FPS - Ajami - 18 June 09

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 won a special mention of the Camera d'Or (for best first feature) at the recent Cannes Film Festival, depicts it as a community of restless bedfellows: Palestinians working illegally, organized gangs, drug traders, Bedouin revenge squads, corrupt Jewish police, clandestine lovers and a Christian Arab godfather.
All are vividly played by a cast of non-professionals who are actual Ajami residents.

Ajami packs a fierce punch from the start opening on a mistaken revenge murder and the consequences.

Co-directors, producers and writers Scandor 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.