This document provides information about the 2005 film Paradise Now directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It discusses the film's production details, crew makeup, locations, and goals of clarifying media misrepresentations and changing global opinions of suicide bombers. Criticisms of the film include ignoring realities like the apartheid wall and difficult Israeli procedures Palestinians face. While the film aimed to open discussion, some felt it insulted Palestinians and did not impact their community or views.

1. Presented by:
Rani Hemaid

2. Clarify the image that media does
not tell the public.
Change the world opinion about
the suicide bombers

3.  Story
 Directed by Hany Abu-Assad, from Netherlands.
 Produced in: 2005.
 Language : Arabic with English subtitle.
 Winner of multiple prizes.
 Written by: Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer.
 Starring: Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal.
 Produced with the support of Nederlands Fonds
Voor De Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,
I2I Preparatory Action of the European Community
and World Cinema Fund.
 Running Time: 90 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2:35.
 Color, Scope Sound Format: Dolby SR.
 Rating: PG-13.

4.  The idea of the film comes from
 How did the director research the subject?
 Crew
-The crew consisted of people from
Palestine, The Netherlands,
Germany, France, Belgium , Israel and
UK
- 50 Palestinian, 15 Germany,
- 4 French, 3 Dutch, 10 Israeli
- 2 Belgian
 The place, and Time
- It had 3 months of pre-production
in Nablus
. It shot in Nablus for 25 days, and 15
days in Nazareth.
-Nablus, Tel Aviv, and Nazareth.

5. They didn’t have a watertight plan.
Should have a security.
Should have some very good and courageous people
working with the crew.
Every day they had some sort of trouble.
They have a big crew that could not shoot film and run.
Some problems between the crew and the Palestinians.
Not one day went by without having to stop filming.
To get into the area you have to get friendly with the Israeli
army.
Too many Palestinians, they were instantly suspicious.
In Nablus, the Israeli Army invades the city almost everyday
to arrest what they call the ‘Wanted’ Palestinians.

6. 1) Boundaries, Checkpoints, and Martyrdom.
2) The Face of Human Tragedy.
3) Paradise lost
4) Human being Behind the suicide bombers
5) See the other side
6) A glimpse of the unveiled truth.
7) Thought provoking
8) Gives a powerful insight into Palestinian
suicide bombing
9) Show the bad habits that the Palestinian
community has.

7.  Show that the suicide bombers with low
level of education.
 Show some scenes that against the
Muslim community.
 The eases of across the Israeli
territories.
 Ignore the Apartheid Wall in Westbank.
 Ignore the Israeli procedures against the
Palestinian on the Israeli check points.
 Show the easy way to recruitment of the
suicide bombers.

8.  Suicide bombers have different level of education.
 90% Palestinian community are Muslim.
 To across Israel border almost possible.
 Apartheid Wall across all the cities in West bank and cut the
Palestinian territories.
 Check points in West bank one of the significant problems.
 The Palestinian organization follow strict rules.
 The reason of Suicide bombs are religious and nationalist
motives.
 The Palestinian government demanded peace with Israel, but
the Palestinian looking for freeing the whole Palestine.

9.  The Palestine authority considered this movie as insulting for
Palestine.
 The Palestine authority prevent show this movie in Palestine.
 Does not impact the Palestinian community.
 The movie premiered in 45 countries over the world.
 Telling the world the reason of suicide bombers.
 The film is simply meant to open a discussion, hopefully, a
meaningful discussion, about the real issues at hand.

10.  This one of the movies that show the real conflict of the
cultures when the movie directed or produced by non native
people.
 However, these kind of movies some time show the audience
the best image for both, native and non native.
 The different between the reality and the image that the
movie provided.
 These movies might carry out positive and negative sides.
 Nominate the movie for awards does not mean that the movie
on the right side.