The Belgian film ‘Rebel’, directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, will soon also be shown in the United States. The film was previously a great success in Belgian cinemas. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022 and has since won multiple awards.
The story is about Kamal, a young man from Brussels who travels to Syria to help war victims, but is then annexed by the Islamic State. At home in Molenbeek, extremists want to persuade his little brother to also travel to Syria.
Striking: the directors describe the film as a ‘blockbuster art-house film’. An artistic film that the general public also likes. The directors are happy that it will now also be shown in America.
The film will now be distributed in North America and Canada by Yellow Veil Pictures, a New York and Los Angeles-based distributor that focuses on films straddling the line between commercial and art-house cinema.
Rebel premiered on May 26, 2022 at the Cannes Film Festival and has already won several awards, including the Best Narrative Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival. Following previous sales to more than 70 countries, producer Caviar announced on Saturday that the film has now also been picked up for distribution in North America and Canada by Yellow Veil Pictures. That’s a New York and Los Angeles-based film distributor focusing on festival favorites on the borderline between commercial and art-house cinema.
So according to Joe Yanick, co-founder of Yellow Veil Pictures, Rebel is right up their alley. “Adil and Bilall took what they learned in Hollywood and brought it back to pure art-house cinema to create an unforgettable experience that we can’t wait to share with American audiences. If there is such a thing as a blockbuster art-house film, then Rebel is definitely it.”
The director duo that previously conquered Brussels with Black and Hollywood with Bad boys for life is also enthusiastic. “We are thrilled that Yellow Veil Pictures will bring our most personal film to American theaters. We’re about to start playing Bad Boys Ride or Die now, and we’re putting our weight behind the release there this fall.”
Guts
Rebel is a film that does not shy away from the difficult themes and sticks to the ribs long after the credits have passed. “If there was an Oscar for guts, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah would definitely win it,” our reviewer wrote last year.
This article is originally published on bruzz.be
