Tel Aviv On Fire

Tel Aviv on Fire is a movie about a show called Tel Aviv on Fire about an IDF general and a Palestinian spy written by a Palestinian man living in Eastern Jerusalem who commutes across the border into the Palestinian West Bank for work, so to say that it's a politically…

ScreeningNotes

The provocative title hides what is actually a fun, crowd-pleasing comedy about Israeli occupation. Yes, you read right. The debate over the best ending for a Palestinian soap opera set in 1967 becomes a comedic mirror of the past 50 years of occupation and the…

Yaniv Eidelstein

i too would do pretty much anything for hummus. 'tis a powerful currency.

sabrilein

Considering how potentially incendiary the title of Tel Aviv on Fire is, I was surprised at how slight, well-intentioned, and wholesomely funny this movie is. The movie's plot directly grapples with heavy topics - the Israel/Palestine conflict being front and center - but…

Kim_Cardassian

“you know how to cure trauma?”  ”how?” “write about it. write about everything you can remember.” it’s difficult to find Palestinian comedies, to be fair, there aren’t many of them that were made. so, discovering this gem felt like a sense of relief. an intelligent…

Jackie

This is a delightful, light-weighted satire I promise you. The reason I cried was because it felt great to alleviate trauma with laughter and peek at some semblance of normalcy. Keep the story going, Palestine 🇵🇸 ♥

Shubhra

Community Mittelmeerreise Produktionsländer: Palästina, Israel, Frankreich (und Luxemburg, Belgien) Salam (Kais Nashef) ist 30-jähriger Palästinenser und neuerdings Produktionsassistent bei der berühmten TV-Serie seines Onkels, der Seifenoper TEL AVIV ON FIRE, die in den…

MoeMents

For a comedy that took place in war-torn countries, this oddball and easygoing comedy is very enjoyable. I think all that is thanks to the cast, for making the impossible possible.

john_h_miller

clearly this movie is hilarious in some ways, and even though it's a comedy, let's not forget about what's been happening in palestine in real life I know israel-palestine isn't something to joke about because we know how brutal the idf is towards palestinians. and this…

jorjo