3000 Nights wins regional premiere at Diff

A scene from 3000 Nights. Courtesy DIFF

Palestinian festival favourite 3000 Nights will land its Arab world premiere at the 12th Dubai International Film Festival. The film will compete as part of the Muhr Arab Feature Films Competition with director Mai Masri and stars Maisa Abdelhadi, Nadera Omran, Rakeen Saad, as well as producer Sabine Sidawi, at the festival to show their support.

3000 Nights has already won the Meeting Point Audience Award at the 60th Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, where the audience rated the film 4.297 out of 5. Less than a week later, the film received the Jury Award at the 8th Women's International Film and Television Showcase in the USA.

The film premièred at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and has also appeared at Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, and had a full-house screening at BFI London Film Festival.

A Palestinian co-production between France, Jordan, UAE, Qatar and Lebanon, 3000 Nights stars Maisa Abdelhadi and Nadera Omran. The film tells the story of a young Palestinian schoolteacher who gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.