Front Row Scoops MENA Rights For ‘A Gaza Weekend’ Ahead Of Red Sea Regional Premiere
deadline.comMENA-based distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired MENA rights for British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s feature debut A Gaza Weekend, ahead of its regional premiere at the Red International Film Festival this December.
The acquisition marks the third collaboration between Khalil and Front Row, as the company previously distributed his 2015 Academy Award and Palme d’Or-nominated short Ave Maria, which debuted in Cannes in 2015 and has also recently boarded Nour Shams, a short film by Saudi filmmaker Faiza Ambah and produced by Khalil.
International sales on the film, which world premiered in Toronto in September, are handled by London-based sales and production company Protagonist Pictures.
The feature is produced by U.K.-Emirati producer Amina Dasmal and executive produced by Robin C. Fox. The comedy-drama is set in a world where Israel is sealed off after a deadly virus outbreak and Gaza has become the safest place in the region.
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