Nation Estate

Nation Estate

Larissa Sansour

DK / PS
2012
Short film
9’
Panorama

Nation Estate is a sci-fi short offering a clinically dystopian yet humorous approach to the Middle East deadlock. The film explores a vertical solution to the question of Palestinian statehood, namely: one colossal skyscraper housing the entire Palestinian population – now finally living the high life.


Awards for ›Nation Estate‹
Critics’ Award, Rencontres Internationales des Cinémas Arabes, Marseille, 2013 | Publikumspreis, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2013

Director

Larissa Sansour

Script

Søren Lind

Cinematography

Jesper Tøffner

Editing

William Dybeck Sorensen

Sound

Roar Skau Olsen

Music

Aida Nadeem

Cast

Larissa, Laila & Maxim Sansour

Production

William Dybeck Sorensen

Larissa Sansour

Born in Jerusalem, Sansour studied art in Copenhagen, London and New York. Her work has been shown in galleries, museums, art books and film festivals.


Films by Larissa Sansour
Nation Estate 2012 | Feast of the Inhabitants 2012 | Trespass the Salt 2012 | Falafel Road 2011 | A Space Exodus 2009 | SBARA 2008 | Run Lara Run 2008 | Soup over Bethlehem 2007 | Happy Days 2006 | Bethlehem Bandolero 2005