βHappy Holidaysβ Review: A Dynamic Palestinian Family Drama Chronicles Arab and Jewish Lives in Israel
From Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti, the Israel-set βHappy Holidaysβ is a piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimensions surrounding gender and ethnicity. Like his Oscar-nominated crime drama βAjamiβ (which he co-directed with Yaron Shani), Coptiβs second feature follows an ensemble of characters β Arab and Jewish alike [β¦]