THE STRANGER

AL GARIB

By Ameer Fakher ELDIN

INTRAMOVIES - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2021

The life of a desperate unlicensed doctor living in the occupied Golan Heights gets to a turning point when he rescues a man wounded in the Syrian war.

Festivals
& Awards

Red Sea IFF 2021
Festival Favorites
Kamara Internationao Huma Rights Film Festival 2021
Competition - Best Human Rights Film Award
Hamburg International FF 2021
Kaleidoskop//FF2021 section Special Mention
Palestine Cinema Days FF 2021
Opening Film
Asian World FF 2021
Official Competition
London Palestine FF 2021
Opening Film
Venice Film Festival 2021
Giornate Degli Autori - Edipo Re Award
Cairo IFF 2021
Critic's Week Competition - Best Arab Film, Best Film in the Critic's Week Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • PALESTINE, GERMANY, SYRIA, QATAR
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 113 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ameer Fakher ELDIN
    • Writer(s)
    • Ameer Fakher ELDIN
    • Producer(s)
    • Tony COPTI (Fresco Films), Jiries COPTI (Fresco Films), Dorothe BEINEMEIER (RED BALLOON FILM GMBH)
    • Synopsis
    • In a small village in the occupied Golan Heights, the life of a desperate unlicensed doctor who is going through an existential crisis, takes another unlucky turn when he encounters a man wounded in the war in Syria. Overturning all community expectations in times of war and national crisis, he ventures forth to meet his newly found destiny.