Amreeka is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Cherien Dabis, her debut feature film. Amreeka premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and was later screened at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It was screened at a number of festivals worldwide and opened for limited release in the United states on September 4.
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Directed by: Cherien Dabis
Produced by: Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin
Written by: Cherien Dabis
Starring: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat
Music by: Doug Bernheim
Editing by: Keith Reamer
Distributed by: National Geographic Entertainment, Imagenation
Release date(s): (U.S., Limited: September 4, 2009)
Running time: 96 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English, Arabic
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