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A young Qatari man seeks approval from a council in order to marry his foreign fiancé.
Nasser, a young Qatari man, dreams of marrying his American fiancé. He finds himself at the Ministry of Interior, at the department dedicated solely to the review of marriages between Qataris and non-Qataris. There, he must face a panel who decides whether or not he can marry her. The panel digs into his personal life as he continually attempts to defend and justify his hope to marry for love.

Credits

Director
Nadia Alkhater
Screenwriter
Nadia Alkhater
Producer
Justin Kramer
Cast
Most notably Ali Mirzeh, local theater drama and television actor and director playing the role of panelist Omar.

About the Director

Nadia Al-Khater
Nadia Al-Khater is a Qatari filmmaker drawn to innovative storytelling. Her early passion for filmmaking inspired her to direct after graduating from Georgetown University. She wrote and directed the short drama-thriller ‘This Is Not a Drill’ (2019) with The Film House. Her photograph Djurgården 10 has been exhibited at GroundSeeSaw in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan. She directed the 2022 br
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