MUMBAI: IFC Films has acquired US rights of writer-director Ruba Nadda‘s Cairo Time starring Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig.

The romantic drama follows the love affair between an American tourist in Cairo, played by Clarkson, who gets involved with an Egyptian man (Siddig), a friend of her husband.

The film was awarded the best Canadian feature prize at the recently held Toronto International Film Festival.
IFC Films will release Cairo Time in 2010 through its ‘IFC in Theaters‘ platform which offers movies on demand the same day they premiere in theatres.

The distribution company acquired the film from E1 Entertainment International, the film‘s sales agent and US and international rights holder.