Who is Elia Suleiman?

Elia Suleiman is a director and writer, known for Yadon ilaheyya (2002), It Must Be Heaven (2019) and The Time That Remains (2009).

Trivia

  • Lived 1982-1983 in New York, where he made two short films.
  • Elia is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin.
  • He was part of the nine person jury for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006
  • Is since 1994 teaching at the Birzeit University in Ramallah.