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A group of Arab and Jewish women attend a video workshop at a small town community center run by
Rona, a young filmmaker from Tel Aviv, who teaches them to document their lives.
As each student shares footage from her home life with the others, their beliefs and preconceptions are
challenged and barriers are broken down.
The group comes together as mothers, daughters, wives, and women living in a world designed to keep
them apart, forming an empowering and lasting bond as they learn more about each other... and themselves.
Inspired by writer/director Orit Fouks Rotem’s own experiences as a teacher, Cinema Sabaya presents
a deft and heartfelt portrait of art’s capacity to unite disparate communities, moving effortlessly
between the gravity of their conversations and the genuine joy generated by this unlikely group of friends.
Winner of five Ophir Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and Israel’s Official Submission to
the 95th Academy Awards.
Original Release
08/09/2022
US Release
02/10/2023
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Liora Levi | Carmela |
Aseel Farhat | Nahed |
Orit Samuel | Eti |
Marlene Bajali | Awatef |
Yulia Tagil | Yelena |
Ruth Landau | Gila |
Amal Murkus | Nasrin |
Joanna Said | Souad |
Dana Ivgy | Rona |
Khawlah Hag-Debsy | Lubna |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Liora Levi | Carmela |
Aseel Farhat | Nahed |
Orit Samuel | Eti |
Marlene Bajali | Awatef |
Yulia Tagil | Yelena |
Ruth Landau | Gila |
Amal Murkus | Nasrin |
Joanna Said | Souad |
Dana Ivgy | Rona |
Khawlah Hag-Debsy | Lubna |
Mika Aharon | |
Jihad Babai | |
Mochammad Bilal | |
Khalil Borak | |
Omima Borak | |
Tevesh Eliahu | |
Alexandra Granin | |
Emily Granin | |
Marina Turenko | |
Yariv Zadok |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Moshe Edery | Executive Producer |
Ori Eisen | Executive Producer |
Thomas Alfandari | Producer |
Yael Benaya | Producer |
Aurélien Bodinaux | Producer |
Maya Fischer | Producer |
Gal Greenspan | Producer |
Rena Cohen Kopelman | Producer |
Roi Kurland | Producer |
Ayelet Michaeli | Producer |
Roni Shamis-Cohen | Producer |
Rhian Vialva | Producer |
Shiran Yalovich | Producer |
Adi Bar Yossef | Producer |
Gili Zolti | Producer |