Official competition feature films

THEEB : JORDAN (2014)

Fiction - 100 minutes

Awards and prizes: Best Director at Venice Film Festival 2014, Arab Premiere/African Premiere

Director: Naji ABU NOWAR

Screenplay: Bassel Ghandour, Naji Abou Nowar

Cinematography: Wolfgang Thaler

Music: Jerry Lane

Editor: Rupert Lloyd

Sound: Jay Price

Email : andy.d@mad-solutions.com

Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag

Synopsis

In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.

Director's biography


Naji Abu Nowar was born in England and lives in Amman, Jordan. He wrote and directed the short film Death of a Boxer in 2009. Theeb is his debut feature film.

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