In Between

In Between is a 2016 Palestinian-Israeli-French film directed by Maysaloun Hamoud, about three women of Palestinian heritage sharing a flat in Tel Aviv. Plot The film depicts three young Israeli-Arab women living in liberal Tel Aviv, their struggles with the rule-bound Arab world and the inequality of Israeli society and their desire to free themselves. Cast Mouna Hawa as Layla (or Leila), a criminal defence lawyer originally from Nazareth, whose family is secular Muslim Shaden Kanboura as Nour, a religious Muslim woman studying computer science at Tel Aviv University Sana Jammelieh as Salma, a lesbian DJ from a Christian family Mahmud Shalaby as Ziad, Leila's long-term boyfriend Henry Andrawes as Wissam, Nour's very religious fiance Production Producer Shlomi Elkabetz and writer-director Maysaloun Hamoud brought the project to Jerusalem's "Pitch Point" in 2015, where it won two prizes: the Turkish YAPIMLAB Award and the IFP Award. The film was funded by Israel Film Fund.