A film of El Gouna Film Festival

طبيب أمريكيAmerican Doctor

Director
Poh Si Teng
Countries
United States, Malaysia, Qatar, Denmark, Palestine
Year
2026
Running time
93 min
Language
English, Arabic, Hebrew

At El Gouna Film Festival

What it is about

United by a shared oath to save lives, three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—work in a besieged hospital in Gaza and return to the United States to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind.

Key roles

Director
Poh Si Teng
Writer
Poh Si Teng
Producer
Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad
Director of photography
Ibrahim Al-Otla, Chris Renteria
Editor
Christopher White, Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Music
Suad Bushnaq

Full credits

Cast

5
  • Thaer Ahmadas Self
  • Mark Perlmutteras Self
  • Feroze Sidhwaas Self
  • Dana Bashas Self - CNN Anchor (archive footage)
  • Hasan Pikeras Self

Directing

1
  • Poh Si TengDirector

Writing

1
  • Poh Si TengWriter

Production

16
  • Poh Si TengProducer
  • Kirstine BarfodProducer
  • Reem HaddadProducer
  • Simon KilmurryExecutive producer
  • Hamza AliExecutive producer
  • Glennon DoyleExecutive producer
  • Rasha MansouriExecutive producer
  • Hassan ElmasryExecutive producer
  • Poh Si TengExecutive producer
  • Rami ElghandourExecutive producer
  • Andreas DalsgaardExecutive producer
  • Mehdi HasanExecutive producer
  • Juan Pablo RaymondExecutive producer
  • Kiran AlviExecutive producer
  • Mohammed SawwafCo-producer
  • Kasper Lykke SchultzCo-producer

Camera

2
  • Ibrahim Al-OtlaDirector of photography
  • Chris RenteriaDirector of photography

Editing

2
  • Christopher WhiteEditor
  • Ema Ryan YamazakiEditor

Music

3

Other crew

3
  • Arthur NazaryanCinematography
  • Poh Si TengCinematography
  • Ramzy HaddadCinematography

Companies

Elk Film · Tiny Boxer Films · Watermelon Pictures · ALEF Multimedia

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