---
title: 'Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sameh Zoabi'
released: '2018-09-02'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Israel'
  - 'France'
  - 'Luxembourg'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tel-aviv-on-fire-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5791098/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)

2018 · 100 min · Comedy, Romance · Israel, France, Luxembourg, Belgium

Original title: תל אביב בוערת

## Synopsis

Tel Aviv on Fire is a 2018 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Sameh Zoabi and co-written by Zoabi and Dan Kleinman. The film premiered internationally at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti section, where Kais Nashef won the Best Actor award. The Israeli premiere was at the Haifa International Film Festival, where the film won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards. It was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sameh Zoabi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sameh-zoabi)
- **Screenplay:** [Sameh Zoabi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sameh-zoabi), [Dan Kleinman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-kleinman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [André Dziezuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-dziezuk)
- **Producer:** [Patrick Quinet](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-quinet), [Bernard Michaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-michaux), [Amir Harel](https://cinepixo.com/people/amir-harel), [Jani Thiltges](https://cinepixo.com/people/jani-thiltges), [Miléna Poylo](https://cinepixo.com/people/milena-poylo), [Gilles Sacuto](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-sacuto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Laurent Brunet](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-brunet)
- **Editor:** [Catherine Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-schwartz)

## Cast

- [Yousef Sweid](https://cinepixo.com/people/yousef-sweid)
- [Amer Hlehel](https://cinepixo.com/people/amer-hlehel)
- [Nadim Sawalha](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadim-sawalha)
- [Maisa Abd Elhadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maisa-abd-elhadi)
- [Kais Nashef](https://cinepixo.com/people/kais-nashef)
- [Lubna Azabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubna-azabal)

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