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Theeb
Theeb
	Film poster
Directed by	Naji Abu Nowar
Written by	Naji Abu Nowar; Bassel Ghandour;
Produced by	Bassel Ghandour; Rupert Lloyd; Nadine Toukan; Nasser Kalaji; Laith Majali; Diala Al Raie; Yanal Kassay;
Starring	Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat
Cinematography	Wolfgang Thaler
Edited by	Rupert Lloyd
Music by	Jerry Lane
Production; companies	Bayt Al Shawareb; Noor Pictures; Immortal Entertainment;
Distributed by	MAD Solutions (MENA); Film Movement (US); New Wave Films (UK)
Release dates	4 September 2014 (Venice); 19 March 2015 (UAE); 19 March 2015 (Jordan); 14 August 2015 (UK);
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Jordan; United Kingdom; United Arab Emirates; Qatar;
Languages	Hejazi Arabic ; English
Box office	$774,556

Theeb (Arabic: ذيب dhīb [ðiːb], "wolf") is a 2014 internationally co-produced period drama thriller film written and directed by Naji Abu Nowar. It is a coming-of-age story about a Bedouin boy, Theeb, who must survive in the wide-open Wadi Rum desert.^[4] The film takes place during the Middle Eastern theatre of the First World War, in the wake of the Great Arab Revolt against the ruling Ottoman Empire.^[5] The film used non-professional actors from the Bedouin community in southern Jordan, and is considered a "Bedouin Western". It has also been described as a coming-of-age film.^[6] Theeb is an international co-production between Jordan, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar.

The film premiered in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014,^[7] where Abu Nowar won the award for Best Director.^[8] It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,^[9] making it the first Jordanian nomination ever.^[6] At the 69th British Academy Film Awards, Theeb was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language,^[10] where Naji Abu Nowar and Rupert Lloyd won the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.^[11]

^ "Theeb (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Theeb". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Theeb (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ McCahill, Mike (13 August 2015). "Theeb review – Bedouin boy in the fog of war". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ Dowd, Vincent (16 February 2016). "Tongue tied: Foreign film Oscar hard to call". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Agencies (12 January 2016). "'Theeb' becomes first Jordanian film to receive Oscar nod". The Jordan Times. The Jordan News. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "Theeb". Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Staff writer (7 September 2014). "Jordanian filmmaker wins award for best director at Venice film festival". Al Arabiya News. Al Arabiya. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Ford, Rebecca (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Baftas 2016: full list of nominations". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
^ "2016 Film Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer". BAFTA. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[1] "Theeb (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[BOM-2] "Theeb". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

[NUMM-3] "Theeb (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[4] McCahill, Mike (13 August 2015). "Theeb review – Bedouin boy in the fog of war". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[BBC81-5] Dowd, Vincent (16 February 2016). "Tongue tied: Foreign film Oscar hard to call". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[Jordan_Times-6] Agencies (12 January 2016). "'Theeb' becomes first Jordanian film to receive Oscar nod". The Jordan Times. The Jordan News. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[7] "Theeb". Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[al-arabiya-8] Staff writer (7 September 2014). "Jordanian filmmaker wins award for best director at Venice film festival". Al Arabiya News. Al Arabiya. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[88nom-9] Ford, Rebecca (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[theguardian-10] "Baftas 2016: full list of nominations". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

[11] "2016 Film Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer". BAFTA. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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