The Band's Visit

The Band's Visit
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEran Kolirin
Written byEran Kolirin
Produced byEhud Bleiberg
Koby Gal-Raday
Guy Jacoel
Eylon Ratzkovsky
Yossi Uzrad
Starring
CinematographyShai Goldman
Edited byArik Leibovitch
Music byHabib Shehadeh Hanna
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 19 May 2007 (2007-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 13 September 2007 (2007-09-13)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesIsrael
France
United States
LanguagesArabic
English
Hebrew
Box office$14.6 million[1]

The Band's Visit (Hebrew: ביקור התזמורת, romanizedBikur Ha-Tizmoret) is a 2007 comedy-drama film written and directed by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel. It is an international co-production between Israel, France and the United States.

The film received acclaim from critics and audiences. It won eight Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy.[2] It was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue.[3] Thus, Israel sent Beaufort instead, which was eventually included in the five final nominees.[4]

  1. ^ "The Band's Visit". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ Yudilovitch, Merav (28 October 2007). "'The Band's Visit' wins Tokyo festival". Ynetnews. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Israeli film wins country's first two European Academy Awards". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Birenberg, Yoav (21 September 2007). "The Band Visit's victory". Ynetnews.

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