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Amber Fares
US FR 2025 95'
⚬ Current Affairs & Politics
COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! follows Israeli activist-comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she creates a comedy show by the same name. Shot over five tumultuous years, the film traces Noam’s personal, professional and political journey in tandem with the region’s steady deterioration. Raised in a bilingual Israeli-Palestinian village — the only intentionally integrated community in the country — Noam grows disillusioned with traditional peace activism. She pivots to stand-up and quickly attracts attention across the Middle East. But as her star rises, everything around her falls apart. With biting satire, Noam pushes her audiences to face difficult truths that aren't always funny but do remind us that another reality is possible.
"Urgent, eye-opening and enormously compassionate… Rarely has comedy felt this serious and urgent” - Variety
"Sharp-witted, sympathetic, and illuminating… Successfully runs the gamut from hilarity to heartbreak" - Screen Daily
"Essential… Just what the doctor ordered" - POV Magazine
Director | Amber Fares |
Producers | Amber Fares, Rachel Leah Jones, Valérie Montmartin |
Executive Producers | Ina Fichman, Libby Lenkinski, Alison Klayman |
Production Company | My Teez Productions, Home Made Dos, Little Big Story |
Cinematography | Amber Fares, Philippe Bellaïche, Amit Chachamov |
Editor | Rabab Hajyahya |
Sound | Rachel Leah Jones, Ibrahim Zaher, Sharon Louzon |
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression | Sundance 2025 |
International Competition Golden Alexander | Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025 |
Human Rights in Motion Award | Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025 |
Sundance 2025 |
Thessaloniki Doc Fest 2025 |
CPH:DOX 2025 |
| Runtime | 95' |
| Spoken Languages | English, Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi |
| Production Countries | USA, France |
Award-winning filmmaker Amber Fares directed Speed Sisters, Reckoning With Laughter, and We Are Ayenda, which won the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity Grand Prix for Entertainment. She co-directed Convergence: Courage Under Crisis. Fares is a Canadian of Lebanese origin based in New York.
