Los Angeles-based Syrian director and producer Sam Kadi, who helmed the doc “Little Gandhi” about the life and death of young Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar and produced the Oscar-shortlisted animation film “Lamya’s Poem,” has signed for representation with management company Bohemia Group.
Kadi’s first feature was the 2012 indie immigrant drama “The Citizen,” starring Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy as a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system and arrives in New York to claim his documents on Sept. 10, 2001. The drama, also starring Cary Elwes, then follows the protagonist’s hellish 10-year path to citizenship in post-9/11 America, including his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.
To make “Little Ghandi,” which was released in 2016, Kadi recruited Syrian activists who risked their lives to help arrange the film’s interviews via Skype. Matar was an organizer of peaceful protests in his hometown of...
Kadi’s first feature was the 2012 indie immigrant drama “The Citizen,” starring Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy as a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system and arrives in New York to claim his documents on Sept. 10, 2001. The drama, also starring Cary Elwes, then follows the protagonist’s hellish 10-year path to citizenship in post-9/11 America, including his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.
To make “Little Ghandi,” which was released in 2016, Kadi recruited Syrian activists who risked their lives to help arrange the film’s interviews via Skype. Matar was an organizer of peaceful protests in his hometown of...
- 6/29/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
“Lamya’s Poem” centers around a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya who draws strength from the verses of ancient poet Rumi after violence forces her to flee from her country. The animated film was recently released digitally in the U.S. roughly around the anniversary of Syria’s 12-year uprising and in the aftermath of massive back-to-back earthquakes that have hit Turkey and Syria.
The timely tale’s impressive voice talent includes Mena Massoud, the star of Disney’s most recent “Aladdin,” as Rumi when he was a young poet; Millie Davis as Lamya; and Faran Tahir as Baha Walad, Rumi’s father.
“Lamya’s Poem” is directed by Alex Kronemer and produced by Sam Kadi, Los Angeles-based Syrian director who helmed the doc “Little Gandhi,” which focuses on the life and death of young Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar.
Kadi spoke to Variety about how “Lamya’s Poem” ties in with latest...
The timely tale’s impressive voice talent includes Mena Massoud, the star of Disney’s most recent “Aladdin,” as Rumi when he was a young poet; Millie Davis as Lamya; and Faran Tahir as Baha Walad, Rumi’s father.
“Lamya’s Poem” is directed by Alex Kronemer and produced by Sam Kadi, Los Angeles-based Syrian director who helmed the doc “Little Gandhi,” which focuses on the life and death of young Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar.
Kadi spoke to Variety about how “Lamya’s Poem” ties in with latest...
- 3/24/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Allen Media Group’s Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the North American DVD and VOD rights to Lamya’s Poem, an animated film about Syrian refugees. The film will be available to rent/own on digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms starting February 21, 2023. Watch the trailer in the video posted above.
Lamya’s Poem tells the story of a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya who tumbles into a dream world where she meets a poet and must help him write the poem that will save her life. When Lamya flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry by the famous 13th-century poet, Rumi.
As the perils of Lamya’s journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the...
Lamya’s Poem tells the story of a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya who tumbles into a dream world where she meets a poet and must help him write the poem that will save her life. When Lamya flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry by the famous 13th-century poet, Rumi.
As the perils of Lamya’s journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the...
- 12/28/2022
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The eighth annual Asian World Film Festival (Awff) announced its competition winners at a star-studded event November 18 at Beverly Hill’s Saban Theater. The Last Film Show (India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film; Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for World War III (Iran), and Hui Fang Hong was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for Ajoomma (Singapore).
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
- 11/21/2022
- by Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Long-awaited animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” has unveiled its first trailer.
Alex Kronemer’s Rumi-inspired film about a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya was one of the hot competition titles at the 2021 Annecy Film Festival, and went on to play at festivals in Vancouver, Zurich and Prague.
The film is an inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who flees the violence of her country, and looks to a gifted book of poetry by the famous 13th-century poet, Rumi, as a source of strength. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that, 800 years later,...
Alex Kronemer’s Rumi-inspired film about a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya was one of the hot competition titles at the 2021 Annecy Film Festival, and went on to play at festivals in Vancouver, Zurich and Prague.
The film is an inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who flees the violence of her country, and looks to a gifted book of poetry by the famous 13th-century poet, Rumi, as a source of strength. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that, 800 years later,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Sadat was in conversation at the Zurich Film Summit.
Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, well known internationally for her Cannes features Wolf & Sheep and The Orphanage, escaped Kabul one month ago with her family to come to Europe.
