Fiction/ 90 Min/ 2005

Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad 

Synopsis: Paradise Now follows Palestinian childhood friends Said and Khaled who live in Nablus and have been recruited for suicide attacks in Tel Aviv. It focuses on what would be their last days together.

Awards:

Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards.

Amnesty International Film Prize AGICOA, Blue Angel Award and Reader Jury of the “Berliner Morgenpost” at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Best Screenplay at the European Film Awards.

Best Foreign Film at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Best Foreign Language Film at the National Board of Review Awards.

Best Feature Film and Best Editing at the Netherlands Film Festival.

Best Director at the Durban International Film Festival.

Best Foreign Language Film at the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.

Best Foreign Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.

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