Latest in Hany Abu-Assad

A trip to the hairdresser's turns sour in Huda's Salon, a gripping thriller written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now). Inspired by chilling real events in Palestine, it sees young mother Reem (Maisa Abd Elhadi) drugged by Huda (Manal Awad), who strips her naked and takes compromising pictures of her with a…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first trailer for Hany Abu-Assad’s TIFF drama Huda’s Salon, which IFC Film will release stateside on March 4, 2022. Ali Suliman (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Maisa Abd Elhadi (Baghdad Central) and Manal Awad (Gaza Mon Amour) star in the Arabic-language drama-thriller. Based on real events, the film…

The Red Sea International Film Festival has set the lineup for its inaugural edition which runs from December 6-15 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The roster includes 138 titles from 67 countries and will open with MGM's Joe Wright-directed musical romance Cyrano. The film previously played Telluride and Rome among others…

Omar and The Mountain Between Us director Hany Aby-Assad is lining up Arabic-language thriller Huda’s Salon, which Paris-based Memento Films International is launching at the EFM in Berlin. The feature, which is due to shoot in Palestine this year, will follow a woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare…

EXCLUSIVE: The Mountain Between Us director Hany Abu-Assad, whose hard-hitting dramas Omar and Paradise Now were both Oscar-nominated, has joined Iraq war feature A Brotherhood as an executive producer. Joining the drama as producers are Jordan Foley and Jonathan Rosenthal of Mill House Motion Pictures, producers of SX…

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Academy Award nominee Hany Abu-Assad is going for a trifecta. His latest film, The Idol, has been selected by Palestine as its official entry for the Foreign Language Oscar category. Tim Grady and Jeff Lipsky’s New York-based Adopt Films acquired the feelgood title on the heels of its Toronto Film…

On the heels of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Adopt Films has acquired U.S. rights to Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol, a drama that's based on the true story of the winner of 2013's Arab Idol singing competition. Seville International handles international rights, outside the Middle East. MBC will…

Two-time Oscar nominee Hany Abu-Assad is returning to the world stage with The Idol, his latest feature which will premiere as a Special Presentation in Toronto next month. Seville International is handling rights outside the Middle East on the drama that’s based on the true story of the winner of 2013’s Arab Idol…

EXCLUSIVE: Sons Of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam and The Wolf Of Wall Street's Margot Robbie are in talks to star for Paradise Now helmer Hany Abu-Assad in The Mountain Between Us for Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment. An adaptation of the Charles Martin book, the film is a harrowing tale of survival and a love story…

EXCLUSIVE: Hany Abu-Assad is in talks to direct The Mountain Between Us for Fox and Chernin Entertainment. Abu-Assad is best known for his 2005 provocative breakthrough film Paradise Now. The Charles Martin book is a harrowing tale of survival and a love story. Ashley is a writer catching a flight from Salt Lake City…

Hany Abu-Assad has been hired to helm the English-language remake of Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy For Mister Vengeance. The Dutch-Palestinian director best known for his Oscar-nominated 2005 pic Paradise Now also recently won the Jury Prize at Cannes for his latest film, Omar. Mister Vengeance follows a man seeking a…

The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from October 26-30, has finalized its jury and film slate. Egyptian actress Yosra has been appointed president of the jury, replacing Hany Abu-Assad, who couldn’t break away from his film The Courier, which is shooting in Louisiana. She’s joined by actress/director Salma…