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Dubai-based Palestinian filmmakers Farah Nabulsi and Hind Shoufani have been thrown into the Oscars’ spotlight after their film, The Present, was nominated for an Academy Award.
Directed by Nabulsi, who co-wrote the film with Shoufani, The Present has been nominated in the live-action short category. It tells the story of Yusef (played by Saleh Bakri) who sets out with his young daughter, Yasmine (Mariam Kanj), to buy a wedding gift for his wife (Mariam Basha). A simple task that, during the course of a single day, highlights the ugly reality of occupation.
Shot on location in the West Bank by Nabulsi and cinematographer Benoît Chamaillard, the film was prod
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