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Release: May 17, 2016

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Product Description 2016 OSCAR NOMINEE FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on the long and treacherous journey. The young, mischievous Theeb secretly chases after his brother, but the group soon find themselves trapped amidst threatening terrain riddled with Ottoman mercenaries, Arab revolutionaries, and outcast Bedouin raiders. Naji Abu Nowar's powerful and assured directorial debut, set in the land of Lawrence of Arabia, is a wondrous 'Bedouin Western' about a boy who, in order to survive, must become a man and live up to the name his father gave him. Bonus features, include: Director's Commentary; short film, Waves '98. Review FESTIVALS AND AWARDS WINNER Orizzonti Best Director, Venice International Film Festival Sutherland Jury Special Mention, BFI London International Film Festival WINNER FIPRESCI Award, Abu Dhabi International Film Festival WINNER Best Arab Film, Abu Dhabi International Film Festival Variety Arab Filmmaker of the Year Prospects of Arab Cinema Jury Special Mention, Cairo International Film Festival WINNER Best Debut Director, Camerimage International Film Festival Student Jury Special Mention for Actor Jacir Eid, Carthage International Film Festival WINNER Best Film, Film Fest Belgrade WINNER Best Screenplay, Film Fest Belgrade WINNER Best Screenplay, Miami International Film Festival WINNER Audience Award, Las Palmas International Film Festival WINNER Best Debut Film, Beijing International Film Festival WINNER Best Film, Malmo Arab Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION: Venice Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival London Film Festival Abu Dhabi Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival New Directors/New Films Miami International Film Festival SXSW Film Festival San Francisco International Film Festival Seattle International Film Festival - --- Nowar...has described THEEB as 'an Arabic western' in the tradition of Sergio Leone. The movie is that and more. - --Stephen Holden, New York Times It is a spectacularly epic film with a wonderfully intimate human story. It possesses everything that allows me fall in love with cinema, again and again…THEEB is…the kind of film that grabs a hold of you and doesn't let go. - E. Nina Rothe, Huffington Post This beautiful film follows the exploits of a Bedouin boy named Theeb in 1916, the same year as LAWRENCE OF ARABIA....You'd never know THEEB was a debut feature from Mr. Nowar's confident technique, and I found it astonishing, given the perfection of the performances, that all but one of the actors were Bedouin villagers who had never acted before.....More than style, though, it's the substance of THEEB that's memorable. - --Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal See more