Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. One day, Mustafa gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been injured in an accident. Rushing to cross the Israeli checkpoint, he is denied on a technicality. But a father’s love won’t give up and he will do anything to reach his son. A 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as Mustafa, left with no choice, attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the wall.
Festivals and Awards
BFI London International Film Festival, UK, 2020
Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2020
El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt, 2020
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, 2020
About the filmmaker
Ameen Nayfeh (born in Palestine, 1988) spent his formative years moving between Jordan and Palestine. Despite an early interest in filmmaking, in 2010 he earned his B.Sc. in Nursing from Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. Two years later, he earned an MFA in film producing from the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan. Nayfeh's previous films include The Crossing (2017, short), Suspended Time / Zaman Muaalaq (2014, documentary segment), The Eid Gift (2012, documentary), and The Uppercut (2012, documentary). 200 Meters is his first feature film.
- Year2020
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageArabic, Hebrew, English
- CountryPalestine, Jordan, Qatar
- PremiereMinnesota
- DirectorAmeen Nayfeh
- ScreenwriterAmeen Nayfeh
- ProducerMay Odeh
- CastAli Suliman, Lana Zreik, Samia Bakri, Tawfeeq Nayfeh, Maryam Nayfeh
- CinematographerElin Kirschfink
- EditorKamal El Mallakh
Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. One day, Mustafa gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been injured in an accident. Rushing to cross the Israeli checkpoint, he is denied on a technicality. But a father’s love won’t give up and he will do anything to reach his son. A 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as Mustafa, left with no choice, attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the wall.
Festivals and Awards
BFI London International Film Festival, UK, 2020
Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2020
El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt, 2020
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, 2020
About the filmmaker
Ameen Nayfeh (born in Palestine, 1988) spent his formative years moving between Jordan and Palestine. Despite an early interest in filmmaking, in 2010 he earned his B.Sc. in Nursing from Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. Two years later, he earned an MFA in film producing from the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan. Nayfeh's previous films include The Crossing (2017, short), Suspended Time / Zaman Muaalaq (2014, documentary segment), The Eid Gift (2012, documentary), and The Uppercut (2012, documentary). 200 Meters is his first feature film.
- Year2020
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageArabic, Hebrew, English
- CountryPalestine, Jordan, Qatar
- PremiereMinnesota
- DirectorAmeen Nayfeh
- ScreenwriterAmeen Nayfeh
- ProducerMay Odeh
- CastAli Suliman, Lana Zreik, Samia Bakri, Tawfeeq Nayfeh, Maryam Nayfeh
- CinematographerElin Kirschfink
- EditorKamal El Mallakh