AJAMI

**Ends Thursday, June 10th**

2010 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE! BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER! BEST FILM and BEST DIRECTOR / Israeli Film Academy

"GRADE A! Emotionally mesmerizing ... like an Isaeli AMORES PERROS crossed with CITY OF GOD." - Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"An enormously important film ... a contemporary crime drama edged with Greek tragedy ... the movie teems with life, energized with fierce moral ambitions." - Ella Taylor, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"Ingenious! Much messy, vibrant and difficult life has been woven into two hours. You emerge from AJAMI moved …
but mostly grateful for the heart, craft and intelligence the movie has shown.” - A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

AJAMI is a powerful crime drama set on the set on the streets of Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood - a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians - and told through the eyes of a cross-section of the city's inhabitants: a young Israeli fighting a criminal vendetta against his family, a Palestinian refugee working illegally to finance a life-saving surgery for his mother, a Jewish police detective obsessed with finding his missing brother, and an affluent Palestinian dreaming of a future with his Jewish girlfriend. As their stories intersect - and the film's narrative shifts back and forth in time - we witness a dramatic collision of different worlds and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors.
This Oscar-nominated Israeli film, a hit at film festivals throughout the world, is a searing directorial debut by Israeli and Palestinian co-directors whose location filming, use of nonprofessional actors and balanced perspective lend a palpable authenticity to a complex, vibrant and intense cross-cultural drama.

VISIT THE OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://www.kino.com/ajami/

Read an interview with co-director Yaron Shani:
http://www.cinemawithoutborders.com/news/127/ARTICLE/2055/2010-01-31.htm...