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AMERICAN DOCTOR

• Director: Poh Si Teng
• USA, PALESTINE, MALAYSIA, QATAR / 2026 / DCP / Colour / 93' / English, Arabic; Turkish, English s.t.

• Director of Photography: Ibrahim Al Otla, Chris Renteria, Arthur Nazaryan, Poh Si Teng, Ramzy Haddad
• Editing: Christopher White, Ema Ryan Yamazaki
• Music: Suad Bushnaq
• Producer: Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad
• Production Co.: Tiny Boxer Films
• World Sales: Autlook Films

Premiering at Sundance, American Doctor is a vérité non-fiction film following three prominent physicians –Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian– friends who couldn’t be more different but are bound by the shared oath to save lives. Dr. Thaer Ahmad is measured and strategic, Dr. Mark Perlmutter is blunt and wears his heart on his sleeve, and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is media-savvy and prolific. The story follows them from a Gazan hospital under siege receiving cases in the wake of Israeli bombs to the halls of Congress –– risking everything as they strive to ease suffering amid horrifying humanitarian crisis, to raise their voices, and continue their struggle while being caught in politics. American Doctor is Poh Si Teng’s debut feature documentary that premiered in Sundance.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.