Theeb

Theeb
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Directed by	Naji Abu Nowar
Produced by	Diala Al Raie Bassel Ghandour Nasser Kalaj Yanal Kassay Rupert Lloyd Laith Majali Nadine Toukan
Written by	Naji Abu Nowar Bassel Ghandour
Starring	Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat
Music by	Jerry Lane
Cinematography	Wolfgang Thaler
Edited by	Rupert Lloyd
Production company	Bayt Al Shawareb Fertile Crescent Films Immortal Entertainment Noor Pictures
Distributed by	MAD Solutions (UK) Film Movement (US)
Release date	4 September 2014 (2014-09-04) (Venice) 19 March 2015 (2015-03-19) (UAE) 19 March 2015 (2015-03-19) (Jordan) 14 August 2015 (2015-08-14) (UK)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Jordan United Arab Emirates Qatar United Kingdom
Language	Arabic
Box office	$458,559

Theeb (Arabic: ذيب‎‎, [ðiːb], "wolf") is a 2014 Jordanian Arabic-language drama thriller film written and directed by Naji Abu Nowar. It focuses on a young Bedouin boy, Theeb, who must survive in the wide-open Wadi Rum desert. The film takes place during the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, in the wake of the Great Arab Revolt against the ruling Ottoman Empire. The film used non-professional actors from the Bedouin community in southern Jordan, and is considered a "Bedouin Western". It has also been described as a coming-of-age film.

The film premiered in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014, where Abu Nowar won the award for Best Director. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, making it the first Jordanian nomination ever. At the 69th British Academy Film Awards, Theeb was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language, where the directors won the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.