Basil Khalil is a British-Palestinian filmmaker. Khalil's film ''

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'' was nominated for an

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Early life

Khalil was born and raised in

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, to a

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father and a British mother.

Career

Khalil studied for an MA from

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. Khalil spent several years working in London on TV productions, including on the popular

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cookery shows. In 2015, Khalil directed ''Ave Maria'', a 14-minute comic short about

Catholic nuns in a West Bank convent who have an encounter with Israeli settlers. The film premiered in the official selection at the

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2015 and went on to screen at more than eighty film festivals worldwide. It was nominated for the

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in the 'Live Action Shorts' category. His 2022 film '' A Gaza Weekend'' was named the winner of the

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at the

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.Christian Zilko
"‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award"
'' IndieWire'', 18 September 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalil, Basil Living people Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University British film directors British people of Palestinian descent Palestinian film directors Palestinian people of British descent People from Nazareth Year of birth missing (living people)