Speaking at the Zurich Film Festival’s Zurich Summit on Sept 25, she said she hopes to keep her passion for filmmaking going despite the turmoil in her homeland, wanting to show the many “colours” of Afghanistan.
With the help of many international friends including her Danish producer Katja Adomeit, Sadat was able to take a French flight out of Kabul.
In her final days living in Kabul,...
Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, well known internationally for her Cannes features Wolf & Sheep and The Orphanage, escaped Kabul one month ago with her family to come to Europe.
Speaking at the Zurich Film Festival’s Zurich Summit on Sept 25, she said she hopes to keep her passion for filmmaking going despite the turmoil in her homeland, wanting to show the many “colours” of Afghanistan.
With the help of many international friends including her Danish producer Katja Adomeit, Sadat was able to take a French flight out of Kabul.
In her final days living in Kabul,...
- 9/27/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
‘Aladdin’ star Mena Massoud is among the voice cast.
UK-based sales company WestEnd Films has boarded international sales on Alexander Kronemer’s animated feature Lamya’s Poem, which is part of the Works in Progress platform at Annecy Film Festival’s digital event this week.
It will introduce the film to buyers both at Annecy and at next week’s Cannes virtual Marché, where it will show first visuals on the in-production project.
Lamya’s Poem tells the story of a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who, while fleeing the violence of her country, is given a book of 13th-century Persian poet Rumi’s work.
UK-based sales company WestEnd Films has boarded international sales on Alexander Kronemer’s animated feature Lamya’s Poem, which is part of the Works in Progress platform at Annecy Film Festival’s digital event this week.
It will introduce the film to buyers both at Annecy and at next week’s Cannes virtual Marché, where it will show first visuals on the in-production project.
Lamya’s Poem tells the story of a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who, while fleeing the violence of her country, is given a book of 13th-century Persian poet Rumi’s work.
- 6/15/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
WestEnd Films has launched international sales on “Lamya’s Poem,” an animated feature by Alexander Kronemer, which will be part of Annecy’s Works in Progress panel at the digital version of the world’s largest animation festival and market that begins Monday.
WestEnd builds on an established reputation representing prestigious independent arthouse animated features, such as Oscar-nominated films “The Breadwinner,” executive produced by Angelina Jolie, and “Song of the Sea.”
“Lamya’s Poem” is an inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century poet Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations,...
WestEnd builds on an established reputation representing prestigious independent arthouse animated features, such as Oscar-nominated films “The Breadwinner,” executive produced by Angelina Jolie, and “Song of the Sea.”
“Lamya’s Poem” is an inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century poet Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
WestEnd Films has boarded international sales on Lamya’s Poem, the animated feature whose voice cast includes Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Millie Davis (Wonder) and Faran Tahir (Iron Man).
The film charts the story of a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who is given a book of poetry of classic 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway.
“The wound is the place where the light enters you,” is one of Rumi’s famous quotes, which inspired the film’s writer-director Alexander Kronemer.
WestEnd will be introducing the feature to buyers this week during Annecy, where it is part of the digital event’s works in progress panels, and next week during the Cannes virtual market where they will show first visuals. ICM is repping North American rights.
Massoud will voice the young poet Rumi, Davis will voice Lamya and Tahir will be Rumi’s father.
The film charts the story of a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who is given a book of poetry of classic 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway.
“The wound is the place where the light enters you,” is one of Rumi’s famous quotes, which inspired the film’s writer-director Alexander Kronemer.
WestEnd will be introducing the feature to buyers this week during Annecy, where it is part of the digital event’s works in progress panels, and next week during the Cannes virtual market where they will show first visuals. ICM is repping North American rights.
Massoud will voice the young poet Rumi, Davis will voice Lamya and Tahir will be Rumi’s father.
- 6/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mena Massoud, star of the upcoming Disney film “Aladdin,” will play the lead role of Rumi in the upcoming animated feature film “Lamya’s Poem.”
The Unity Productions Foundation-financed picture is written and will be directed by Alexander Kronemer, with Sam Kadi as a producer and Brandon Lloyd as director of animation, for Canada’s PiP Animation Studios in Canada.
The film also stars Millie Davis (“Wonder”) and Faran Tahir (“Iron Man”). The movie is scheduled for production this summer, with Kadi presenting a teaser for the first time at the Marché du Film in Cannes, marking another big independent toon to come to market.
In the film, a 13-year old Syrian refugee (Davis) tumbles into a dream world where she meets a troubled young poet (Massoud) and must help him write the poem that will save her life. Massoud voices Jalal, the young Rumi character in the film. He...
The Unity Productions Foundation-financed picture is written and will be directed by Alexander Kronemer, with Sam Kadi as a producer and Brandon Lloyd as director of animation, for Canada’s PiP Animation Studios in Canada.
