Men in the Sun
Fall Grant 2013 - Development Stage
Mahdi Fleifel / Feature Narrative / Palestine, Greece, United Kingdom, Denmark, Qatar / 2016 / Original Language: Arabic, Greek / Interests: Drama, Politics, Social Issues, Crime, Youth, Dark Comedy, Immigration, Docufiction, Middle Eastern, Road Trip, Based on a True Story, Friendship, Arthouse
Synopsis
Chatila, Fatah and Abu-Love, three Palestinian refugees, dream of escaping Athens after seven years living in a country collapsing upon itself. Chatila succeeds in smuggling a compatriot out of the country, but he only gets enough cash to get one of the three friends out of Greece. Soon the three lose all their money to the scheming migrant Jihad. Consumed with rage,they kidnap him, but he escapes and the men are once again trapped. A new plan emerges that will both get the whole gang out of Greece and allow them to exact revenge. Now wanted men, they have to skip town as soon as possible. The prospect of escape proves daunting, however, and Chatila is forced to choose between his friends and his freedom.
Credits
- Director
- Mahdi Fleifel
- Screenwriter
- Mahdi Fleifel
- Producer
- Patrick Campbell, Signe Byrge Sorensen
- Production Company
- Nakba FilmWorks, Final Cut for Real
About the Director
Mahdi Fleifel graduated from the British National Film and Television School in 2009. His 2012 feature ‘A World Not Ours’, travelled widely on the film festival circuit, picked up more than 30 awards, and was released theatrically in France, Germany, the UK and the USA. His upcoming feature ‘Men in the Sun’ is based on themes and characters he encountered while making ‘A World Not Ours’, and is currently being developed as part of the New Danish Screen scheme and Binger Filmlab.
Contacts
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Director
Mahdi Fleifel
- Company:
- Nakba FilmWorks
- Phone:
- +44 795 201 0681
- Email:
- mahdi@nakbafilmworks.com