Junction 48

2016 film

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) (Berlin)
5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) (Israel)

Running time

97 minutesCountryIsraelLanguagesArabic
Hebrew

Junction 48 is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Udi Aloni, co-written by Oren Moverman and the film's star Tamer Nafar.^[1] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.^[2]^[3] It received the Best International Narrative Feature award at the 2016 Tribeca Festival.

Plot

Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the Balkan Beat Box).

Cast

Tamer Nafar as Kareem
Samar Qupty as Manar
Salwa Nakkara as Kareem's mother
Saeed Dassuki as Talal
Adeeb Safadi as Yousef
Tarik Kopty as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father
Sameh Zakout as Amir
Ayed Fadel as Hussam
Hisham Suliman as Shaikh
Mariam Abu Khaled as Mariam

References

^ "Junction 48". Berlinale. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
^ "Israeli Winner at Berlin Film Festival Calls Israeli Government 'Fascist' at Movie Screening". Haaretz. No. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.