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Director: Poh Si Teng
Starring: Thaer Ahmad, Feroze Sidhwa, Mark Perlmutter
Distribution: Watermelon Pictures (The Voice of Hind Rajab, The Glassworker)
Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2026
Select Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2026 Nominee Grand Jury Prize Documentary, SXSW 2026 Nominee Audience Award Festival Favorites
American Doctor is a vérité documentary 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. Filmed in unfolding, on-the-ground scenes, the story follows them from a Gazan hospital under siege, to the halls of Congress. Together they fight to keep a promise to their Palestinian colleagues and patients, to continue the struggle where it matters most: the United States.
AMERICAN DOCTOR is nominated for the following Lost Weekend awards:
The Sanne This Award
Best Documentary
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