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Oscar-Nominated 'Ajami': Q&A

The Ajami neighbourhood of the city of Jaffa in Israel is a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians.

The film Ajami, which has been nominated for this year's 82nd Academy Awards and also won a special mention of the Camera d'Or at the recent Cannes Film Festival, depicts it as a community of restless bedfellows: Palestinians working illegally, organised gangs, drug traders, Bedouin revenge squads, corrupt Jewish police, clandestine lovers and a Christian Arab godfather.

Co-directors, producers and writers Scandar Copti, a Palestinian resident of Ajami, and Yaron Shani, an Israeli Jew, join Amanda Palmer and the FPS audience for a Q&A session about this unique new film.

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19/09/2009 18:49:37

Ajami Q&A and the trailer makes me judgemental that the movie is really fantastic. Id like to congratulate the maker and more movies like this. May i know how and where i could see this film? thanks and more power

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