Yala to the Moon (Yala al Amar) is a new film by Suhel Nafar (of DAM) and Jacqueline Reem Salloum. It was selected for exhibition in the TIFF Kids International Film Festival (Toronto), London Palestine Film Festival and Boston Palestine Film Festival.

Peddling CDs on the streets of the West Bank, Aseel uses her imagination to magically remake the world around her.

Directed by

Suhel Nafar & Jacqueline Reem Salloum

Starring

Asil Kadura, Nizar Ablasee, Karim Nafar, Tamer Nafar, Hiba Natour, Ibrahim Sakallah, Nada Nafar

Camera

Sari Bisharat, Ayed Fadel, Suhel Nafar

Written by

Suhel Nafar, Jacqueline Reem Salloum, Tamer Nafar

Edited by

Jacqueline Reem Salloum and George Cox

Graphics and Animation

Suhel Nafar

Art Director and Stylist

Nada Nafar

Music

Bassam Beroumi, DAM, Rami Saleh, Nabil Nafar

Tags

• Jacqueline Reem Salloum
• Suhel Nafar
• Tamer Nafar
• DAM

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Comments

Stunning!

Permalink Nora Lester Murad (in Palestine) replied on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 13:51

This is absolutely fabulous. Thank you so very much for sharing it!

Yala al Amar

Permalink Grahame replied on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 21:16

beautiful movie. A child's view of the world is so much more positive than that of adults. But as a Palestinian adult you have suffered much at the hands of the Israeli suppressors. How much better the world would be if the children headed the governments. Palestinian children and Israeli children can play peacefully together as children. But then something happens in the growing up stage that creates the injustice between the two peoples of Semitic origin .

Short film "Yala to the Moon (Yala al Amar)"

Permalink Dorian Roffe-hammond replied on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 22:03

This is one of the more delightful and uplifting films I have seen in a while. Thank you for creating such a wonderful film so others may watch it and experience the joy of imagination.