The Sea follows a boy from the occupied West Bank who wants to visit Tel Aviv to see the sea for the first time.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48951540

Israel’s culture minister has threatened to axe funding for the country’s national film awards after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won its top award.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    To be clear, it’s an Israeli film.

    As winner of the best film category at the Ophir awards, The Sea now becomes Israel’s entry to the international film category at next year’s Oscars.

    This is what their Culture Minister looks like btw:
    uncultured minister
    Not very cultured if you ask me.