Tel Aviv on Fire is an amusing satire of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict that follows good-for-nothing Palestinian Salam (Kais Nashef) who gets a job on a soap opera through his uncle, and before he knows it is one of the writers. The show is a favourite of both Palestinian and Israelis, establishing something in common between the opposing factions. Clueless about how to write, Salam turns to those around him for material, and when he is questioned by an Israeli officer at the Ramallah checkpoint who turns out to have an interest in the show, he is suddenly pressured to work his ideas into the scripts.
This was our third film of the day, and a late one, and I admit to nodding off at times during the film, so I admit to missing parts of the plot, but it's an entertaining and funny window into a place where conflict and pain are the norm.
TIFF 2018 Overview
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