Odd Slice Films Boards Documentary ‘Concrete Land’ Ahead of Locarno Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Boutique sales company Odd Slice Films has acquired worldwide rights to documentary “Concrete Land,” the debut feature of Palestinian-Jordanian director Asmahan Bkerat, ahead of its world premiere in Locarno Film Festival’s Semaine de la Critique. Eight years in the making, “Concrete Land” follows one of the last Afro-Palestinian Bedouin families living on the outskirts of […]

variety.com ·2026-08-06

Odd Slice Films Boards Documentary ‘Concrete Land’ Ahead of Locarno Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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