2020

Mayor

ABOUT

MAYOR is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city’s Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine.

Program Feature
Runtime 1:29
Country Palestine  |  United Kingdom  |  United States

DAVID OSIT is an Emmy Award-winning director, editor and composer. He is the director of MAYOR, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Full Frame Film Festival and the NEXT:WAVE Award at CPH:Dox and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. David is one of the directors of the feature documentary THANK YOU FOR PLAYING, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, broadcast on POV in 2016, and was nominated for three Emmy awards, winning for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary. He also edited and produced OFF FRAME, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Berlinale in 2016. He was also an editor for the documentary miniseries THE VOW, which premiered on HBO. His first film, BUILDING BABEL, premiered at True/False in 2012. David is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and the Sundance Nonfiction Director'sLab.

CREDITS

Director
David Osit
Producer
David Osit
Editor
David Osit
Eric Daniel Metzgar
Editor
Eric Daniel Metzgar
David Osit

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