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| Directed by | Amin Matalqa |
| Written by | Amin Matalqa |
| Starring | Nadim Sawalha Rana Sultan |
| Music by | Austin Wintory |
| Release date | 6 February 2008 |
| Running time | 102 min |
| Country | Jordan |
| Language | Arabic |
Captain Abu Raed is a 2007 Jordanian Film directed and written by Amin Matalqa. It was the first feature film produced in Jordan in more than 50 years. The Royal Film Commission of Jordan endorsed Captain Abu Raed to be submitted to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the first ever submitted by Jordan. The film won awards at numerous film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival.
Plot
Abu Raed is an airport janitor at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman who has lost his wife and son. After finding a Royal Jordanian captain's hat in the trash, the neighborhood children mistake him for an airline pilot and beg him to tell them stories of his adventures.
Cast
- Nadim Sawalha - Abu Raed
- Rana Sultan - Nour
- Hussein Al-Sous - Murad
- Udey Al-Qiddissi - Tareq
- Ghandi Saber - Abu Murad
- Dina Ra’ad-Yaghnam - Um Murad
Awards
- Won
- Dubai International Film Festival
- Muhr Award - Best Actor: Nadim Sawalha
- Durban International Film Festival
- Best First Feature Film
- Heartland Film Festival
- Crystal Heart Award - Feature Film
- Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature
- Sundance Film Festival
- Audience Award - World Cinema - Dramatic
- Nominated
- Sundance Film Festival
- Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Dramatic
References
- Luck, Taylor (September 5, 2008). "Captain Abu Raed to be considered for Oscar nomination". Jordan Times. Retrieved 2008-10-23.