Writers: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shan
Editor: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shan
Producer: Ryan Eslinger, Gary Lamadore, David Williams
Co-Producer: Talia Kleinhendler
Executive Producer: Rupert Preston, Allan Niblo, James Richardson
Director of Photography: Boaz Yehonatan Yakov
Art Director: Yoav Sinai
Cast: Shahir Kabaha, Ibrahim Frege, Fouad Habash, Youssef Sahwani, Ranin Karim, Eran Naim

A powerful crime drama set on the mean streets of Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood — a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians — and jointly directed by an Israeli, Yaron Shani, and a Palestinian, Scandar Copti. Back and forth in time, and through the eyes of various characters — a young Israeli fighting a criminal vendetta against his family, a Palestinian refugee working illegally to finance a life-saving surgery, a Jewish police detective obsessed with finding his missing brother, and an affluent Palestinian dreaming of a future with his Jewish girlfriend — we witness a dramatic collision of different worlds and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors.  A Kino International presentation.

During the summer between Ryan's sophomore and junior years in college, he shot his first feature film, MADNESS AND GENIUS. It premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival and received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at the 2003 Hamptons International Film Festival.