Notable Directors Notable Films Notes Morey Rosenberg The First Film of Palestine (1911) First film made in Palestine, but was not by a Palestinian. Mustafa Abu ‘Ali No Peaceful Solution! (1968) Michel Khleifi Wedding in Galilee (1987) First feature-length fiction film that was filmed in historic Palestine. Elia Suleiman Divine Intervention (2002) Hany Abu-Assad Paradise Now (2005) First film to be nominated for an Academy Award.