‘Find Me Falling’ Director Stelana Kliris Sets Cast for Next Feature ‘Apart From Her’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Alex Ritman Cypriot filmmaker Stelana Kliris, who topped Netflix’ global charts earlier this year with “Finding My Feet,” is now underway on her next feature, having lined up an international lead cast.

Based on Kliris’ own screenplay, “Apart from Her” is described as a “drama with the pace and tension of a thriller.” Set in 1974, the story follows a young woman who flees war-torn Cyprus for apartheid South Africa through an arranged marriage.

After befriending a local woman who harbours her own dark secret, hidden truths surface, forcing love and prejudice to collide.

The film will be led by Palestinian actress Leem Lubany, best known for 2013’s Oscar-nominated “Omar” and the Emmy nominated “The Old Man.” Lubany will be joined by Luke Pasqualino, whose credits include “The Musketeers” and recent Jilly Cooper adaptation “Rivals,” and Girley Jazama, whose performance in “Under The Hanging Tree,” Namibia’s first submission for the Oscars, earned her an African Movie Academy Award nomination. “Apart from Her” is an international co-production with producers including Susan Simnett and Jamie Harvey from Over The Fence Films (U.K.), Ioanna Bolomyti from Atalante Productions (Greece) and Stelana Kliris herself producing for Meraki Films (Cyprus). “I am thrilled to be working with this fantastic cast and amazing team on my third feature,” said Kliris.