A film funded by the Palestinian Authority won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
“Omar,” directed by Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, was filmed in the West Bank and presents Israel and its military in a negative light. It tells the story of three Palestinian childhood friends.
The Jury Prize is considered the third-most-prestigious award at the festival, which closed May 26.
Abu-Assad directed the 2005 film “Paradise Now,” which won a Golden Globe for best foreign film and was nominated for an Academy Award. — jta