FRUITMARKET WITH „THE MOST IMPORTANT PRISONERS“ @ HotDocs Deal Maker

Director Zakaria Rahmani (Fruitmarket) and Coproducer Michael Mallie (Ard Mhacha) will pitch the documentary feature „THE MOST IMPORTANT PRISONERS“ at Hot Docs Deal Maker pitch. The film portrays and has exclusive access to two cousins, who after 9/11 find themselves at the center of the global War on Terror:

One ends up being Guantanamo Bay’s highest value detainee while his cousin, a close advisor to Usama bin Laden, is detained in Iran, where he becomes the most important prisoner. Captured by opposing sides in the War on Terror, the two cousins shared the same fate of becoming the most important prisoners. There struggle for survival offers a unique and untold view on the war on terror, its causes and consequences. 

A coproduction of Fruitmarket with Ard Mhacha from Ireland. Development has been funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

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