Loading ...How we filmed our Bedouin western in the heat of the desert
In 2012, Anglo-Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar and British producer Rupert Lloyd moved to Wadi Rum to make their Bedouin western, Theeb [Wolf], with the last settled Bedouin tribe in Jordan. This was to be their home for a year. Cast exclusively from within the community – with the exception of Jack Fox – and with many of the props built by the women of the Howeitat tribe, Theeb offers an authentic Bedouin experience. “The Bedouin are not the subjects of the film but the co-authors,” Nowar is eager to stress.
After weathering sandstorms, flash floods, soaring tempertaures, and a number of hospitalisations, Theeb premiered at the 71st Venice Film Festival in 2014 to a 10-minute standing ovation and ended with Abu Nowar taking home the best director Lion (Orizzonti). Take a look behind the scenes of what Variety describe as “a classic adventure film of the best kind”.
THEEB will open at the Lincoln Plaza Cinema (1886 Broadway, New York, NY) on November 6. The trailer and a complete list of U.S. theatrical dates can be seen at Theebfilm.com
Source: www.bfi.org.uk