''Junction 48'' is a 2016 Israeli

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Udi Aloni Udi Aloni (; born December 10, 1959) is an Israeli American filmmaker, writer, visual artist and political activist whose works focus on the interrelationships between art, theory, and action. Biography Udi Aloni is the son of Reuven and Shulam ...

, co-written by

Oren Moverman Oren Moverman (; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films '' The Messenger'', ''Rampart'', '' Time Out of Mind'', and '' The Di ...

and the film's star Tamer Nafar. It was shown in the Panorama section at the

66th Berlin International Film Festival The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the president of the jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michae ...

where it won the Audience Award. It received the Best International Narrative Feature award at the 2016

Tribeca Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Enterprises. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. The festival ...

Plot

Karim, a young Arab from

Lod Lod (, ), also known as Lydda () and Lidd (, or ), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The ci ...

, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with

, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the ''Balkan Beat Box'').

Cast

* Tamer Nafar as Kareem * Samar Qupty as Manar * Salwa Nakkara as Kareem's mother * Saeed Dassuki as Talal * Adeeb Safadi as Yousef *

Tarik Kopty Tarik Kopty (, ; 20 August 1944 – 24 February 2022) was an Arab-Israeli actor. He acted in multiple films which appeared at the Cannes Film Festival. Kopty died in Nazareth on 24 February 2022, at the age of 77. Filmography *''The Barbecue Pe ...

as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father *

Sameh Zakout Sameh Zakout (), ("SAZ", born 1987) is a Palestinian rapper from Ramla, Israel. His music features themes of Palestinian and Arab identity and calls for peaceful resolution of Arab–Israeli conflict. He was the subject of the 2006 documentary ...

as Amir * Ayed Fadel as Hussam * Hisham Suliman as Shaikh * Mariam Abu Khaled as Mariam

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 drama films Israeli drama films Films with screenplays by Oren Moverman 2010s Arabic-language films 2010s Hebrew-language films 2016 multilingual films Israeli multilingual films Films produced by Stefan Arndt Arabic-language Israeli films Arabic-language drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub