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3K Pictures announces today that director Sam Kadi.s debut drama The Citizen will have its North American Premiere at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana on Monday, October 22nd at the AMC Castleton Square 14 theater at 7:15pm. The film was produced by Kadi, Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) and Alan Noel Vega, with Ameer Kabour executive producing. The Heartland Film Festival started in 1992 as a small event in Indianapolis and has expanded over time to become one of the fastest growing film festivals in the country. Today, the annual film festival is a ten-day event full of independent films, a variety of special events for film enthusiasts of all ages and a one-of-a-kind experience in one of the Midwest.s most inviting cities. This year the festival runs from October 18th-27th.

The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (played by celebrated Egyptian actor...

3K Pictures announces today that veteran sales agent Cassian Elwes is handling all North American rights to director Sam Kadi.s debut political drama The Citizen. The film was produced by Kadi, Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) and Alan Noel Vega, with Ameer Kabour executive producing. The film is currently scheduled to screen for distributors during the Toronto Film Festival.

The Citizen tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (Khaled Nabawy from Fair Game) who wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10th, 2001. In addition to Nabawy, the film’s cast includes Agnes Bruckner (Blood And Chocolate), William Atherton (Ghostbusters) and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride).

The script took over three years to write and was co-written by the noted Arab American playwright Samir Younis (Browntown). Younis was living and working in New York on 9/11, and brought his experiences about the aftermath of...

Four join The Citizen helmed by Sam Kadi, based on a true story Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabaway will star in the indie drama. Sam Kadi directs from the script by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Samir Younis, from the story by Kadi, reports Variety. In The Citizen, Nabaway plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system. The film follows his life as he arrives in New York to claim his documents on September 10th, 2001, through his 10-year journey to obtaining citizenship in a post-911 America. This includes his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.

Four join The Citizen helmed by Sam Kadi, based on a true story Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabaway will star in the indie drama. Sam Kadi directs from the script by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Samir Younis, from the story by Kadi, reports Variety. In The Citizen, Nabaway plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system. The film follows his life as he arrives in New York to claim his documents on September 10th, 2001, through his 10-year journey to obtaining citizenship in a post-911 America. This includes his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.

Four join The Citizen helmed by Sam Kadi, based on a true story Cary Elwes, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji and Khaled Nabaway will star in the indie drama. Sam Kadi directs from the script by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Samir Younis, from the story by Kadi, reports Variety. In The Citizen, Nabaway plays a Lebanese immigrant who wins a green card through the U.S. lottery system. The film follows his life as he arrives in New York to claim his documents on September 10th, 2001, through his 10-year journey to obtaining citizenship in a post-911 America. This includes his detainment by homeland security and his deportation trial.