![]() The gags are subtle, including his disconnected phone line and typing on a Western keyboard with Arabic letters taped on the keys, slyly commenting on his displacement. However, the foundations of Suleiman’s style began in his 1993 fiction short debut, Homage By Assassination, starring himself as his silent alter-ego writing a script in his New York apartment. ![]() It was when he immigrated to New York at age 21 that he discovered a love of film, citing Yasujirō Ozu’s film Tokyo Story as inspirational, and having friends sneak him in to film classes at New York University.Īfter a decade in New York, Suleiman made his filmmaking debut, co-directing the 1990 experimental documentary Introduction To The End Of An Argument with Lebanese–Canadian artist Jayce Salloum. “Actually, I’m a total coward,” he told The Independent of the time. At 15, Elia dropped out of school, eventually leaving Nazareth for London after being accused of being a gang leader. ![]() Writer, director, actor Elia Suleiman in ‘It Must Be Heaven’.īorn in 1960 in Nazareth, Suleiman has never seen a free Palestinian state. ![]()
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