Ruba Nadda

Canadian film director

December 6, 1972 (51 years old)

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October Gale

Can. 2014. Thriller by Ruba Nadda with Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, Tim Roth. Retired to her second home on a remote island, a doctor helps an injured man who claims to be being chased by the father of the man he accidentally killed.

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Inescapable

Can. 2012. Thriller by Ruba Nadda with Alexander Siddig, Joshua Jackson, Marisa Tomei. A former Syrian military police officer who has been living in Canada for 20 years, returns to Damascus in order to find his missing journalist daughter.

Runtime: 93 min.

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Cairo Time

Can. 2009. Sentimental drama by Ruba Nadda with Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya. As her husband cannot join her in Cairo as planned, an editor befriends one of his Egyptian friends, who shows her around the city.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Sabah

Can. 2005. Dramatic comedy by Ruba Nadda with Arsinée Khanjian, Shawn Doyle, Fadia Nadda. In Toronto, a Syrian woman tries to hide her romance with a non-Muslim Canadian from her very conservative family.

Runtime: 90 min.