"Tel Aviv On Fire" Courtesy of Variety
Professor Sameh Zoabi has signed distribution deals with companies in the U.S. and Europe for his film, Tel Aviv on Fire. Cohen Media has picked the film up for U.S. distribution. It has also been picked up in Italy (Academy Two), Spain (Surtsey Films), Switzerland (Trigon Film), and Greece (Seven Films). Tel Aviv on Fire premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it garnered high praise and won an award for Best Actor.
The film is a poignant comedy that tells the story of Salam, a Palestinian intern on an Israeli 1967-set soap opera about a Palestinian spy who has an affair with an Israeli general.
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