Oscar Hopeful Ameer Fakher Eldin Reteams With Red Balloon, Fresco Films for Next Film (Exclusive)

Germany’s Red Balloon Film and Palestine’s Fresco Films have boarded director Ameer Fakher Eldin’s second film “Nothing of Nothing Remains.” The film is part of a trilogy building on his first film, “The Stranger” (pictured), which premiered in Venice and represents Palestine at the Oscars in the International Feature Film category.“Nothing of Nothing Remains” has received development and script funding from German regional funder Moin Film Fund in Hamburg.

Fresco and Red Balloon are now moving into the financing phase for the film.“It’s part of a trilogy,” Eldin tells Variety, speaking from Berlin.

“The first film, ‘The Stranger,’ is about a stranger amongst his own people.

The second one is about a stranger amongst strangers.

I do not want to give too much away but it’s a story set in Germany.

The third one will be set in France.

All three films are about the theme of home.

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