The film also stars Millie Davis (“Wonder”) and Faran Tahir (“Iron Man”). The movie is scheduled for production this summer, with Kadi presenting a teaser for the first time at the Marché du Film in Cannes, marking another big independent toon to come to market.
In the film, a 13-year old Syrian refugee (Davis) tumbles into a dream world where she meets a troubled young poet (Massoud) and must help him write the poem that will save her life. Massoud voices Jalal, the young Rumi character in the film. He...
- 5/17/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Tulsa Burning, Anna Myers' children's novel about the Tulsa race riots, is being developed as a feature.
The backdrop to the book is the 1921 riots, when a white mob attacked the black residents and business of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which at the time was known as one of the country's most affluent majority African-American communities and was colloquially called "Black Wall Street." The story centers on Nobel Chase, who helps his friend, Isaac, when he is injured in the riots.
Sam Kadi, who directed the Cary Elwes-starrer The Citizen (2012) and the documentary ...
The backdrop to the book is the 1921 riots, when a white mob attacked the black residents and business of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which at the time was known as one of the country's most affluent majority African-American communities and was colloquially called "Black Wall Street." The story centers on Nobel Chase, who helps his friend, Isaac, when he is injured in the riots.
Sam Kadi, who directed the Cary Elwes-starrer The Citizen (2012) and the documentary ...
Tulsa Burning, Anna Myers' children's novel about the Tulsa race riots, is being developed as a feature.
The backdrop to the book is the 1921 riots, when a white mob attacked the black residents and business of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which at the time was known as one of the country's most affluent majority African-American communities and was colloquially called "Black Wall Street." The story centers on Nobel Chase, who helps his friend, Isaac, when he is injured in the riots.
Sam Kadi, who directed the Cary Elwes-starrer The Citizen (2012) and the documentary ...
The backdrop to the book is the 1921 riots, when a white mob attacked the black residents and business of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which at the time was known as one of the country's most affluent majority African-American communities and was colloquially called "Black Wall Street." The story centers on Nobel Chase, who helps his friend, Isaac, when he is injured in the riots.
Sam Kadi, who directed the Cary Elwes-starrer The Citizen (2012) and the documentary ...
Syria’s first ever submission in the Motion Picture Academy’s Foreign Language category, “Little Gandhi”, is one of a handful of documentaries submitted for Best Foreign Language Film nomination this year.
It comes to the Academy in a most unusual way. It was selected not by the country which is how submissions are always made, but by a committee of artists in exile. If any of these people had actually been in Syria they would likely have been imprisoned, tortured and executed, for this was the fate of Ghiyath Matar, the Syrian activist who became known for giving flowers and roses to army soldiers in his home town of Daraya, leader of the once peaceful Syrian revolution and the Little Gandhi of the title. It premiered at the ongoing Asian World Film Festival.
I have yet to see the documentary submission for Academy Award® nomination entitled Syria Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis...
It comes to the Academy in a most unusual way. It was selected not by the country which is how submissions are always made, but by a committee of artists in exile. If any of these people had actually been in Syria they would likely have been imprisoned, tortured and executed, for this was the fate of Ghiyath Matar, the Syrian activist who became known for giving flowers and roses to army soldiers in his home town of Daraya, leader of the once peaceful Syrian revolution and the Little Gandhi of the title. It premiered at the ongoing Asian World Film Festival.
I have yet to see the documentary submission for Academy Award® nomination entitled Syria Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis...
- 10/29/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The final deadline for submitting each country’s film for consideration for the foreign-language Oscar was October 2. Last year 85 were finally deemed eligible by the Academy; this year the number is a record 92. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are first-time entrants. These films are vying for the initial shortlist of 9, and final five nominations to be announced on January 23. See the final list below.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
- 10/5/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The final deadline for submitting each country’s film for consideration for the foreign-language Oscar was October 2. Last year 85 were finally deemed eligible by the Academy; this year the number is a record 92. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are first-time entrants. These films are vying for the initial shortlist of 9, and final five nominations to be announced on January 23. See the final list below.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
- 10/5/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The power of film is flexing its muscle around the world in a feature documentary that is being screened to government officials from Qatar to D.C. Little Gandhi, about famed Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar, is being brought to D.C. and will have a special screening for Congress on March 15, with introductory opening remarks being made by Rep. Ed Royce, R-ca, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Afterward, Little Gandhi director Sam Kadi will…...
- 3/7/2016
- Deadline
DVD, & Digital Release Date: Nov. 12, 2013
Price: DVD $26.95
Studio: Monterey
Khaled Nabawy focuses on Agnes Bruckner in The Citizen.
