EXCLUSIVE: Saudi feelgood comedy-drama Sattar , which has enjoyed a record-breaking theatrical run at home, will hit U.K. cinemas next month in a release spearheaded by MENA region distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment . Sattar , which is set in the world of freestyle wrestling, will be only the second Saudi Arabian film to be released theatrically in the U.K. after Haifa al-Mansour’s ground-breaking 2012 international breakout Wadjda . The film will launch on around 10 U.K. screens in London and other major U.K. cities, including Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds, on February 10. Front Row, which has struck a direct distribution, revenue-sharing deal with Odeon Cinemas , is aiming to catch the wave of the film’s success in Saudi Arabia . The target audience is Saudi Arabian and Gulf citizens living in the U.K. but Front Row expects it to appeal to a wider Arabic-speaking audience as well as local spectators without … [Read more...] about Saudi Freestyle Wrestling, Feelgood Hit ‘Sattar’ To Get U.K. Release As Front Row Strikes Deal With Odeon Cinemas