West Bank Story
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| West Bank Story | |
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| Directed by | Ari Sandel |
| Produced by | Bill Boland Ashley Jordan Amy S. Kim Ravi Malhotra Ari Sandel Pascal Vaguelsy |
| Written by | Kim Ray Ari Sandel |
| Starring | Ben Newmark Noureen DeWulf |
| Music by | Yuval Ron |
| Cinematography | Gavin Kelly |
| Editing by | Avi Youabian |
| Release date(s) | Sundance Film Festival January 20, 2005 |
| Running time | 21 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 73-74,000 |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
West Bank Story is a comedy/musical short film, directed by Ari Sandel, co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio. The film is a parody of the classic musical film West Side Story, which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The film follows the romance between the relatives of the owners of rival falafel restaurants, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, respectively named the Kosher Kings and the Hummus Hut, in the West Bank. The film stars Ben Newmark as the Israeli soldier, Noureen DeWulf as the Palestinian cashier, A.J. Tannen as the Israeli restaurant owner and Joey Naber as his Palestinian rival.
The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was screened at numerous additional film festivals across the world, garnering several awards. In 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards, it won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film.
[edit] Awards
- Now Film Festival
- Finalist
- Indianapolis International Film Festival
- Audience Award - Best Short
- Malibu Film Festival
- Special Jury Award - Best Live Action Short Film
- Method Fest
- Special Mention
- Stony Brook Film Festival
- Festival Grand Prize
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- West Bank Story at the Internet Movie Database
- 79th Annual Academy Awards
- Interview feature by CNN International's Inside the Middle East (video)
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