Critics Week · 43rd Edition
The Stranger
Director
Ameer Fakher Eldin
Country
Syria, Palestine, Germany
Runtime
1 h 52 min
Language
Arabic
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
In a small village in the occupied Golan Heights, the life of a desperate unlicensed doctor going through an existential crisis, takes another unlucky turn when he encounters a wounded man from the war in Syria
Cast
Ashraf Barhoum, Amal Kais
Screenplay
Ameer Fakher Eldin
Producers
Tony Copti, Jiries Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, Mohammad Bakr, Amer Hlehel
About the Director
Syrian screenwriter and director. He was born in the former Soviet Union to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights. After earning his BA in Film Studies, he made several award-winning short films. Fakher Eldin serves as a jury member on various film funds. His debut film AL GARIB (“The Stranger”) is also the first feature film from the Golan Heights. His next film project, "Nothing of nothing remains" is in development.
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