Ameer Fakher Eldin's feature film "The Stranger" made its worldwide debut on Netflix on Friday. It was Palestine's entry for the 2022 Oscars, in the Best Foreign Film category. The story is set in a small village on the occupied Golan Heights. The viewer follows the life of a desperate, unlicensed doctor who is going through an existential crisis. His life takes an unfortunate turn when he meets a man wounded in the Syrian war. "The Stranger" is the first part of a trilogy entitled "Home".
Written, directed and edited by Fakher El-Din, the cast includes Ashraf Barhoum, who won Best Actor at the Tiburon International Film Festival for The Curve, and Mohammad Bakri, winner of several awards, including Best Actor at Cannes for Wajib. "The Stranger" premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival (2021), where it won the Edipo Re award and was also nominated for the Giornate degli Autori award.