Cassian Elwes Takes North American Rights to Syrian Director Sam Kadi.s The Citizen
3K Pictures announces today that veteran sales agent Cassian Elwes is handling all North American rights to director Sam Kadi.s debut political drama The Citizen. The film was produced by Kadi, Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) and Alan Noel Vega, with Ameer Kabour executive producing. The film is currently scheduled to screen for distributors during the Toronto Film Festival.
The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (Khaled Nabawy from Fair Game) who wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10th, 2001. In addition to Nabawy, the film’s cast includes Agnes Bruckner (Blood And Chocolate), William Atherton (Ghostbusters) and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride).
The script took over three years to write and was co-written by the noted Arab American playwright Samir Younis (Browntown). Younis was living and working in New York on 9/11, and brought his experiences about the aftermath of...
The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (Khaled Nabawy from Fair Game) who wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10th, 2001. In addition to Nabawy, the film’s cast includes Agnes Bruckner (Blood And Chocolate), William Atherton (Ghostbusters) and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride).
The script took over three years to write and was co-written by the noted Arab American playwright Samir Younis (Browntown). Younis was living and working in New York on 9/11, and brought his experiences about the aftermath of...
- 7/19/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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