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‘Brides’ inspired by true story of teen girls who flee to Syria

Summary by The Park Record

Nadia Fall’s debut feature film “Brides” is inspired by a true story.In 2015, a young woman named Shamima Begum, and two other teenage girls, left their homes in London to join the Islamic State and marry a state fighter in Syria. Begum was eventually stripped of her citizenship and banned from ever returning to London.“She was painted out to be a monster in the press, so we thought what it would be like to tell the story from the point of view …

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The Park Record

‘Brides’ inspired by true story of teen girls who flee to Syria

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IndieWire

‘Brides’ Review: What Happens When Two Teenage BFFs Run Away to Syria to Join ISIS

Sundance: Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar star in Nadia Fall's prickly drama as a pair of besties who seek a new life without realizing what it actually entails.

30 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Deadline

‘Brides’ Review: Nadia Fall’s Low-Key Study Of Teenage Alienation Humanizes The Touchy Subject Of Online Radicalization — Sundance Film Festival

America under Trump’s second presidency is fearful for its borders and the potential terrorists that might be coming in through them. Britain, under the comparatively liberal Keir Starmer, has a rather more niche anxiety: that its citizens will leave and then return as insurgents. This seemingly unlikely scenario played out in real life in 2015, […]

30 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

‘Brides’ Review: A Flat Rendering Of Teen BFFs Bound For ISIS

Stories of Westerners joining ISIS make for popular news fodder, and now one is getting the coming-of-age Sundance debut treatment. For her film debut, theater director Nadia Hill took on “Brides,” Suhayla El-Bushra’s screenplay that draws inspiration from the real-life story of a group of east London girls who ran away from home to join the Islamic State. It’s undoubtedly a rich subject. Unfortunately, “Brides” dwells too long in melodrama to f…

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cineuropa.org

Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

25/01/2025 - The British director unpicks her feature debut, which tells the story of two young women in search of what they think will be a better life

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The Moveable Fest

Nadia Fall's "Brides" - Sundance 2025 Film Review

Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar star as a pair of British teens who see their salvation as wives for ISIS members in this provocative drama. The post Sundance 2025 Review: A Marriage of Youthful Energy and Naivete Leads to Nadia Fall’s Fiery “Brides” appeared first on The Moveable Fest.

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