Director
Amber Fares
Executive Producers
Ina Fichman, Libby Lenkinski, Alison Klayman
Producers
Amber Fares, Rachel Leah Jones, Valérie Montmartin
Editor
Rabab Hajyahya
Consulting Editor
Co-Editor
Assistant Editor
Cinematographers
Amber Fares, Philippe Bellaïche, Amit Chachamov
Additional Cinematography
Music
Sound
Rachel Leah Jones, Ibrahim Zaher, Sharon Louzon
Narration
Contact
Autlook Filmsales GmbH print@autlookfilms.com
Shot over five tumultuous years, COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! follows Israeli activist-comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she creates a comedy show of the same name. Noam’s personal, professional, and political journey is traced alongside the region’s steady deterioration.
Raised in a bilingual Israeli-Palestinian village — the only intentionally integrated community in the country — Noam grows disillusioned with traditional peace activism and pivots to stand-up comedy, quickly gaining attention across the Middle East. But as her star rises, everything around her begins to fall apart. With biting satire, Noam challenges her audiences to confront difficult truths that may not always be funny but remind us that another reality is possible.
Award-winning filmmaker Amber Fares directed Speed Sisters, Reckoning With Laughter, and We Are Ayenda, which won the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity Grand Prix for Entertainment. She co-directed Convergence: Courage Under Crisis. Fares is a Canadian of Lebanese origin based in New York.