Writer/director Sam Kadi’s 2012 debut drama The Citizen stars Agnes Bruckner (The Woods), Khaled Nabawy (Fair Game), William Atherton (Ghostbusters), and Cary Elwes (New Year’s Eve).
Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah (Nabawy) wins the U.S Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. He lands in New York City on September 10, 2001…and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever shape the struggles he faces on his journey to capture the American dream.
Inspired by true events, the PG-13-rated The Citizen received a limited release to U.S. theaters in September, 2013 to generally positive reviews from the critics, with the Huffington Post describing the film as “Simply impossible to stop thinking about.”
The DVD features the...
Price: DVD $26.95
Studio: Monterey
Khaled Nabawy focuses on Agnes Bruckner in The Citizen.
Writer/director Sam Kadi’s 2012 debut drama The Citizen stars Agnes Bruckner (The Woods), Khaled Nabawy (Fair Game), William Atherton (Ghostbusters), and Cary Elwes (New Year’s Eve).
Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah (Nabawy) wins the U.S Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. He lands in New York City on September 10, 2001…and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever shape the struggles he faces on his journey to capture the American dream.
Inspired by true events, the PG-13-rated The Citizen received a limited release to U.S. theaters in September, 2013 to generally positive reviews from the critics, with the Huffington Post describing the film as “Simply impossible to stop thinking about.”
The DVD features the...
- 10/23/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The bar has been raised in the "uplifting" immigration drama just enough that you've got to try harder and show more than "This worthy soul from Norway / Guatemala / Vietnam / Albania went through X, Y and Z to get to this country." That tale is tired.
So "The Citizen" throws us this curve ball. Suppose the kindhearted, handsome foreigner who only wants the chance for a better life in America is a Muslim from Lebanon. Suppose the day he gets into the country, thanks to its then-lax "green card lottery" rules, is Sept. 10, 2001. How might that complicate a fairly cut-and-dried storyline?
Not enough.
Egyptian star Khaled Nabawy is Ibrahim Jarrah, who tells a little white lie to the customs guy as he hopefully shows off his green card application and enters the United States. His cousin was to meet him at the airport, but doesn't. No worries.
Within hours, he's made...
So "The Citizen" throws us this curve ball. Suppose the kindhearted, handsome foreigner who only wants the chance for a better life in America is a Muslim from Lebanon. Suppose the day he gets into the country, thanks to its then-lax "green card lottery" rules, is Sept. 10, 2001. How might that complicate a fairly cut-and-dried storyline?
Not enough.
Egyptian star Khaled Nabawy is Ibrahim Jarrah, who tells a little white lie to the customs guy as he hopefully shows off his green card application and enters the United States. His cousin was to meet him at the airport, but doesn't. No worries.
Within hours, he's made...
- 9/26/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
It was announced today that Billy Crudup (“Almost Famous,” “Watchmen”), Anton Yelchin (“Star Trek,” “Terminator Salvation,” “Like Crazy”), Selena Gomez (“Spring Breakers”) and Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Contagion, “Man of Steel”) will star alongside William H. Macy (“Fargo”) and Felicity Huffman (“Desperate Housewives”) in Unified Pictures’ music drama Rudderless. Macy is making his feature directorial debut, directing “Rudderless.”
The film is being produced by Keith Kjarval through his Unified Pictures production/finance banner. Brad Greiner, through his Amberdale production banner, is also producing alongside Kjarval and Unified.
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales on the project and will introduce the feature film to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market in May.
“Rudderless” is a musical drama about the power of a parent’s love. When a grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his deceased son’s original music, he forms a band,...
The film is being produced by Keith Kjarval through his Unified Pictures production/finance banner. Brad Greiner, through his Amberdale production banner, is also producing alongside Kjarval and Unified.
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales on the project and will introduce the feature film to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market in May.
“Rudderless” is a musical drama about the power of a parent’s love. When a grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his deceased son’s original music, he forms a band,...
- 4/2/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“What brought you to this country?” “I wanted to be an American.” In Sam Kadi‘s The Citizen, Ibrahim (Khaled Nabawy) wins the citizenship lottery and immigrates to the United States on September 10, 2001. His life, along with every American’s, changes the next morning. The film explores what happens to Ibrahim within the context of Muslim backlash and a federal government trying to find answers to the worst domestic attack in Us history. Nabawy is probably most known for Kingdom of Heaven, and the film also boasts familiar faces Agnes Bruckner, Cary Elwes and William Atherton. Check out the trailer for yourself: The Citizen is playing the Heartland Film Festival, but doesn’t have a release date currently.
