Junction 48

{{short description|2016 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Junction 48 | image = Junction 48.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Udi Aloni | producer = Udi Aloni Stefan Arndt Lawrence Inglee David Silber Yasmin Zaher | writer = Oren Moverman Tamer Nafar | starring = Tamer Nafar Samar Qupty | cinematography = Amnon Zlayet | editing = Jay Rabinowitz | music = Tamer Nafar Itamar Ziegler | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2016|2|13|Berlin|2016|5|5|Israel|df=yes}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = Israel | language = Arabic Hebrew | budget = }}

'''''Junction 48''''' is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Udi Aloni, co-written by Oren Moverman and the film's star Tamer Nafar.<ref name="Berlin">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=201610790#tab=filmStills |title=Junction 48 |access-date=16 February 2016|work=Berlinale}}</ref> It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.<ref name="Panorama1">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_29908.html |title=Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme |access-date=20 December 2015 |work=Berlinale}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli Winner at Berlin Film Festival Calls Israeli Government 'Fascist' at Movie Screening|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/1.704415|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220182102/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/1.704415|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2016|access-date=22 February 2016|work=Haaretz|issue=20 February 2016}}</ref> It received the Best International Narrative Feature award at the 2016 Tribeca Festival.

==Plot== Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the ''Balkan Beat Box'').

==Cast== * Tamer Nafar as Kareem * Samar Qupty as Manar * Salwa Nakkara as Kareem's mother * Saeed Dassuki as Talal * Adeeb Safadi as Yousef * Tarik Kopty as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father * Sameh Zakout as Amir * Ayed Fadel as Hussam * Hisham Suliman as Shaikh * Mariam Abu Khaled as Mariam

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|5140182|Junction 48}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Junction 48}} Category:2016 films Category:2016 drama films Category:Israeli drama films Category:Films with screenplays by Oren Moverman Category:2016 Arabic-language films Category:2016 Hebrew-language films Category:2016 multilingual films Category:Israeli multilingual films Category:Films produced by Stefan Arndt Category:Arabic-language Israeli films Category:Arabic-language drama films Category:Hebrew-language drama films