Exclusive: Highland Film Group has taken on international sales of Emirati filmmaker Ali Mostafa’s pan-Arab road movie From A To B.
The film follows three former international high school pals – hailing from the UAE, Egypt and Syria – on an eventful trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut to visit the grave of a dead friend.
It is due to go on general release across the Middle East on January 6 after successful festival screenings at Abu Dhabi and Cairo. It is also screening at the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) in the Arabian Nights section on December 11.
“We’ll introduce the film to the market place at the 2015 Berlinale after the domestic release,” said Highland CEO Arianne Fraser.
Featuring popular Saudi YouTube star Fahad Albutairi alongside relative newcomers, Emirati actor Fadi Rifaai and Egyptian newcomer Shadi Alfons, the film drew an enthusiastic audience when it premiered at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in October and also proved a crowd...
The film follows three former international high school pals – hailing from the UAE, Egypt and Syria – on an eventful trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut to visit the grave of a dead friend.
It is due to go on general release across the Middle East on January 6 after successful festival screenings at Abu Dhabi and Cairo. It is also screening at the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) in the Arabian Nights section on December 11.
“We’ll introduce the film to the market place at the 2015 Berlinale after the domestic release,” said Highland CEO Arianne Fraser.
Featuring popular Saudi YouTube star Fahad Albutairi alongside relative newcomers, Emirati actor Fadi Rifaai and Egyptian newcomer Shadi Alfons, the film drew an enthusiastic audience when it premiered at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in October and also proved a crowd...
- 12/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
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