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Ave Maria is a short film directed by Basil Khalil and written by him and Daniel Yáñez Khalil.

Ave Maria
Film poster
Directed by	Basil Khalil
Written by	Basil Khalil Daniel Yáñez Khalil
Produced by	Eric Dupont Eric Fantone
Starring	Maria Zreik Huda El-Imam Shady Srour Ruth Farhi Maya Koren
Cinematography	Eric Mizrahi
Edited by	Basil Khalil
Music by	Jamie Serafi
Production company	Incognito Films
Distributed by	Topic Studios (United States)
Release date	May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18) (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time	14 minutes
Countries	France, Germany, Palestine
Languages	Arabic English Hebrew
Box office	$559,502

A family of religious Israeli settlers has their car break down in a rural area of the West Bank and they must seek the help of five nuns to get back home.

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016.[1]

Cast

• Maria Zreik as Sr. Marie
• Huda Al Imam as Sr. Marie Angeline
• Shady Srour as Moshe
• Ruth Farhi as Esther
• Maya Koren as Rachel
• Sana Tanous as Sr. Marie Antoinette
• Maria De Pina as Sr. Marie Josephine
• Raneen Bisharat Iskandar as Sr. Marie of Christ Crucified

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Academy Awards[1]	February 28, 2016	Best Live Action Short Film	Ave Maria	Nominated

References

External links

• Official website
• Ave Maria at IMDb

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