The Teacher
Synopsis
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 115 min
- Director
-
Farah Nabulsi 1st Feature
- Producer
- Sawsan Asfari, Ossama Bawardi, Farah Nabulsi
- Co-Producer
- Luke Healy
- Editor
- Mike Pike
- Screenwriter
- Farah Nabulsi
- Director of Photography
- Gilles Porte
- Production Designer
- Nael Kanj
- Sound
- Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer: Ben Baird
- Composer
- Alex Baranowski
- Principal cast
- Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, Muhammad Abed El Rahman, Stanley Townsend, Andrea Irvine, Paul Herzberg
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Palestine, Qatar co-production
A Cocoon Films (UK, AU), Native Liberty (UK), Philistine Films (PS) production supported by BFI
Sales Company
Goodfellas (fka Wild Bunch International)
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