
Person
Michel Khleifi
Directing · Born 1950-11-03 · Nazareth, Israel
Biography
Michel Khleifi (Arabic: ميشيل خليفي}, born in 1950 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian film writer, director and producer, presently based in Belgium. Khleifi emigrated to Belgium in 1970, where he studied television and theatre directing at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS). After graduating from INSAS, he worked in Belgium television before turning to making his own films. He has directed and produced several documentary and feature films. He has received several awards, including the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the André Cavens Award in 1987 for his film Wedding in Galilee. Khleifi currently teaches at INSAS
Known for

Arab Camera
Self

Canticle of Stones
Director

Fertile Memory
Director

Tale of the Three Jewels
Director

Wedding in Galilee
Director

Une vie contre l'oubli
2016

L'ordre du jour
Director

Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land
Director

Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction
Director

Trio
Self
Filmography
- 2016Une vie contre l'oubli
- 2009ZindeeqDirector
- 2004Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-IsraelHimself
- 1995Tale of the Three JewelsDirector
- 1995Forbidden Marriages in the Holy LandDirector
- 1993L'ordre du jourDirector
- 1990Canticle of StonesDirector
- 1987Wedding in GalileeDirector
- 1987TrioSelf
- 1987Arab CameraSelf
- 1984Ma'loul Celebrates Its DestructionDirector
- 1981Fertile MemoryDirector
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