2015
Palestine, France, Germany
15 min
Color
The silent routine of 5 Palestinian nuns living in the West Bank wilderness is disturbed when an Israeli settler family breaks down right outside the convent just as the Sabbath comes into effect.
Director
Award-winning director Basil Khalil was born and raised in Nazareth, to a Palestinian father and British
mother. After studying for an MA at Screen Academy Scotland, in Edinburgh, Basil worked on a number of television productions in London. In 2011 Basil was featured by SCREEN International Magazine as one of “top 10 Arab filmmakers to watch”.