Ali's Wedding

Ali's Wedding is a 2017 Australian romantic comedy feature film from Matchbox Pictures.[2][3][4] It is directed by Jeffrey Walker and written by Osamah Sami and stars Sami, Helana Sawires, Don Hany and Ryan Corr. Sami has been quoted as saying that the film is "history making, the first Muslim rom-com. This movie will hopefully pave the way for many other similar stories, not just from the Muslim community but from other communities and other minorities in our society." He said that the "affectionate and poignant story of love" was trying to cast a more positive light on Muslim-Australian life.[3]

Ali's Wedding
Theatrical film poster
Directed byJeffrey Walker
Produced byHelen Panckhurst
Sheila Jayadev
Written byAndrew Knight
Osamah Sami
StarringOsamah Sami
Helana Sawires
Don Hany
Maha Wilson
Ryan Corr
Music byNigel Westlake
CinematographyDonald McAlpine
Edited byGeoffrey Lamb
Production
company
Matchbox Productions
Release date
  • October 2016 (2016-10) (Adelaide)
Running time
110 minutes[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageArabic
English
Persian

Plot

Ali (Osamah Sami), the charming and musically-talented son of a Muslim cleric (Don Hany), struggles to make the right life choices despite the best of intentions. He wants to be with the girl, Dianne (Helana Sawires), he loves, but he's been promised to another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that the community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks. Above all, he wants to make his father proud. To live up to these impossible expectations, he lies about his academic achievements, and then his quest to please his father spirals out of control, with amusing and poignant consequences.[5]

Cast
  • Osamah Sami as Ali Albasri
  • Don Hany as Sheik Mahdi
  • Helana Sawires as Dianne Mohsen
  • Frances Duca as Zahra
  • Khaled Khalafalla as Moe Greene
  • Asal Shenavehzadeh as Ramona
  • Majid Shokor as Seyyed Ghaffar
  • Shayan Salehian as Luay
  • Ghazi Alkinani as Abu Faisal
  • Rodney Afif as Haj Karim
  • Maha Wilson as Yomna
  • Natalie Gamsu as Fatima
  • Robert Rabiah as Mohsen
  • Rahel Romahn as Ayoob
  • Aljin Abella as Chris
  • Ryan Corr as Wazza

Release

Ali's Wedding premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2016.[6][7] It also showed at the Sydney Film Festival on 8 June 2017.[8][9]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92%, based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Music

Accolades
Award Category Subject Result
AACTA Awards
(7th)		 Best Film Sheila Jayadev Nominated
Helen Panckhurst Nominated
Best Direction Jeffrey Walker Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Andrew Knight Won
Osamah Sami Won
Best Actor Nominated
Best Actress Helana Sawires Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Don Hany Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Frances Duca Nominated
Best Original Music Score Nigel Westlake Nominated

References
  1. "Ali's Wedding 2016". Screen Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. Maddox, Garry (11 November 2015). "Short Cuts: Ali's Wedding draws on Muslim star's colourful life". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. Maddox, Garry (31 October 2016). "Australia's first Muslim rom-com movie. Ali's Wedding, hopes to disarm haters as it hits big screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. "Ali's Wedding". Beta Cinema. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. "Ali's Wedding". IMDb. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ScreenHub (9 November 2015). "Matchbox: Ali's Wedding shoot starts". ScreenHub. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  7. "Ali's Wedding". Adelaide Film Festival. South Australia Film Corporation. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  8. "Ali's Wedding". Sydney Film Festival. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  9. Dixon-Smith, Matilda (10 May 2017). "Australia's First Muslim Rom-Com 'Ali's Wedding' Finally Has A Trailer!". Junkee. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  10. "Ali's Wedding (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  11. "Ali's Wedding Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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