Author: Raphael Sbarge

Inside the Arthouse: The Teacher

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The Teacher

After receiving an Oscar nomination for her short film, THE PRESENT, Palestinian British filmmaker Farah Nabulsi set out to take audiences on an intense, emotional journey into the Israeli occupied West Bank. Based on real life experiences of relatives, the story lifts the curtain on the hardships and difficult choices Palestinians have to make. 

Starring the renowned Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri in a moving performance, the film follows the character of Basem, a teacher with a buried personal tragedy. Throwing himself into his work, he forms a deep bond with his student, Adam.

Shot entirely in Palestine, told with humanity and empathy, Nabulsi brings these threads together, leaving us with a sense of compassion and hope for a future, even as the present reality seems to offer none.

THE TEACHER premiered at The Toronto Film Festival, received Best International Feature Award at Galway, Audience award at San Francisco International Film Festival, among many others; the film has received over a dozen awards!

Join us and our conversation with filmmaker Farah Nabulsi on her journey to make 

THE TEACHER  on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, starting now.  

Inside the Arthouse: Gaucho Gaucho

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Gaucho Gaucho

The filmmaking duo of Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw have taken us from the Long Island stock car racetrack featured in THE LAST RACE, to the oak forests of the Piedmont region of Italy in the Oscar-nominated THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS.

Their continuing exploration of tight knit subcultures fighting to maintain their place in a rapidly changing world turns next to the plains of Argentina and the community of gauchos who maintain a strong connection to their traditional ways, along with a profound relationship with their environment.

Their latest film, GAUCHO GAUCHO, merges the authenticity and immediacy of verité filmmaking with an operatic flair that results in a cinematic language that defies comparison. 

Join us Raphael Sbarge and Greg Laemmle as they sit down with Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw on the latest episode of Inside the Arthouse.