The same day that Randa tells her family she doesn't want to go to college, an esteemed food critic comes to review her family's restaurant and turns everyone's day upside down.

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Director

Razan Ghalayini is a Palestinian-American writer, screenwriter, director, and producer. She has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and has written for the website The Intercept on a case involving the Fort Dix Five, which later led to the short documentary Entrapped, premiering at Sundance in 2016. Her latest short film, Upsidedown, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023.

This film is part of

Arabic Evening at Vippa

Original title Upsidedown

Country USA

Year 2023

Director Razan Ghalayini

Screenplay Razan Ghalayini

Cinematography Mike Maliwanag

Producer Paul Feig, Laura Fischer, Kesila Childers, Erica Fishman

Cast Samar El-Zein, Zein Khleif, Bassem Youssef, Randa Jarrar, Yaser Salamah, Brendan Jennings

Runtime 9m

Language Arabic, English

Subtitles English

Genre Short Film, Comedy

Age limit A

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