The Stranger

Passerby (Working title)

Feature Film | 2020-2021 | Drama, Politics, Society, War | Germany, Palestine, Qatar

Main data

Director	Ameer Fakher Eldin
Written by	Ameer Fakher Eldin
Production	Red Balloon Film, Fresco Films [ps], Metafora Productions [tr]
Distributor	Intramovies [it]

Project data

Film financing	Doha Film Institute [qa] AFAC - Arab Fund for Arts & Culture [lb] MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein [de] - production funding: 40.000 EUR (10/2019)
Length of movie	112 min

Trailers/Videos

Trailer/Video on Youtube

Stills

Posters

Brief 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.

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Ashraf Barhoum	Adnan [L]
Amal Kais	Layla [L]
Mohammad Bakri	Abu Adnan [L]
Amer Hlehel	Hani [SR]
Hitham Omari	Akram [SR]
Mahmoud Abu Jazi	Dr. Nasser [SR]
Elham Araf	Umm Adnan [SR]
Cila Abusaleh	Dunya [SR]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Colorist	Nico Hauter
Director of photography	Niklas Lindschau
1st assistant camera	Elias Müller Alexa Mini, Cooke 5/i T1.4; Cooke Anamorphic/i T2.3	Alexa Mini, Cooke 5/i T1.4; Cooke Anamorphic/i T2.3
2nd assistant camera	Felix Schmidt [6]
Data wrangler / digital loader	Felix Schmidt [6]
Costume designer	Hamada Atallah
Director	Ameer Fakher Eldin
Gaffer	Peter Assmann
Composer	Rami Nakhleh
Producer	Dorothe Beinemeier
Producer	Jiries Copti
Producer	Tony Copti
Co-producer	Anas Azrak
Co-producer	Faycal Hassairi
Co-producer	Ahmad Zalabieh
Co-producer	Moayad Dib
Production designer	Bashar Hassuneh
Screenwriter	Ameer Fakher Eldin
Production sound mixer	Stefan Bück
Sound re-recording mixer	Marcel Fink

Production companies

Company	Comment
Fresco Films [ps]
Red Balloon Film
Metafora Productions [tr] coproduction	coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Intramovies [it]

Facilities

Department	Company	Comment
Equipment	Zeigermann_Audio GmbH

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Dorothe Beinemeier	2021	Filmfest Hamburg [de] Special mention - Int. co-production	Special mention - Int. co-production	Winner
Ameer Fakher Eldin	2021	Venice Days - Giornate degli Autori [it] Edipo Re Inclusion Award	Edipo Re Inclusion Award	Winner

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2021	Germany	Filmfest Hamburg Kaleidoscope	Kaleidoscope
2021	Italy	Venice Days - Giornate degli Autori Official Selection	Official Selection

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Premiere		Wednesday, 01/09/2021	Venice International Film Festival [it]

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