IN BETWEEN

Maysaloun Hamoud

israel france 2016 96 min

In Arab-Israeli female director Maysaloun Hamoud's feature debut, three Palestinian women sharing an apartment in the heart of Tel Aviv find themselves doing the same balancing act between tradition and modernity, citizenship and culture, fealty and freedom. Lalia, a criminal lawyer, loves to burn off her workday stress in the underground club scene. Salma, a DJ and bartender, starts a budding relationship with a female medical intern. And their new roommate. Nur is a younger, religious Muslim university student whose conservative fiancé is horrified by her secular friends.

• About the film

  Original title Bar Bahr

  Arabic title بر بحر

  Hebrew title לא פה, לא שם

  French title Je danserai si je veux

  Directed by Maysaloun Hamoud

  Screenplay Maysaloun Hamoud

  Cast Mouna Hawa Sana Jammelieh Shaden Kanboura Mahmud Shalaby Henry Andrawes

  Music MG Saad

  Cinematography Itay Gross

  Editing Lev Golster Nili Feller

  Production Companies En Compagnie des Lamas 2BG Films Israel Film Fund

• Festivals & Awards

  Toronto International Film Festival
  2016 | Contemporary World Cinema
  NETPAC Award — World or International Asian Film Premiere

  San Sebastián International Film Festival
  2016 | New Directors
  Eroski Youth Award
  TVE — Otra Mirada Award
  CICAE Award
  Sebastiane Award

  Haifa International Film Festival
  2016 | Competition
  Danny Lerner Award — Best Debut Feature Film — Maysaloun Hamoud
  Fedeora Award — Artistic Achievement in an Israeli Feature Film — Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh & Shaden Kanboura
  Audience Award
  Best Acting — Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh & Shaden Kanboura

  Zagreb Film Festival
  2016 | Official Competition
  Special Jury Prize
  Audience Award — Best Film

  Istanbul International Film Festival
  2017 | International Competition
  FIPRESCI Prize
  Nomination — Golden Tulip / Best Film

  Göteborg Film Festival
  2017 | French Film Selection

  Festival International du Premier Film d’Annonay
  2017 | First Feature Competition
  Grand Jury Prize
  Audience Award

  Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
  2017 | New Directors Competition
  New Directors Award

  Jeonju International Film Festival
  2017 | International Competition
  Special Jury Prize
  Nomination — Grand Prize

  Berkshire International Film Festival
  2017 | Narrative Competition
  Jury Award

  Palm Springs International Film Festival
  2017 | New Voices/New Visions Competition
  Nomination — New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize

  Odesa International Film Festival
  2017 | International Competition
  Nomination — Golden Duke

  World Cinema Amsterdam
  2017
  Special Mention — Jury Award
  Nomination — Best Film

  Ophir Awards – Israeli Film Academy
  2017
  Best Actress — Shaden Kanboura
  Best Supporting Actress — Mouna Hawa
  Nomination — Best Film
  Nomination — Best Director — Maysaloun Hamoud
  Nomination — Best Screenplay — Maysaloun Hamoud
  Nomination — Best Cinematography — Itay Gross
  Nomination — Best Editing — Lev Goltser & Nili Feller
  Nomination — Best Costume Design — Li Alembik
  Nomination — Best Makeup — Ziv Katanov
  Nomination — Best Casting — Riyad Sliman & Maysaloun Hamoud
  Nomination — Best Art Direction — Hagar Brotman
  Nomination — Best Sound — Tuli Chen & Itzik Cohen

  Cannes Film Festival – Women in Motion
  2017
  Young Talents Award — Maysaloun Hamoud