“THE BEST NEW FILM ABOUT THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT is a dark comedy about Ramallah’s Mayor... offers a striking new perspective on that struggle, with a personal on-the-ground quality matched by grand tonal ambitions that makes it the best of its subgenre."  CRITICS PICK. Indiewire

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EXTRAORDINARY. Infuriating and heartbreaking. [Mayor is] about the power of storytelling, for better or worse. Washington Post

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“IMPRESSIVE. ENGROSSING. MAYOR is a study in politics both micro and macro, showing what happens when the two come fatefully crashing together.” Hollywood Reporter

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“ASTONISHING. Gripping and surprisingly witty... Osit brings a respectful approach that admirably never registers as observations of a patronizing Westerner. Variety

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"RIVETING. David Osit’s sensitive documentary is a captivating, enlightening, and ultimately terrifying look at how to survive day by day when the fight for liberation can seem everlasting." FilmStage

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"OSIT ELEGANTLY ASSEMBLES A PORTRAIT of leadership—confident, caring and above all committed to the people—that feels genuinely alien to the American experience today." Paste

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"ASTUTELY POTENT and structurally dynamic. Elucidates the geopolitics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with humanistic immediacy." RogerEbert.com

 

"MAYOR IS AN ASTOUNDING AND ENTHRALLING film... filled with a delicate blend of dark humour and unflinching honesty." Cinema Axis

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"THOUGHTFUL AND GRIPPING... There are whiffs of Veep-like humor throughout MAYOR… but it’s also a sincere tale of a public servant who’s seeking to lead in a world that’s stacked against him. VOX

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"Osit is not out to tear down the Israeli state; he is here to make an observational documentary that humanizes a population all too often dehumanized." Hammer to Nail

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SUBTLY ELECTRIFYING... DEEPLY AFFECTING. A movie full of vitalising, delicate observations." Sight & Sound

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"If you live in America, you probably haven't seen Palestine quite like this before." CINEMA76

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"BRILLIANT. Like a lost season of "Veep"... amuses and devastates in equal measure.” Movable Fest

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"Offers more absurd moments than Samuel Beckett could have ever worked up." Universal Cinema

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"MAYOR IS ESSENTIAL VIEWING about the lines between small and grand acts of resistance."  Seventh Row

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