Coexistence, My Ass!

27th TIDF: International Premiere

Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi creates a personal and political one-woman show about the struggle for equality in Israel/Palestine. When the elusive coexistence she’s spent her life working toward starts sounding like a bad joke, she challenges her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter. With a narrative backbone of Noam Shuster Eliassi’s brilliant stand-up set developed at Harvard University and filmed before a live audience, the film documents not only the shifting perspective of Eliassi – a UN diplomat turned comedian – but also the unfolding realities in the region and the resulting seismically dynamic discourse surrounding it. Audiences will come away with a laugh, a tear, and an openness that feels all together like both a salve and a kick in the ass.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Amber Fares

Script: Rachel Leah Jones, Rabab Haj Yahya

Cinematography: Philippe Bellaïche, Amber Fares, Amit Chachamov

Editing: Rabab Haj Yahya

Sound: Rachel Leah Jones, Ibrahim Zaher, Sharon Louzon

Music: William Ryan Fritch

Production: My Teez Production, Home Made Docs, Little Big Story & Intuitive Pictures

Producers: Amber Fares, Rachel Leah Jones

Co-producers: Valérie Montmartin

Executive producer: Jenifer Westphal, Joe Plummer, Ina Fichman, Libby Lenkinski, Alison Klayman