I Was a Stranger

I Was a Stranger In Theaters January 9, 2026

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I Was a Stranger

Film synopsis

When a Syrian doctor is forced to flee Aleppo with her young daughter, one desperate choice sets off a chain of events that ripples across borders and pulls four strangers into the same storm. A smuggler trying to save his son. A soldier wrestling with his conscience. A poet searching for home. A Greek coast guard captain caught between duty and mercy. Their paths collide on one night in the Mediterranean, where survival is uncertain and humanity is revealed in its rawest form. I Was a Stranger is a tense, deeply human story about the lengths people will go to protect the ones they love.

Release Date

January 9, 2026

Director

Brandt Andersen

Producers

Brandt Andersen

Ossama Bawaedi

Ryan Busse

Charlie Endean

Writer

Brandt Andersen

Cinematographer

Jonathan Sela

Cast

Yasmine Al Massri

Yasmine Al Massri

THE DOCTOR - Amira Homsi

Yahya Mahayni

Yahya Mahayni

THE SOLDIER - Mustafa

Omar Sy

Omar Sy

THE SMUGGLER - Marwan

Ziad Bakri

Ziad Bakri

THE POET - Fathi

Constantine Markoulakis

Constantine Markoulakis

THE CAPTAIN - Stavros

Jason Beghe

Jason Beghe

Dr. Kroft

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