Pan-Arab film distributor Empire Intl. will release Abu Dhabi fest opener “From A to B,” by Ali Mostafa, in the Middle East, starting on Jan. 1.
Empire has a close rapport with “A to B” co-financer Image Nation, having successfully released Image Nation-produced chiller “Djinn,” by Tobe Hooper, in 2013.
The Lebanese company sub-distributes for both Sony and Twentieth Century Fox across the Arab world.
Young Emirati director Mostafa has broken new ground with “From A to B,” a pan-Arab road movie in which three Western-educated youths from different Arab countries travel 1,500 miles from Abu Dhabi to Beirut, amid the region’s turbulence, in memory of their deceased best friend.
Mostafa spoke to Variety‘s Nick Vivarelli about the challenges of getting the tone right.
Q: You’ve taken a typical Hollywood genre, the road movie, and transposed it to an Arab setting. Was that difficult?
A: I love road films. I always wanted to make one.
Empire has a close rapport with “A to B” co-financer Image Nation, having successfully released Image Nation-produced chiller “Djinn,” by Tobe Hooper, in 2013.
The Lebanese company sub-distributes for both Sony and Twentieth Century Fox across the Arab world.
Young Emirati director Mostafa has broken new ground with “From A to B,” a pan-Arab road movie in which three Western-educated youths from different Arab countries travel 1,500 miles from Abu Dhabi to Beirut, amid the region’s turbulence, in memory of their deceased best friend.
Mostafa spoke to Variety‘s Nick Vivarelli about the challenges of getting the tone right.
Q: You’ve taken a typical Hollywood genre, the road movie, and transposed it to an Arab setting. Was that difficult?
A: I love road films. I always wanted to make one.
- 10/25/2014
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety - Film News
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