Impact Days Catalogue
By Farah Nabulsi

The Teacher

The Teacher

In the West Bank, Basem, played by the strikingly magnetic Saleh Bakri, is trying to reconcile his work as a teacher with his commitment to political resistance and the beginnings of a romantic relationship with Lisa, a British colleague (Imogen Poots). Amid the complexities of life in the Occupied Territories, Basem faces these struggles by becoming a new father figure to young Adam and Yacoub, but also by silently mourning the loss of his own son. Meanwhile, an American couple struggle to find their son, who has been kidnapped by a Palestinian resistance group. Farah Nabulsi’s striking debut feature accurately and intelligently explores the question of attachment and confronts us with a reality that goes beyond fiction

Section : Competition - Fiction
Country : United Kingdom, Palestine, Qatar
Original languages : English, Arabic
Subtitles : French, English
Director
Farah Nabulsi
Producers
Cocoon Films
Native Liberty Productions
Philistine Films
Writer
Farah Nabulsi
Casting
Saleh Bakri
Imogen Poots
Muhammad Abed El Rahman
Photography
Gilles Porte
Editing
Mike Pike
Music
Alex Baranowski
Son
Ben Baird
Ibrahim Zaher
World Sales
Goodfellas
Duration
115’