- 8/29/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
3K Pictures announces today that director Sam Kadi.s debut drama The Citizen will have its North American Premiere at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana on Monday, October 22nd at the AMC Castleton Square 14 theater at 7:15pm. The film was produced by Kadi, Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) and Alan Noel Vega, with Ameer Kabour executive producing. The Heartland Film Festival started in 1992 as a small event in Indianapolis and has expanded over time to become one of the fastest growing film festivals in the country. Today, the annual film festival is a ten-day event full of independent films, a variety of special events for film enthusiasts of all ages and a one-of-a-kind experience in one of the Midwest.s most inviting cities. This year the festival runs from October 18th-27th.
The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (played by celebrated Egyptian actor...
The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (played by celebrated Egyptian actor...
- 8/28/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
3K Pictures announces today that veteran sales agent Cassian Elwes is handling all North American rights to director Sam Kadi.s debut political drama The Citizen. The film was produced by Kadi, Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) and Alan Noel Vega, with Ameer Kabour executive producing. The film is currently scheduled to screen for distributors during the Toronto Film Festival.
The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (Khaled Nabawy from Fair Game) who wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10th, 2001. In addition to Nabawy, the film’s cast includes Agnes Bruckner (Blood And Chocolate), William Atherton (Ghostbusters) and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride).
The script took over three years to write and was co-written by the noted Arab American playwright Samir Younis (Browntown). Younis was living and working in New York on 9/11, and brought his experiences about the aftermath of...
The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (Khaled Nabawy from Fair Game) who wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10th, 2001. In addition to Nabawy, the film’s cast includes Agnes Bruckner (Blood And Chocolate), William Atherton (Ghostbusters) and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride).
The script took over three years to write and was co-written by the noted Arab American playwright Samir Younis (Browntown). Younis was living and working in New York on 9/11, and brought his experiences about the aftermath of...
- 7/19/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D
Clint Eastwood's youngest son Scott Eastwood ("Invictus," "Gran Torino") has also joined the cast as Carl, the male lead, in this sequel to Tobe Hooper's 1974 film.
The deal is apparently for a trilogy of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" films. Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Bill Moseley and Sue Rock. [Source: Dread Central]
The Citizen
Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabawy have joined Sam Kadi's indie drama "The Citizen" currently shooting in Michigan.
Nabawy plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system and arrives in New York to claim his documents on Sept. 10, 2001. This then follows his 10-year path to citizenship in post-9/11 America. [Source: ]
The Paperboy
R&B singer Maxwell is joining "Precious" director Lee Daniels' 60's-set crime thriller “The Paperboy.”
No word on his specific role. Maxwell joins a cast that currently includes John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey,...
Clint Eastwood's youngest son Scott Eastwood ("Invictus," "Gran Torino") has also joined the cast as Carl, the male lead, in this sequel to Tobe Hooper's 1974 film.
The deal is apparently for a trilogy of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" films. Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Bill Moseley and Sue Rock. [Source: Dread Central]
The Citizen
Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabawy have joined Sam Kadi's indie drama "The Citizen" currently shooting in Michigan.
Nabawy plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system and arrives in New York to claim his documents on Sept. 10, 2001. This then follows his 10-year path to citizenship in post-9/11 America. [Source: ]
The Paperboy
R&B singer Maxwell is joining "Precious" director Lee Daniels' 60's-set crime thriller “The Paperboy.”
No word on his specific role. Maxwell joins a cast that currently includes John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey,...
- 7/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Four join The Citizen helmed by Sam Kadi, based on a true story Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabaway will star in the indie drama. Sam Kadi directs from the script by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Samir Younis, from the story by Kadi, reports Variety. In The Citizen, Nabaway plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system. The film follows his life as he arrives in New York to claim his documents on September 10th, 2001, through his 10-year journey to obtaining citizenship in a post-911 America. This includes his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.
- 7/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Four join The Citizen helmed by Sam Kadi, based on a true story Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabaway will star in the indie drama. Sam Kadi directs from the script by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Samir Younis, from the story by Kadi, reports Variety. In The Citizen, Nabaway plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system. The film follows his life as he arrives in New York to claim his documents on September 10th, 2001, through his 10-year journey to obtaining citizenship in a post-911 America. This includes his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.
- 7/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Four join The Citizen helmed by Sam Kadi, based on a true story Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabaway will star in the indie drama. Sam Kadi directs from the script by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Samir Younis, from the story by Kadi, reports Variety. In The Citizen, Nabaway plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system. The film follows his life as he arrives in New York to claim his documents on September 10th, 2001, through his 10-year journey to obtaining citizenship in a post-911 America. This includes his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.
- 7/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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