Suleiman, Elia was born in Nazareth in 1960. He has lived in New York, the Netherlands and France, as well as in Palestine. In addition to Divine Intervention (2002), his film credits include: Cyber-Palestine (1999), War and Peace in Vesoul (1997), Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) and several others. Suleiman won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. dreamsofanation.org
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 Is since 1994 teaching at the Birzeit University in Ramallah. Lived 1982-83 in New York, where he made two short films. www.imdb.com/name/nm0837839/
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