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1997 French film

A Plate of Sardines طبق السردين أو المرّة الأولى التي سمعت فيها بإسرائيل
Directed by	Omar Amiralay
Produced by	ARTE France - Grains de Sable
Narrated by	Omar Amiralay
Cinematography	Etienne De Grammont
Edited by	Domminique Pâris
Distributed by	Grains de Sable
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	17 minutes
Country	France
Languages	Arabic, French and English subtitles

A Plate of Sardines (Arabic: طبق السردين) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay. In it, Amiralay tells the story of how he first heard of Israel. In the documentary, he controversially criticized the Israeli and Syrian governments, the latter of which banned the film.

References

"Cinéma du réel - A Dish of Sardines (Tabaq al Sardine)". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
Van de Peer, Stefanie, 'Hala Alabdallah Yakoub: Documentary as Poetic Subjective Experience in Syria', Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary (Edinburgh, 2017; online edn, Edinburgh Scholarship Online, 18 Jan. 2018), https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748696062.003.0008, accessed 24 June 2024.

v t e Films directed by Omar Amiralay
Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam (1970) Everyday Life in a Syrian Village (1974) The Chickens (1977) On a Revolution (1978) The Misfortunes of Some... (1981) A Scent of Paradise (1982) Love Aborted (1983) Video on Sand (1984) The Intimate Enemy (1986) The Lady of Shibam (1988) East of Eden (1988) For the Attention of Madame the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1990) Light and Shadows (1994) The Master (1995) On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat... (1996) There Are So Many Things Still to Say (1997) A Plate of Sardines (1997) The Man with the Golden Soles (1999) A Flood in Baath Country (2003)

Films directed by Omar Amiralay

Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam (1970)
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village (1974)
The Chickens (1977)
On a Revolution (1978)
The Misfortunes of Some... (1981)
A Scent of Paradise (1982)
Love Aborted (1983)
Video on Sand (1984)
The Intimate Enemy (1986)
The Lady of Shibam (1988)
East of Eden (1988)
For the Attention of Madame the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1990)
Light and Shadows (1994)
The Master (1995)
On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat... (1996)
There Are So Many Things Still to Say (1997)
A Plate of Sardines (1997)
The Man with the Golden Soles (1999)
A Flood in Baath Country (2003)

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