Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Elia Suleiman, It Must Be Heaven (still), 2019. Video, 97 min

Overview

It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Director: Elia Suleiman
Canada, France, Germany, Palestine, Qatar, Turkey
Comedy | 97 min
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew and Spanish with Arabic and English subtitles

With his signature style and distinct perspective, auteur filmmaker Elia Suleiman immerses audiences in absurd vignettes about his travels. He makes connections and explores similarities between his home in Palestine and his new surroundings in New York and Paris.

This film received the 2019 Cannes Film Festival’s FIPRESCI Critic’s Prize as well as a Special Mention.

This film screening is free and open to the public.

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