Matty Healy made a surprise announcement during a tour stop in Sacramento, California — The 1975 is going on an “indefinite hiatus” after it wraps its current tour.
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Sharareh Drury How does one measure the worth of one’s life? Does one life have more value than another? These complicated questions are at the center of British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi’s feature debut, “The Teacher,” which premieres in TIFF’s Discovery section. The film follows Palestinian schoolteacher Basem (Saleh Bakri), who acts as a father figure to two of his students, Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri) and Adam (Muhammad Abed El Rahman), amidst turmoil in the West Bank.
Upon meeting British volunteer worker Lisa (Imogen Poots), Basem struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance and his emotional support for Yacoub and Adam with the chance of a new romantic relationship. The film is partially inspired by the story of Gilad Shalit, which Nabulsi describes was “shocking in the sense of the imbalance in value for human life.” Shalit was a former Israeli soldier held captive for over five years by Palestinian militants, and was released as part of a historic prisoner exchange deal for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.
Nabulsi also says events in the film were inspired by many conversations she has had with Palestinians “who experienced first-hand much of the things that take place in the film — home demolition, child prisoners, settler violence and vandalism.” Nabulsi, who was Oscar-nominated and won the BAFTA for her short “The Present,” opted to shoot in Palestine’s West Bank to ensure “authenticity” for the film as well as bring business to the film industry there. “Whenever I’ve watched a Palestinian film or a film set in Palestine that isn’t actually shot there, I personally noticed straight away because it just feels a little bit more suffocated, more strangled.
Matty Healy made a surprise announcement during a tour stop in Sacramento, California — The 1975 is going on an “indefinite hiatus” after it wraps its current tour.
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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Variety is debuting an exclusive clip from Farah Nabulsi’s thriller “The Teacher,” starring Imogen Poots (“The Father”) and Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit,” “Wajib”). The film will have its world premiere on Saturday at the Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery section.
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