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Mustafa Abu Ali, (born in 1940 in Maliha, Palestine — died 30 July 2009 in Jerusalem, Palestine) was a Palestinian filmmaker.
Ali studied cinema in London, graduating in 1967. One of the founders of Palestinian cinema under the auspices of the PLO, and the Palestinian Cinema Association in Beirut in 1973, (re-established in Ramallah in 2004), he has written four screenplays and directed more than 30 films, for which he has won more than 14 awards, the most recent from the 2003 Ismailia Film Festival.
Notable films
External links
- Mustafa Abu Ali at "Dreams of a Nation", Columbia University
- Khaled Elayya: A Brief History of Palestinian Cinema, This week in Palestine
- Annemarie Jacir: Coming Home: Palestinian Cinema, 27 February 2007, The Electronic Intifada
Cinema of Palestine Categories:- Palestinian film directors
- 1940 births
- 2009 deaths
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