Ajami

Ajami is an area of Jaffa where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians try to live together in an atmosphere that is -to say the least - electric. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from elimination by a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl, Hadir, but marrying her is far from obvious. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to trace his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians. Binj, Malek and Omar's Arab friend, suffers from being rejected by other members of his community for mixing with an Israeli girl. All of them will meet violence, most of the time ... with violence.

Year:

2009

Length:

120 minutes

Country:

Israel

Genre:

Drama

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Shown at

1. 10th Annual Jewish Cinema South - 2011
2. 12th Annual Louisville Jewish Film Festival - 2010
3. 13th Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival (Detroit) - 2011
4. 15th Annual East Bay Jewish Film Festival - 2010
5. 19th Israeli Film Festival (Singapore) - 2011
6. 4th Annual Other Israel Film Festival - 2010
7. 4th Jewish Film Festival Zagreb - 2010
8. 6th Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival - 2010
9. Ames Azalak Rochester Jewish Film Festival - 2010
10. Bucharest Jewish Film Festival - 2011
11. Dayton Jewish International Film Festival - 2011
12. Festival de Cine Jueu de Barcelona - 2010
13. Haifa International Film Festival - 2010
14. Maine Jewish Film Festival - 2010
15. New York Jewish Film Festival - 2010
16. Ring Family Israel Film Festival - 2011
17. Tuscaloosa Jewish Film Festival - 2011
18. Warsaw Jewish Film festival - 2010
19. Westchester Jewish Film Festival - 2010