Mustafa Abu Ali (; 1940 in

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– 30 July 2009 in

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) was a

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filmmaker. Abu Ali studied at the University of California-Berkeley in the 1960s before studying cinema in

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, graduating in 1967. He is considered one of the founders of Palestinian cinema, and the Palestinian Cinema Association in

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in 1973, (re-established in

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in 2004). Along with

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and

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, he established the Palestine Film Unit (PFU)—which saw its primary task as "documenting the revolution and creating an archive of images of historical documents". After the

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's move to Lebanon after the events of

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, the PFU was renamed the Palestine Cinema Institute and became one of the seven departments of the PLO's Unified Media. Abu Ali headed the department from 1973 to 1975. Abu Ali wrote four screenplays and directed more than 30 films, for which he won more than 14 awards, the most recent from the 2003

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Film Festival.

Notable films

*1968: ''No to a Peaceful Solution'' *1971: ''With Soul, With Blood'' * 1973: ''Scenes from the occupation in Gaza'' (مشاهد من الاحتلال في غزة) * 1973: ''A Zionist Aggression'' *1974: ''They Do Not Exist'' *1977: ''Tall el zaatar'' (تل الزعتر), co-directed with Jean Khalil Chamoun and Pino Adriano *1977: ''Palestine in the Eye''

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* at "Dreams of a Nation", Columbia University
''They Do Not Exist (Laysa lahum wujud)'' (25:09) (1974)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Mustafa Abu Palestinian film directors 1940 births 2009 deaths Palestinian expatriates in the United States University of California, Berkeley alumni Palestinian expatriates in the United Kingdom

Notable films

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