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UTA Independent Film Group handles US rights.

Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on the feel-good comedy and Tribeca selection Peace By Chocolate and has launched EFM talks with buyers this week.

Jonathan Keijser (What Would Beethoven Do?) directed the film from Magnetic North Pictures about a Syrian refugee in Canada who aspires to be a doctor and is torn by his chocolatier father’s wish to help him rebuild the family business. Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Yara Sabri and Mark Camacho star.

Keijser produced alongside Catherine Léger, whose Babysitter premiered at Sundance last month, Martin Paul-Hus and Kathy Wolf.

Peace by Chocolate Magnetic North Pictures Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Jonathan Keijser Screenwriters: Jonathan Keijser, Abdul Malik Cast: Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Mark Camacho, Yara Sabri, Justin Trudeau Release Date: Tba When Tareq Hadhad (Ayham Abou Ammar), a refugee from Syria, landed in Halifax airport in 2012 […]

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Uplifting refugee drama “Peace by Chocolate,” which marks the last film starring late great Syrian actor and director Hatem Ali, is set to world premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival.

UTA Independent Film Group will be handling world sales on the English-language pic, which is directed by Canadian first-timer Jonathan Keijser and will bow as part of the fest’s online Tribeca at Home presentations announced today.

“Peace by Chocolate” is based on the true story of Tareq Hadhad who fled from war-torn Syria with his family and founded a now booming chocolate business in Canada called Peace by Chocolate.

The protag’s father is played by Hatem Ali, who passed away prematurely last December at 58. Ali was known across the Arab world as both an actor and the influential director of political TV dramas such as “The Long Night,” about three dissidents released from a Syrian prison after 20 years of incarceration.