100 Miles

2007 Emirati short film

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Mustafa Abbas
Mahmood Arjumand
Kurt Neyberg
Salma Othman

Edited byMustafa AbbasMusic byKhaldoun Haddad

Production
company

Night & Day Pictures

Release date

March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08)

Running time

26 minutesCountryUnited Arab EmiratesLanguageEnglish

100 Miles is a 2007 Emirati short comedy thriller crime film written and directed by Mustafa Abbas and starring Abbas, Mahmood Arjumand, Kurt Neyberg, and Salma Othman.^[1]^[2] The film won Best Non-Documentary at the 2007 Emirates Film Competition^[3]^[4]^[5] and was screened at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2008 as part of the Emirati Voices category.^[3]

Plot

100 Miles is a suspenseful thriller about schizophrenic Miles McManus. One day, Miles' rival, Ted Garcia, wakes up to find Miles tying him up in a bathtub, accusing him of raping his girlfriend Annabelle James. Ted tries to convince Miles of his innocence. Miles then discovers Annabelle has been murdered and finds that she was killed by her stepfather, Jonathan Rivers, who sought to seize the fortune that Annabelle's mother had left her.

Cast

Mustafa Abbas as Shane
Mahmood Arjumand as Miles McManus Jr.
Kurt Neyberg as Mr. Clemens
Salma Othman as Annabelle James
Mohammed Rabi as Ted Garcia
Qais Rabi as Jonathan Rivers

References

^ Crane, Kelly (April 13, 2009). "Out in the rain: Mustafa Abbas". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
^ Chaudhary, Shuchitra (January 27, 2012). "Emirati filmmaker is making the cut". Gulf News. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Ross, Matt (April 5, 2012). "Mustafa Abbas Debuts First Feature at GFF". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
^ "A Night of Emirati Short Films". The Third Line. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
^ Chubb, Laura (May 11, 2009). "Mustafa Abbas". Time Out Dubai. Retrieved June 17, 2012.