Paradise

Paradise

2021 · 32 min

Ali, a young Palestinian, comes to Israel for a home visit after a long absence. Following a cold welcome, he decides to seek peace for a few days in the desert of Sinai, Egypt, before he will have to deal with the harsh return to the place he has left behind. After telling one little lie on the way, Ali finds himself embroiled in an unexpected identity crisis on the beautiful beaches of Sinai.

Directed by Asaf Saban · Written by Nayef Hammoud

Your Rating

Make it a double feature

1h 52m together

Paradise

Outdoors

Both from Asaf Saban.

More from Asaf SabanSee all →

Ambiguity

Ambiguity · 2026

A group of ultra-Orthodox men and women secretly live double lives, hiding their secular identities from their families and community. As their worlds begin to collide, the cost of deception rises-threatening their faith, their relationships, and a forbidden love between two new members.

Outdoors

Outdoors · 2018

Gili and Yaara decide to leave the city and have a fresh start, building a house in the countryside of the Galilee. But while their dream house is being built, the foundations of their relationship slowly collapse.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Teddy Bears' Picnic · 2001

Teddy Bears' Picnic

In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual communal vacation of a group of rich, white U.S. government and business leaders who drink and carouse to excess while plotting their next move on the global stage. His goal? To sell the embarrassing and incriminating footage to the media and expose the "leaders" for what they really are.

On Leave

On Leave · 2009

Yotam came back from the army. He met his dad. He met his mom. He took his girlfriend for a ride. Yotam came back home, but something went wrong on the way. Gripping drama where silence shouts louder than words.

Delegation

Delegation · 2023

Three young Israeli students take a school trip to Poland to visit the sites where the Nazis carried out the extermination of European Jews during World War II.

Blessed Is the Man

Blessed Is the Man · 2018

Blessed Is the Man

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter