UK gross sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded worldwide gross sales on The Strangers’ Case, with WME Independent overseeing North American gross sales, forward of its world premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala.

Yasmine Al Massri, Yahya Mahayni, Omar Sy, Ziad Bakri, Constantine Markoulakis and Jason Beghe star within the characteristic directorial debut of veteran US producer Brandt Andersen, whose credit embody Everest, Lone Survivor and Broken City.

Tragedy strikes a Syrian household in Aleppo, beginning a series response of occasions involving 5 totally different households in 4 totally different nations. The drama interweaves private tales to light up the bravery and heartbreak of the refugee expertise.

Andersen tailored the screenplay from his 2020 quick, Refugee, starring Sy, Al Massri, and Beghe. Andersen additionally produced the characteristic with Ossama Bawardi by Jordan’s Philistine Films, alongside Ryan Busse and Charlie Endean. The movie is shot in Jordan.

”We have been moved to tears once we first noticed Brandt’s unbelievable movie, and the terribly highly effective performances elicited from this wonderful worldwide forged,” mentioned Mister Smith’s founder and CEO, David Garrett. ”Brandt has spent greater than a decade working throughout Europe and the Middle East, supporting refugees throughout the continent. His experiences, and people of all he encountered alongside the best way, have enabled him to deliver this uniquely emotional and visceral story to the large display. We – along with the filmmakers, forged and crew – can not wait to share this with audiences in Berlin.”

Filmmaker Andersen can also be an activist. In November 2023, he joined the Jordanian Airforce on humanitarian assist drops over Gaza. In 2019, Andersen visited and filmed hospitals exterior of Aleppo, Syria with assist organisation CanDo. Andersen has organised movie camps for refugees in Jordan and Turkey on behalf of worldwide humanitarian company CARE. He has visited and filmed the residing circumstances in refugee camps in Jordan, Greece, Italy and Turkey with the United Nations’ refugee company, UNHCR.