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Syrian Refugee Drama Peace by Chocolate, Starring Hatem Ali, to Bow at Tribeca, UTA Selling (EXCLUSIVE)
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Uplifting refugee drama “Peace by Chocolate,” which marks the last film starring late great Syrian actor and director Hatem Ali, is set to world premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival.
UTA Independent Film Group will be handling world sales on the English-language pic, which is directed by Canadian first-timer Jonathan Keijser and will bow as part of the fest’s online Tribeca at Home presentations announced today.
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“Peace by Chocolate” is based on the true story of Tareq Hadhad who fled from war-torn Syria with his family and founded a now booming chocolate business in Canada called Peace by Chocolate.
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Passion, enthusiasm, advocacy, contribution, and excellence: If you put together the first letters of these five words, they spell out ‘peace’. And the words represent the core values of Peace by Chocolate, a successful Nova Scotia business built by a Syrian refugee family that is officially expanding this week.
“That’s why we call the company Peace by Chocolate, because we believe that peace is something so noble everyone should fight for, and chocolate is our product of happiness,” said Tareq Hadhad, owner and CEO of Peace by Chocolate.
On April 8, there will be a ribbon cutting for the company’s new store in downtown Halifax. The ceremony was initially scheduled for March 4, but was cancelled because of increased COVID-19 restrictions in Nova Scotia at that time.