Happy Holidays
ينعاد عليكو

Fiction, director: Scandar Copti, Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar, 2024, 123 min, AR/Hebrew, with EN st.

> Friday 25.4.2025 | 19:30
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>> Saturday 26.4.2025 | 19:00
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A middle-class Palestinian family in Haifa sees life spiral out of control under the oppressive reality of contemporary Israeli society.

The daughter, Fifi, is studying in Jerusalem and gets into a car accident; the son, Toufic, is involved in secret romantic liaisons and must contend with an unwanted pregnancy; and the father is embroiled in what could amount to insurance fraud. 

Oscar nominee Scandar Copti (Ajami, 2009) presents a gripping family drama as his second feature film. Led by an ensemble of non-professional actors, it interweaves the stories of multiple characters whose fates are undeniably – and resentfully – interlinked. The masterful screenplay, anchored in intimate depictions of moral relativism, walks a fine line between complicity with and resistance against the status quo of Israeli state violence. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2024 and won the Horizons Award for Best Screenplay.

Followed by a film talk with Scandar Copti.

In cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.