Paradise now
Paradise Now- Director
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Country
- Germany, France, Netherlands
- Year
- 2004
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Hany Abu-Assad / Bero Beyer / Pierre Hodgson
- Cast
- Lubna Azabal / Kais Nashef / Ali Suliman / Amer Hlehel / Hiam Abbass
- Production
- Augustus Film
Storyline
Filmed exclusively in Palestinian territories, the film revolves around two young Palestinian men who have been friends since childhood. They are both recruited to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. But the operation does not go according to plan and the two friends lose sight of each other. Separated from each other and left to their own devices, it’s up to them to face their destiny and stand up for their convictions.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2005
Zabaltegi Festivals' Top
Berlin International Film Festival 2005
Competition
Agicoa's Blue Angel Award (Hany Abu-Assad) / Amnesty International Prize / Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Prize
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2016
The Act of Killing. Cinema and global violence
European Film Awards (EFA) 2005
Best screenwriter Award (Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer)
Releases
Italy (14 of October 2005)
Spain (6 of October 2005)
Belgium (7 of September 2005)
Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2005
Call number 01/2005
Media support 564,600.00
Company who received the MEDIA support:
Augustus Film
Distribution territories:
Belgium / Switzerland / Czech Republic / Denmark / Spain / France / Greece / Italy / Norway / Portugal / Slovakia / Sweden / Austria / Germany / Finland / Hungary / Lithuania / Latvia
Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2006
Call number 12/2005
Media support 7,000.00
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2008
Call number 27/2007
Media support 10,965.15
Call for proposals i2i Audiovisual
Year 2003
Call number 21/2003
Media support 39,363.75
Distribution:
A-Film Distribution (Netherlands)
Cinelibre (Belgium)
Golem Distribución S.L. (Spain)
