
Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.
12 directing credits · 15 acting credits
Directing · 12

To Each His Own Cinema
2007

It Must Be Heaven
2019

The Time That Remains
2009

7 Days in Havana
2012

Divine Intervention
2002

Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996

The Gulf War... What Next?
1993

War and Peace in Vesoul
1997

Homage by Assassination
1992

Introduction to the End of an Argument
1990

The Arab Dream
1998

Cyber Palestine
2000
Acting · 15

To Each His Own Cinema
2007

It Must Be Heaven
2019

Critic
2008

The Time That Remains
2009

7 Days in Havana
2012

A Special Day
2012

Bamako
2007

Divine Intervention
2002

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012

Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013

The Gulf War... What Next?
1993

War and Peace in Vesoul
1997

Homage by Assassination
1992

The Arab Dream
1998