release date January 15 2023
Muayad Alayan's A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM to land its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Muayad Alayan's highly-anticipated third feature A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM is set to hold its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Limelight section.
Directed by Muayad Alayan and co-written alongside Rami Alayan, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM will be distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions, continuing their collaboration on his previous two features THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM (2018) and LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS (2015).
Starring Johnny Harris, Makran Khoury, Souad Feres, Miley Locke, and Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM was the only Arab project selected for the 36th edition of the IFFR Pro's Production market.
The film was co-produced by PalCine Productions in Palestine, Wellington Films in the UK, Red Balloon Films in Germany (their second ongoing project with MAD Solutions alongside Ameer Fakher Eldin’s YUNAN) Metafora Production in Qatar, and Key Film.
Muayad Alayan’s directorial debut LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS, world premiered at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was featured at 17 of the world's most prestigious festivals. In fact, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM is Alayan’s second film to world premiere at Rotterdam, following the success of his sophomore feature THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM (starring renowned Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi) which won 3 awards at its 2018 IFFR World Premiere, including the Special Jury Award and Hubert Bals Fund Audience Award. The film went on to feature at more than 50 festivals around the world.
Muayad Alayan’s directorial debut LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS, world premiered at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was featured at 17 of the world's most prestigious festivals.
Set to run from January 25th to February 5th in the Netherlands, the 2023 IFFR marks the festival’s in-person return following two consecutive years online.
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