Basil Khalil
Basil Khalil is a British-Palestinian filmmaker. Khalil's film Ave Maria was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Basil Khalil
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- Basil Khalil was born on 31 August 1981. · Nazareth.
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- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- screenwriter · director
- Languages
- English
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Basil Khalil is a British-Palestinian filmmaker. Khalil's film Ave Maria was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Khalil was born and raised in Nazareth, to a Palestinian father and a British mother.
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Khalil studied for an MA from Screen Academy Scotland. Khalil spent several years working in London on TV productions, including on the popular Jamie Oliver cookery shows. In 2015, Khalil directed Ave Maria, a 14-minute comic short about Palestinian Catholic nuns in a West Bank convent who have an encounter with Israeli settlers. The film premiered in the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and went on to screen at more than eighty film festivals worldwide. It was nominated for the Academy Awards in the 'Live Action Shorts' category. His 2022 film A Gaza Weekend was named the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Basil Khalil was born at Nazareth.
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- 1.Jaafar, Alii. Oscar Nominations: UK And Ireland Film Biz Reacts To Banner Year With 'Carol', 'Brooklyn', 'Room' And 'The Danish Girl'. Deadline Hollywood. 14 January 2016.
- 2.Newbould, Chris. Cannes acclaim for Palestinian director’s Ave Maria. The National. 31 May 2015.
- 3.Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, 18 September 2022.
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