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Film Movement Takes North America For Palestinian Director Scandar Copti’s ‘Happy Holidays’

EXCLUSIVE: Film Movement have acquired North American rights for Oscar-nominated Palestinian director Scandar Copti ’s timely movie Happy Holidays, which has been enjoying a prize-winning run on the festival circuit following its Venice debut last year. Contemporary Haifa-set drama Happy Holidays is sparked by minor car accident that sets off a chain of events, unravelling lies and unspoken truths that sow division within a multifaceted patriarchal society. Back in Haifa, Fifi’s older brother Rami panics as he faces his own personal crisis – Shirley, his Jewish girlfriend, reveals she is pregnant and plans to carry the baby to term.

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