Amreeka

Sat May 12, 2012

21:00 to 22:30

Location

Cine Studio
(University of Nicosia)
46 Makedonitissas Avenue
Nicosia, Nicosia

Belal Dufesh
Phone: 96558851

Description

A Warm, Comic Drama about Palestinian Immigrants in the US. Amreeka (the Palestinian pronunciation for America) is an adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois.

Cast:
Nisreen Faour (Muna Farah)
Melkar Muallem (Fadi)
Alia Shawkat (Salma Halaby)
Hiam Abbass (Raghda Halaby)

Director: Cherien Dabis
Writer: Cherien Dabis
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Drama
Language: English, Arabic
Production Year: 2009

The screening is part of the 2nd Palestine Film Festival

[youtube=DRKa2MLkKLA]Amreeka Trailer[/youtube]