Junction 48
International Premiere

Junction 48

International Narrative Competition
| USA, Germany, Israel | 97 MINUTES | Arabic, Hebrew | English subtitles
Drama, Music

“My songs aren’t political, they just describe the place I come from.” Aspiring rapper Kareem (Tamer Nafar), the central character in Udi Aloni’s Junction 48, infuses his every action with music: from meeting friends and family dinners to video chats with his girlfriend Manar (Samar Qupty). After a car wreck kills his father and critically injures his mother, music is the thing to which he clings. But as his hip-hop ensemble begins to rise in the ranks of acclaim, we begin to question whether his lyrics can really be divorced from his politics. The title of the film refers to the 1948 Palestine War, the aftermath of which still looms large over successive generations. The film has its share of sudden and senseless violence, deploying the single crack of a pistol to explore the intersection of personal and political tragedy.



—Frederic Boyer


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Udi Aloni

Udi Aloni is an award-winning Israeli filmmaker, author, artist, and playwright. His films include Local Angel (2002), Forgiveness (2006) and Art/Violence (2013). Recent projects include the play Anti-Oedipus produced by the Schiller Festival and What Does a Jew Want? On Binationalism and Other Specters (Columbia University Press, 2011).

Director
Udi Aloni
Screenwriter
Oren Moverman, Tamer Nafar
Producer
David Silber, Stefan Arendt, Lawrence Inglee, Udi Aloni
Editor
Isaac Sehayek, Jay Rabinowitz ACE
Cinematographer
Amnon Zalait
Executive Producer
Oren Moverman, James Schamus
Composer
Tamer Nafar, Itamar Ziegler
Cast
Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara, Ayed Fadel, Sameh "SAZ" Zakout, Saeed Dassuki

Contacts
Print Source
David Silber
Metro Communications
Tel Aviv, 63325
Phone: +972 3517 7101
metro@metrocom.co.il
US Sales Contact
Lawrence Inglee
Blackbird
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 646 448 9086
gemma@thisblackbird.com
International Sales Contact
Michael Weber
The Match Factory
Cologne, 50668
Phone: 221 539 7090
info@matchfactory.de
Press Contact
Scott Feinstein
42West
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212 277 7555
BadShabbos@42west.net
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