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Completed - ENGLISH, ARABIC, TURKISH - Documentary - 119 minutes

Previous markets

  • Sundance 2020 (Premiere)
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Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Bryan FOGEL

Synopsis

Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was critical of his beloved Saudi Arabia and of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and never came out. His fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder—and in their dogged quest for truth, they expose a global cover-up perpetrated by the very country he loved.

With exclusive access to the Turkish government’s evidence; to Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz; and to Khashoggi’s close friend and fellow Saudi insurgent, Omar Abdulaziz, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel unearths hidden secrets in this real-life international thriller that will continue to rock the world long after the headlines have faded away.

Production

Country(ies) : USA

AUSTRIA May 19, 2021 FILMLADEN GMBH
CANADA Jan 08, 2021 LEVELFILM
FRANCE Mar 15, 2021 ORIGINALS FACTO
GERMANY DCM FILM DISTRI
SWEDEN NONSTOP ENTERTA
SWITZERLAN DCM FILM DISTRI
USA HORIZON DISTRIB

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Festivals and Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2020 Documentary Premieres


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