Biography
Tawfik Abu Wael (b. 1976, Um El-Fahem) studied direction at university in Tel Aviv. In 1996-98 he worked in the university archive, and from 1997 to 1999 he taught drama at the Hassan Arafe school in Jaffa. He has made the short films Bread, Hashish and the Moon (1997), I Leave, You Stay (1998), Intellectual in Garbage (1999), Characters (1988) and Diary of a Male Whore (1999). In 2001 he made the hour-long documentary Waiting for Salleh El-din, which attracted attention at the festival in Tel Aviv and at international festivals in Munich, Montecatini and Paris. His latest film, Thirst, was shown in international Critic's Week at the Cannes IFF, where it won FIPRESCI Award.
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Director
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2014 |
Love Letters to Cinema |
2011 |
Last Days in Jerusalem |
2004 |
Thirst |
2001 |
Waiting for Salah al-Din |
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2021 |
Unknowns |
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2019 |
Our Boys |
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Chapter 10: A Shaft Into a Dark Tunnel (E10) |
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Chapter 9: The Perfumer and the Tanner (E09) |
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Chapter 8: Defendants 2 and 3 (E08) |
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more episodes (6) |
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2001 |
Diary of a Male Whore |
Screenwriter
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2014 |
Love Letters to Cinema |
2011 |
Last Days in Jerusalem |
2001 |
Waiting for Salah al-Din |
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2019 |
Our Boys |
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Chapter 6: Acceptance of Silence (E06) |
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Chapter 5: Shabbat Shalom (E05) |
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Chapter 4: The Dawn Martyr (E04) |
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more episodes (3) |
Creator
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2021 |
Unknowns |
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2019 |
Our Boys |
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Chapter 10: A Shaft Into a Dark Tunnel (E10) |
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Chapter 9: The Perfumer and the Tanner (E09) |
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Chapter 8: Defendants 2 and 3 (E08) |
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more episodes (7) |
Producer
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2001 |
Waiting for Salah al-Din |
Sound designer
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2001 |
Waiting for Salah al-Din |