It Must Be Heaven

This screening took place on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 6:00 pmYukon Theatre

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

Elia Suleiman escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York. IT MUST BE HEAVEN follows Elia as he wryly observes the absurdity of militarism, capitalism, and occupation in cities from Palestine to Europe to the USA. 

Suleiman makes films in the vein of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, creating images that are as wry and comedic as they are crucial and necessary.

 

In Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Hebrew with English subtitles.