{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Moving Radio","title":"NADER'S GIRL - Omar Mouallem Interview","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/893b8ec5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1906,"description":"Christian Zyp interviews Omar Mouallem (director) about his short film NADER'S GIRL. See the Premiere of the film as part of Studio A at the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) on Sat Sep 27th @ 6:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre (Theatre 8). Omar and guests will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A.NADER’S GIRL is adapted from Saeed Teebi’s short story \"Cynthia\". It's a darkly funny and sometimes disturbing exploration of masculinity, assimilation and performative allyship. The film follows a lonely Palestinian international student, Nader (Anas Hasan), desperate to fit in with his Western roommates — two misogynistic bros who exploit him for rent money and social currency during a wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests. Hoping to earn their respect, Nader invents a girlfriend named \"Cynthia\" (Megan Tracz). At first a fantasy of self-validation, Cynthia gradually devolves into a warped projection of Nader’s insecurities as a foreigner. But as reality blurs, he must decide whether to end the illusion or keep clinging to the only 'person' who values him.TICKETS: edmontonfilmfest.com/films/WEBSITE: omarmouallem.com/INSTAGRAM: @omar_aok","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/z1ojls--J_lPvUtFgI7by_n74sI_1GQMUnuQl9k9xKA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZmMz/MjlkMDU4YjllZTI2/ZDFiZmQ0MWU1OGE4/ZDRhMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}