Saudi director Aymen Khoja is unveiling his upcoming Us-set, soccer-themed work Shoot at the inaugural edition of the Arab Cinema Lab at Diff.
The privately-financed production is Saudi Arabia’s fourth-ever feature-length film.
Egyptian actor El-Masry, best known internationally for his roles in Rosewater and The Night Manager, stars as a young Saudi expat in Los Angeles with dreams of pursuing a soccer career in the city against the wishes of his traditional father.
Other cast members include Patrick Fabian, Ayman Samman and Us soccer star Bryan Jordan.
Mecca-born Khoja, who studied at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, wrote, produced and directed the film under the auspices of his Santa Monica and Jeddah-based Khoja Bros label.
He created the company earlier this year alongside producer and writer Allison Winter and creative producer Muhammed Alawi.
“Our vision is to make films that marry both cultures together – Arab and American culture,” said Khoja.
“It...
The privately-financed production is Saudi Arabia’s fourth-ever feature-length film.
Egyptian actor El-Masry, best known internationally for his roles in Rosewater and The Night Manager, stars as a young Saudi expat in Los Angeles with dreams of pursuing a soccer career in the city against the wishes of his traditional father.
Other cast members include Patrick Fabian, Ayman Samman and Us soccer star Bryan Jordan.
Mecca-born Khoja, who studied at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, wrote, produced and directed the film under the auspices of his Santa Monica and Jeddah-based Khoja Bros label.
He created the company earlier this year alongside producer and writer Allison Winter and creative producer Muhammed Alawi.
“Our vision is to make films that marry both cultures together – Arab and American culture,” said Khoja.
“It...
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Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS: Los Angeles" episode 15 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Forest For The Trees," and it turns out that we're going to see some extremely intense and intriguing action go down when Sam and Callen get kidnapped after looking into a new tip about a Nsa agent that went missing, and more. In the new,15th episode press release: Callen and Sam are going to get kidnapped when they follow a tip about a missing Nsa agent. Press release number 2: Callen and Sam will get kidnapped when they follow an anonymous tip about a missing Nsa agent. When the team discovers they are nowhere to be found, they will realize it could have been a trap set by terrorists. Guest stars feature: Jaylen Moore Stephen Monroe Taylor Julian Graham Ayman Samman Martin Smair (Imposter) Oscar Willits Joseph Abaq...
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Check out the synopsis and poster for this indie-made short after the jump.
I'm generally wary of fan films (or any kind of fan fiction, for that matter): why play around in someone else's sandbox when you're obviously talented enough to create something original of your own. Having said that, it looks like Evans and his crew have put together something really good looking with Red Sand and I'm curious about where it will go (and more importantly, what Evans will get up to next).
From the official synopsis:
Serving as a prequel to the Mass Effect game series,"Red Sand" is set 35 years before the time of...
Check out the synopsis and poster for this indie-made short after the jump.
I'm generally wary of fan films (or any kind of fan fiction, for that matter): why play around in someone else's sandbox when you're obviously talented enough to create something original of your own. Having said that, it looks like Evans and his crew have put together something really good looking with Red Sand and I'm curious about where it will go (and more importantly, what Evans will get up to next).
From the official synopsis:
Serving as a prequel to the Mass Effect game series,"Red Sand" is set 35 years before the time of...
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