MAYOR
GERMAN PREMIERE
| 89 min. |USA/UK 2020
Language: Arabic/ English (Original) Subtitles: English
‘Mayor’ Review: The Best New Film About Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is a Dark Comedy About Ramallah’s Mayor “David Osit's documentary blends black comedy and unnerving suspense for a fascinating look at life under occupation. In “Mayor,” a thrilling and perceptive new documentary from director David Osit, the normalcy of everyday life faces the constant threat of disruption. That’s the conundrum facing Musa Hadid, the overworked protagonist at the center of an operatic vérité drama that often dips into bureaucratic black comedy and unnerving suspense, as Hadid’s exasperated attempts to keep the peace dissolve into a constant swirl of frustration.” Quotation from Eric Kohn, IndieWire 06.03.2020
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: David Osit Producers: Maxyne Franklin, Teddy Leifer Editor: David Osit, Eric Daniel Metzgar
Awards: NEXT:WAVE Prize, CPH:DOX 2020; Grand Jury Prize, Full Frame, Durham 2020 Festivals: True / False Film Festival 2020; San Francisco International Film Festival 2020; Hot Docs 2020; Maryland Film Festival 2020; Nantucket FF 2020, Woods Hole Film Festival, New Zealand Film Festival 2020
OFF FRAME (2016) THANK YOU FOR PLAYING (Co-Regie, 2015) BUILDING BABEL (2012)
David Osit, born in 1987, is a director, editor, and composer. His films have been screened at major film festivals and received three nominations for the Emmy Award. He won the prize for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary. He also edited and produced OFF FRAME AKA REVOLUTION UNTIL VICTORY, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlinale in 2016. David is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and the Sundance Nonfiction Director’s Lab.
