Michel Khleifi

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Nov 03, 1950 (74 years old)

Michel Khleifi

Known For

Une vie contre l'oubli
1h 15m
Movie 2016

Une vie contre l'oubli

Portrait of Belgian historian, reporter and documentarian André Dartevelle.

Trio
1h 22m
Movie 1987

Trio

Trio is a cinematic series of filmed portraits that shows, in a single large, fixed and silent shot of 3 minutes and 20 seconds, three people free to do what they want.

Arab Camera
1h 5m
Movie 1987

Arab Camera

Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more socially aware cinema. Themes include the issue of Palestinian homeland rights and the nature of Arab identity. The film-makers also share a desire to develop a strong poetic tradition.

Biography

Michel Khleifi (Arabic: ميشيل خليفي‎}, born in 1950 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian film writer, director and producer, presently based in Belgium. Khleifi emigrated to Belgium in 1970, where he studied television and theatre directing at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS). After graduating from INSAS, he worked in Belgium television before turning to making his own films. He has directed and produced several documentary and feature films. He has received several awards, including the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the André Cavens Award in 1987 for his film Wedding in Galilee. Khleifi currently teaches at INSAS

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