Kuwaiti-born writer-director Zeyad (also known as “Z”) Alhusaini, whose action movie with comedic undertones “How I Got There” recently won the audience award at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, has joined United Talent Agency for representation in all areas.
The groundbreaking film about two best buddies from childhood, named Salem and Asad, who stumble upon a gun shipment and try to seize this opportunity to get rich quick is set entirely in the Persian Gulf. “How I Got There” provides a relatively realistic glimpse of Kuwait’s present-day melting-pot of cultures, and its underworld of gun-running mercenaries, gangs, and terrorists, plus the local rap scene.
A Columbia University film school graduate, Alhusaini has an extensive background in short films and commercials. He worked for years bring to the screen “How I Got There” which is considered the first action movie set in Kuwait. The groundbreaking film, which he wrote and directed,...
The groundbreaking film about two best buddies from childhood, named Salem and Asad, who stumble upon a gun shipment and try to seize this opportunity to get rich quick is set entirely in the Persian Gulf. “How I Got There” provides a relatively realistic glimpse of Kuwait’s present-day melting-pot of cultures, and its underworld of gun-running mercenaries, gangs, and terrorists, plus the local rap scene.
A Columbia University film school graduate, Alhusaini has an extensive background in short films and commercials. He worked for years bring to the screen “How I Got There” which is considered the first action movie set in Kuwait. The groundbreaking film, which he wrote and directed,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Winner of the Audience Award at Red Sea International Film Festival, “How I Got There” is a unique film, as the first crime/action movie to be set in the Persian Gulf (Kuwait in particular), not to mention featuring Ron Perlman in a key role.
How I Got There is screening at Red Sea International Film Festival
Salem and Asad, two friends since childhood, could not be more different than each other. Salem is currently married with a gorgeous wife, who was, however, his second choice, and is working as an executive, in a job, though, that was essentially forced upon him and is utterly bored of. Asad, on the other hand, became a rap sensation at some point, only for his star to blow off as suddenly as it appeared, leaving him in the search of the one who jinxed him. Furthermore, Salem is almost always measured, careful and a man of few words,...
How I Got There is screening at Red Sea International Film Festival
Salem and Asad, two friends since childhood, could not be more different than each other. Salem is currently married with a gorgeous wife, who was, however, his second choice, and is working as an executive, in a job, though, that was essentially forced upon him and is utterly bored of. Asad, on the other hand, became a rap sensation at some point, only for his star to blow off as suddenly as it appeared, leaving him in the search of the one who jinxed him. Furthermore, Salem is almost always measured, careful and a man of few words,...
- 12/16/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Kuwaiti director Zeyad (also known as “Z”) Alhusaini worked for years to bring to the screen “How I Got There,” an action movie with a comedic undertone about two best buddies from childhood, Salem and Asad, who stumble upon a gun shipment and try to seize this opportunity to get rich quick. This groundbreaking pic, which won Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival’s audience award, is set entirely in the Persian Gulf and provides a relatively realistic glimpse of Kuwait’s present-day melting-pot of cultures, and its underworld of gun-running mercenaries, gangs, and terrorists, plus the local rap scene.
At the Red Sea fest in Jeddah, where the film world-premiered, Variety spoke to Alhusaini about his stated intention to make “How I Got There” bridge the “cultural gap” between Kuwait and the rest of the world. Edited excerpts.
Let’s start from the beginning. How did the film germinate?...
At the Red Sea fest in Jeddah, where the film world-premiered, Variety spoke to Alhusaini about his stated intention to make “How I Got There” bridge the “cultural gap” between Kuwait and the rest of the world. Edited excerpts.
Let’s start from the beginning. How did the film germinate?...
- 12/9/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Oliver Stone to head features competition jury.
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) has unveiled the programme for its second edition (December 1-10), with Studiocanal and Working Title’s romantic comedy What’s Love Got To Do With It? playing as the opening night gala.
Directed by Shekhar Kapur and written by Jemima Khan, What’s Love Got To Do With It? stars Lily James and Shazad Latif in the story of two people from different cultures who fall in love. It launched at the Toronto International FIlm Festival in September.
Rsiff will close with the world...
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) has unveiled the programme for its second edition (December 1-10), with Studiocanal and Working Title’s romantic comedy What’s Love Got To Do With It? playing as the opening night gala.
Directed by Shekhar Kapur and written by Jemima Khan, What’s Love Got To Do With It? stars Lily James and Shazad Latif in the story of two people from different cultures who fall in love. It launched at the Toronto International FIlm Festival in September.
Rsiff will close with the world...
- 10/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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