Sand Storm

Sand Storm (2016)

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A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.

Date of release
2016-01-25
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (111)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
Elite Zexer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 2. Including: Ophir Award for best feature film; Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize; prix du Jury 5 Continents

Sand Storm is a 2016 Arabic-language Israeli coming-of-age film directed by Elite Zexer. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section. It won the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards. It was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

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