COEXISTENCE, MY ASS!

 

 Director: AMBER FARES

Time: 95’

 Year of Production: 2025

Language: INGILÎZÎ-EREBÎ-FARISÎ

Subtitle: KURDÎ-TIRKÎ

 

* In collaboration with DokuFest Film Festival

 

Synopsis

Noam Shuster Eliassi grew up the literal poster child for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before making a hard pivot to stand-up comedy and political satire. But as the region sinks deeper into devastating violence, she must meet the moment by challenging her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.

Biography

Director, producer and cinematographer of Sundance supported Speed Sisters. 2019 Sundance Momentum Fellow, 2014 Sundance Editing and Story Lab, 2012 Sundance Fellow. Speed Sisters won best documentary at Adelaide and Vail. Amber was the Co-producer and Cinematographer on The Judge which won a Peabody Award and was shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2019. She was also the Supervising Producer on an episode of America Inside Out with Katie Couric, for which her episode won a Frontpage award. She also worked as Field Director and Cinematographer on the Sundance-supported And She Could Be Next.