Exclusive: Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak stars and produces timely film about Syrian refugees in Turkey.
Cairo-based distributor Mad Solutions has acquired Arab world rights to Turkish director Andac Haznedaroglu’s refugee drama The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul starring Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak as a Syrian woman attempting to get Greece.
The film is a first-ever Turkish-Jordanian co-production and involves Istanbul Film Productions, Andac Film Productions, Istanbul Digital (ID) and Mubarak’s Amman-based company Pan East Media, which also received the backing of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Mubarak plays Meryem, a Syrian woman fleeing her war-town in the company of eight-year-old Lena and her younger sister, the children of neighbours who have perished in the fighting. The cast also features a number of Syrian amateur actors.
“The issue of Syrian refugees, not only in Turkey, but all over the world, is one of the most important issues in the world today, In my view...
Cairo-based distributor Mad Solutions has acquired Arab world rights to Turkish director Andac Haznedaroglu’s refugee drama The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul starring Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak as a Syrian woman attempting to get Greece.
The film is a first-ever Turkish-Jordanian co-production and involves Istanbul Film Productions, Andac Film Productions, Istanbul Digital (ID) and Mubarak’s Amman-based company Pan East Media, which also received the backing of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Mubarak plays Meryem, a Syrian woman fleeing her war-town in the company of eight-year-old Lena and her younger sister, the children of neighbours who have perished in the fighting. The cast also features a number of Syrian amateur actors.
“The issue of Syrian refugees, not only in Turkey, but all over the world, is one of the most important issues in the world today, In my view...
- 5/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Dubai/Exclusive: Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak has signed for the lead role in up-and-coming director Amjad Al-Rasheed’s debut feature Inshallah It’s A Boy – A Chapter From The Fabled Life Of Nawal.
The dark comedy revolves the madcap journey of a recent widow who has two weeks to conceive a male child to stop her in-laws taking possession of her home.
“Amjad is a very talented young director with a fresh and new perspective,” said Mubarak. “His script is different and twisted and tackles a difficult issue in a crazy way. It talks about the position of women in a way that is brave and unusual for an Arab director.”
Mubarak’s credits include Transit Cities (2010) and several Egyptian TV series including Afrah AlQoba. She also stars in Turkish director Andac Haznedaroglu’s upcoming The Guest.
Al-Rasheed, who has been selected for the inaugural edition of Screen’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow, will premiere...
The dark comedy revolves the madcap journey of a recent widow who has two weeks to conceive a male child to stop her in-laws taking possession of her home.
“Amjad is a very talented young director with a fresh and new perspective,” said Mubarak. “His script is different and twisted and tackles a difficult issue in a crazy way. It talks about the position of women in a way that is brave and unusual for an Arab director.”
Mubarak’s credits include Transit Cities (2010) and several Egyptian TV series including Afrah AlQoba. She also stars in Turkish director Andac Haznedaroglu’s upcoming The Guest.
Al-Rasheed, who has been selected for the inaugural edition of Screen’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow, will premiere...
- 12/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
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