-Assad plans road movie

    2013-09-10T10:24:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian director Hany Abu Assad is planning to reunite with some of the team behind his Oscar-nominated 2005 feature Paradise Now.

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    Memento does brisk business on ‘Huda’s Salon’ ahead of TIFF premiere (exclusive)
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    Memento does brisk business on ‘Huda’s Salon’ ahead of TIFF premiere (exclusive)

    2021-09-09T10:52:00Z

    The political thriller is Hany Abu-Assad’s first feature shot in Palestine since The Idol in 2015. 

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    Doha Film Institute co-finances Hany Abu-Assad's 'The Idol'
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    Doha Film Institute co-finances Hany Abu-Assad's 'The Idol'

    2015-08-12T12:57:00Z

    New film from the director of Oscar-nominated Omar to premiere at Toronto.

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