Saudi Freestyle Wrestling, Feelgood Hit ‘Sattar’ To Get U.K. Release As Front Row Strikes Deal With Odeon Cinemas
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Saudi feelgood comedy-drama Sattar, which has enjoyed a record-breaking theatrical run at home, will hit U.K.
cinemas next month in a release spearheaded by MENA region distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment. Sattar, which is set in the world of freestyle wrestling, will be only the second Saudi Arabian film to be released theatrically in the U.K.
after Haifa Al Mansoor’s ground-breaking 2012 international breakout Wadjda. The film will launch on around 10 U.K. screens in London and other major U.K.
cities, including Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds, on February 10. Front Row, which has struck a direct distribution, revenue-sharing deal with Odeon Cinemas, is aiming to catch the wave of the film’s success in Saudi Arabia.
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