Norman Issa

In the early '90s, a Palestinian boy finds himself struggling with issues of language, culture, and identity when he is accepted into a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem.

Filmed in one sequence shot by acclaimed director Amos Gitai, “Ana Arabia” follows a young journalist who visits a small community of outcasts, Jews and Arabs, that live together in a forgotten enclave at the border between Jaffa and Bat Yam. In dilapidated shacks and an orchard filled with lemon trees, she discovers a range of characters far removed from the usual clichés offered by the region.