DAYS OF ISRAELI FILMS 2022: OPENING CEREMONY / TEL AVIV ON FIRE / 15.9.2022. / 19:00

DAYS OF ISRAELI FILMS 2022
15 – 19. September 2022.

Thursday, September 15th at 19.00

TEL AVIV ON FIRE
Israel, 2018, 97’
Comedy

Director: Sameh Zoabi
Cast: Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadim Sawalha…

Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem, works as an intern on a popular Palestinian soap opera, “Tel Aviv on Fire,” which is produced in Ramallah. Every day Salam must pass through an arduous Israeli checkpoint to reach the television studios. He meets the commander of the check-point, Assi, whose wife is a huge fan of the show. In order to impress her, Assi gets involved in the writing of the show. Salam soon realizes that Assi’s ideas could get him a promotion as a screenwriter.