The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer)
Synopsis
Directed by Academy Award® nominee Hany Abu-Assad and based on the incredible true story of Mohammad Assaf, the Gazan wedding singer who became a worldwide sensation after winning 'Arab Idol' in 2013.
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 100 mins
- Director
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Hany Abu-Assad
- Producer
- Ali Jaafar, Amira Diab
- Co-Producer
- Baher Agbariya
- Executive Producer
- Badr Jafar, Bashar Masri, Harold van Lier
- Editor
- Eyas Salman
- Screenwriter
- Hany Abu-Assad, Sameh Zoabi
- Director of Photography
- Ehab Assal
- Production Designer
- Nael Kanj
- Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor: Lee Herrick; Sound Re-recording Mixer: Richard Pryke
- Composer
- Music Editor: Robin Morrison
- Principal cast
- Qais Atallah, Hiba Atallah, Ahmad Qassim, Abdelkarim Abu Baraka, Tawfeek Barhom, Saber Shreim, Ahmed Al Rokh, Nadine Labaki
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Palestine, Qatar, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates coproduction
Idol Film Production Ltd (UK), 03 FZ LLC (UAE), Cactus World Film (UK)
Idol Film Production Ltd
c/o Seville InternationalSales Company
Seville International
455, St-Antoine West Suite 300H2Z 1J1 Montreal
Quebec
Canada
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