Maria Zreik

Actress

December 29, 1991 (34 years)

Haifa, Palestine

Biography

Maria Zreik is a Palestinian actress. She made her debut in VILLA TOUMA, which earned her the Best Actress Award at the Reggio Calabria Film Festival, as well as putting her in the spotlight of Palestinian cinema. Since then, she has appeared in several feature films, TV series, ads, and theatre plays, including the lead role in AVE MARIA, which earned an Oscar nomination in 2016. In 2017, Maria was selected as part of Screen International's "Arab Stars of Tomorrow" in association with the Duba…

Filmography

7.4

The Spy

Saliha

In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.

7.9

All That's Left of You

Munira

In the Occupied West Bank in Palestine of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of ethnic cleansing, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.

9.0

Chronicles from the Siege

Huda

When their city is placed under siege, the lives of a group of ordinary people are turned upside down, forcing each of them to confront impossible choices in pursuit of what they believe is survival in a war zone.

4.9

Laila in Haifa

Laila

The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.

7.2

Wajib

Amal

After years abroad in Italy, Shadi returns to his native Nazareth. But this is no spectacular homecoming. He's back somewhat begrudgingly to honour his "wajib" (or duty) to hand out invitations to his sister's wedding with his father. The simmering tension between the two — who are often stuck in a car, more often than not in traffic — builds, exposing the sometimes-comic chasms that exist between men who live in different worlds but share an unshakable bond.

7.3

A Gaza Weekend

Nuhad

Israel is sealed off after the outbreak of a deadly virus and Gaza has become the safest place in the region, leaving a British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend trapped on the wrong side of the border. With no one else to turn to, they must entrust two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for much needed cash. What follows is a hilarious culture clash comedy-adventure as the couple desperately try everything to get back home.

5.7

The Translator

Hekma

A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad regime in 2011.

N/A

Coyotes

Lubna

A Palestinian surgeon drives home after a long night shift, but little does she know that a commute through a desolate West Bank road will change her forever.

5.0

Give Up the Ghost

Salam

Salam's dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband.

7.5

Between Worlds

Amal

Bina (46), religious woman from Jerusalem, arrives panic-stricken at the hospital after her son Oliel (25) was severely injured in a stabbing attack. This is the first time she sees him since he became secular and lost contact with the family. Her husband, Meir (50) comes later only after their daughter Ester’s (28) insistence. At the hospital, Bina meets Amal (24). While Meir searches for answers to revive Oliel, the two despondent women bond with one another. However, Amal hides a secret from Bina and Meir. While waiting for Oliel’s revival, they will learn about truth, faith, understanding, acceptance, and love that can and maybe should replace fear of the unknown.

N/A

Detained

Lora

A young Syrian refugee Lara, fights to maintain her innocence when she's detained by U.S. Homeland Security after her father is identified as the suicide bomber of a terrorist attack at an airport in London.

5.8

Ave Maria

Sr. Marie

The silent routine of 5 Nuns living in the West Bank wilderness is disturbed when an Israeli settler family breaks down right outside the convent just as the Sabbath comes into effect.

5.9

Villa Touma

Badia Touma

Three unmarried aristocratic Christian sisters from Ramallah have shut themselves in their villa clinging desperately to their former glory, until their orphan niece, Badia, walks into their life and turns their world upside down.

N/A

Zahra

Zahra, who is in the last trimester of pregnancy, works as a machinist in a vast clothing factory. Her wages are barely enough to live day to day; her husband went away looking for work and she has no idea where he is. When she is told that she must have her baby delivered by Caesarean, she has no idea how she will pay for it. Then a snippet of discussion on the radio suggests to her a desperate plan to save herself and her baby. An exceptionally well-made slice of social realism about a world where it’s every woman for herself.

5.0

In His Place

Mira

A complicated and nonliteral Jewish film about feelings the name for which has not yet been invented. A friend of the family in which the wife died in labour loved her more than life itself, although he will never say it out loud. He gladly agrees to babysit the child for a day and brings her home, where he is suddenly faced with resentment from his relatives. This multifigured film with beautiful unspoken truths talks about widowhood of other people and oneself, about others’ children who can be dearer than the yet unborn children of one’s own, and about love that does not follow the loved one into the grave.

N/A

Maryam

A hotshot reporter sees his morals take over after he meets a young, damaged prostitute shortly after World War II, changing his life forever.

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