His deceptively simple style has attracted audiences worldwide and won him recognition at major international film festivals. Both viewers who are more familiar with the sociopolitical Palestinian context of the films and those who are not have indulged in the pleasure of uncovering a multitude of layers, references, and allusions. Critics have likened Suleiman’s film style to those of Jacques Tati, Buster Keaton, and Jim Jarmusch. However, Suleiman has expressed in a number of interviews that his influences came from elsewhere—from Asia, particularly the films of Yasujiro Ozu and Hou Hsiao-Hsien.1