By Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/Reporter EXCLUSIVE: Variance Films has acquired the North American theatrical rights to Shahad Ameen’s debut drama of magical realism Scales.
the film, which comes from Image Nation Abu Dhabi will be released theatrically later this year. Written and directed by Saudi Arabian filmmaker Ameen, the visually enticing Scales is described as a “feminist parable set in a dystopian landscape”.
The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival’s Critics Week, where it won the Verona Film Club Award. It was also set to screen at this year’s SXSW Film Festival before it was canceled due to the pandemic.
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