How Kids Roll
2024 drama film directed by Loris Lai
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| 2024 | Loris Lai makes his feature directorial debut with 'How Kids Roll', a film he co-wrote with Dahlia Heyman. |
| September 13 2024 | The film was shortlisted by Italy's Oscar committee as a potential submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards, being one of 19 selected films. |
| March 28 2024 | The film 'How Kids Roll' is theatrically released in Italy by an unspecified distributor. |
| March 8 2024 | Pope Francis comments on the film, praising its potential for promoting education, brotherhood, social friendship, and peace after watching it, as reported by the Italian news agency ANSA. |
| October 2023 | Director Lai commented on the film's tone in the context of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, noting that the film would have been much darker if shot after the invasion where over 12,000 Palestinian children were killed. |
| September 2023 | Post-production of the film 'How Kids Roll' was completed in September 2023. |
| December 2022 | Production crew moved to Cape Verde to continue filming and search for suitable surfing waves. |
| November 2022 | Filming at Tarak Ben Ammar Studios in Tunis was completed. |
| November 11 2022 | Variety announced that filming had wrapped in Tunisia, revealing the lead actors Marwan Hamdan and Mikhael Fridel, with Tom Rhys Harries and Lyna Khoudri also cast in the film. |
| September 2022 | Principal photography for 'How Kids Roll' began in Tunisia, with filming taking place at Tarak Ben Ammar Studios in Tunis. |
| March 22 2021 | The film was awarded €400,000 in funding from Eurimages. |
| 2014 | Loris Lai conceived the idea for the film during a trip to Gaza while working as a photojournalist for the London Times. |
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