I Was A Stranger(2026)

Name: I Was A Stranger
Director: Brandt Andersen
Genre: Drama
Released: Jan 9, 2026
Cast: Yasmine Al Massri, Yahya Mahayni, Omar Sy, Ziad Bakri

Angel Studios

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for strong violent content/bloody images, thematic material, a racial slur and smoking.
1h 44m
- Drama

Release Date: Jan 9, 2026

Five strangers are pulled together, colliding on a single night where survival is uncertain.

Release Details

Original Release | Jan 9, 2026 | Wide

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Box Office Results

2026-03-22T11:09:51.393Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$1,199,400
Total US & Canada:
$2,008,686
Total International
$37,140
Total Worldwide:
$2,045,826

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Director & Top Cast

Brandt Andersen
Director

Yasmine Al Massri
Doctor Amira Homsi

Yahya Mahayni
Mustafa

Omar Sy
Marwan

Ziad Bakri
Fathi

Other Details

Country of Origin: Jordan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, United States

Language: Arabic,Greek,English

Summaries

Storyline

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.

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Fun Facts

The night-time dinghy-crossing sequence was filmed on an actual de-commissioned smuggler craft towed into open Mediterranean water; cinematographer Jonathan Sela shot the entire 7-minute scene in a single Steadicam loop—no cuts, no second unit—so every wave-slap and child-shiver you see is happening live, not in a tank.