Captain Abu Raed
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Amin Matalqa
Nadim Sawalha
Rana Sultan
Hussine Al-souse
Udey Al-qadise
Ghandi Saber
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Abu Raed is a lonely janitor at Amman's International Airport. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. Finding a discarded Captain's hat in the trash at work one day, he is followed by a neighborhood boy who spots him wearing it as he walks home. The next morning he wakes up to find a group of neighborhood children at his door, believing him to be an airline pilot. And thus the friendship begins. Happy for the company and attention, he takes the children to colorful places around the world through his fictional stories and inspires them to believe in their own ambitions. Murad, an angry outsider to the group, vindictively attacks Abu Raed and the sense of hope he instills in the children. In his quest to prove that Abu Raed is a liar and a fake, Murad begins to discover new possibilities in his life. Meanwhile, Abu Raed's friendship with Nour, a real female pilot, begins to grow as she deals with her own set of pressures from life in modern Amman.
Director
Amin Matalqa
Cast
Nadim Sawalha
Rana Sultan
Hussine Al-souse
Udey Al-qadise
Ghandi Saber
Dina Ra'ad Yaghnam
Mohammad Quteishat
Nadim Mushahwar
Faisal Majali
Crew
Jamla Aladdin
Christopher Blauvelt
Christopher J. Corabi
James Grayford
Kenneth Kokin
Laith Majali
Laith Majali
Aida Matalqa
Amin Matalqa
Amin Matalqa
Reinhart Peschke
David Pritchard
David Pritchard
Isam Salfiti
Linda Sena
Gerald Sullivan
Faouzi Thabet
Nadine Toukan
Austin Wintory
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Actor Award (Nadim Sawalha) at the 2007 Dubai International Film Festival.
Winner of the Best Director Golden Space Needle Award at the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival.
Winner of the Dramatic World Cinema Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Winner of the John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States August 14, 2009
Released in United States December 2007
Released in United States Fall November 7, 2008
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States October 2008
Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (The Muhr Awards - Narrative Features) December 9-16, 2007.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Best of the Fest) January 6-19, 2009.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Window on Asian Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 17-27, 2008.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 25-October 10, 2008.
Feature directorial debut for Amin Matalqa.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 25-October 10, 2008.)
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 17-27, 2008.)
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Best of the Fest) January 6-19, 2009.)
Released in United States August 14, 2009 (New York City)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Window on Asian Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.)
Released in United States Fall November 7, 2008
Released in United States December 2007 (Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (The Muhr Awards - Narrative Features) December 9-16, 2007.)
