“The Stranger,” a first feature by writer/director Ameer Fakher Eldin about a doctor going through an existential crisis in the occupied Golan Heights, has been selected as Palestine’s official entry in the International Feature Film category at the upcoming Academy Awards.Italy’s Intramovies has announced taking world rights to the pic shot on location which recently launched from the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days section where it won the Edipo Re Award.“The Stranger” stars Palestine’s Ashraf Barhoum playing an unlicensed doctor whose life takes an unlucky turn when he rescues a wounded man upon his return from the war in Syria.Producers are Palestine’s Fresco Films (Tony and Jiries Copti) and Germany’s Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Beinemeier).
The film is co-produced by Metafora Production (Qatar) and executive producers are Gwen G.
Wynne and Carol Ann Shine.“We’ve been impressed
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