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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero is a 2015 English-language Arabic 3Dcomputer-animatedaction-adventure film produced by Barajoun Entertainment and co-directed by Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal. With a story by Jamal, the screenplay was written by Alavi, Alex Kronemer, Michael Wolfe and Yassin Kamel. With this film, Jamal aimed to depict heroes from the history of the Arabian Peninsula.

The film depicts the life of Bilal ibn Rabah, who, known for his beautiful voice, was freed from slavery and rose to a position of prominence in 632 AD. The voice cast features Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ian McShane, China Anne McClain, Jacob Latimore, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Fred Tatasciore, Cynthia McWilliams, Jon Curry, Dave B. Mitchell and Michael Gross.

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Bilal premiered on December 9, 2015, at the 12th Annual International Dubai Film Festival. Starting September 8, 2016, the film released throughout the MENA region. The film began an international rollout in February 2018.

Bilal won 'Best Inspiring Movie' on Animation Day at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It won 'Best Innovative Movie' at the BroadCast Pro Middle East Award 2016. Bilal was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2016 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the region's highest accolade for film.

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Plot[edit]

Bilal lived a peaceful life with his mother and his younger sister until soldiers came and enslaved them and killed his mother.

He became a slave to the richest man in the city, Umayyah. While getting water for his master, he encountered the Priest, who tricked people to give their money with promises that the idols will grant their desires.

In another part of town, Safwan, Umayyah's son, was bullying Ghufaira, Bilal's sister and was about to shoot her with an arrow when Bilal intervened and saved her. Umayyah heard about it and reminded Bilal of his status before ordering the guards to whip him. Umayyah slapped Safwan for losing to a slave and embarrassing him.

One day, Bilal met and befriended a white horse, whom he rode until he reached adulthood. He became friends with Saad, an archer. On his way back to Umayyah's place, he stopped a hungry young boy from stealing from the idol's bowl as he wanted the boy to not get whipped. He gave the boy his food instead. His act of kindness was seen by Abu Bakr, a man who believed in equality for everyone and saw greatness in Bilal. However, Bilal doubted him and his beliefs.

When he was told to sing at Umayyah's feast, he realized something. He went back Abu Bakr the next day to ask for clarity and accepted his beliefs that there was only one God.

At the next feast, a merchant warned Umayyah of the new movement opposing them. Bilal then defied Umayyah and was taken to a cage where he was tortured everyday until one day Umayyah came and offered him an opportunity to be a spy for the enemy. Bilal did not yield, and was taken to a court where he was chained. A huge rock was put on top of him to slowly crush him, but he was saved as Abu Bakr bought him.

Ghufaira, however, belonged to Safwan, who did not want to sell her at all. Because of this, Bilal learned how to fight from Hamza, the leader of the movement. When they came back to Meccah, Safwan sent Bilal a lock of Ghufaira's hair. Bilal immediately rode to the slave town, followed by Hamza. They found the town on fire and a lot of slaves dead. Bilal hurried to Safwan's place and was caught by the guards.

Safwan flipped him a bloody coin to imply that his sister was dead before ordering the guards to kill him. Hamza saved him, and they both rode out of town.

A year later, they were ready, and Umayyah declared war on them. In the midst of the fight, Bilal managed to kill Umayyah.

This story spread fast in every city and the angry Safwan prepared for revenge with his troops in various cities.

Sometime later, the city was now all on Bilal's side. The Priest was dead, and every city had turned on Safwan except the base, Meccah. Bilal confronted Safwan, and asked why he had to kill Ghufaira. It was then revealed that Ghufaira was alive. Bilal once said that in his belief, a man was judged by his actions, so there she was, Safwan's one act of morality.

Bilal and Ghufaira reunited. Safwan then came out to see Bilal call for prayer.

Cast[edit]

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Bilal:
  The hero of our story, Bilal's strong will often lands him in trouble with the masters of Makkah. Nonetheless, Bilal's yearning for a higher calling keeps him going, for no amount of physical or mental abuse are able to break his strife for freedom and equality.
  • Jacob Latimore as Bilal (teenager):
    Bilal's teenage years are torturous as he bears the wrath of his masters on a daily basis. It is in the love of his mother and sister where Bilal finds purpose. His mother's wisdom being the beacon of light that keeps him going, and reminds him to never enslave his heart, and break free.
• Ian McShane as Umayya:
  Bilal's ruthless master, and the wealthiest merchant of the time. Much like his tribesmen, Umayya suffers from a superiority complex that is amplified by his desire for power. What makes Umayya truly dangerous, however, is his ability to manipulate the people of Mecca by means of enforcing his will, one way or another.
• Dave B. Mitchell as Hamza:
  Known as “The Lion”, Hamza is a strong and wealthy warrior with a strong moral character, and brutal fighting skills. Feared and respected in all of Makkah, no one dares to stand up against him. In this story, Hamza proves to be a worthy ally and mentor to Bilal.
• Fred Tatasciore as Al Siddiq:
  The lord of Merchants. Also the first to catch sight of the goodness in Bilal. Al Siddiq approaches Bilal sensing his inner struggles and guides him patiently towards his salvation. When Bilal is severely punished for rising against his master, Al Siddiq offers to buy him which in turn wins Bilal his freedom.
• Cynthia McWilliams as Hamama:
  Bilal & Ghufaira's mother, and their inspiration. Of royal blood, Hamama is a wise and elegant woman who was murdered by raiders. However, Hamama's voice still resonates in Bilal's heart and mind, helping him overcome the many unimaginable trials and distress he endures.
• Fred Tatasciore as Charlatan Priest:
  The devil personified. This enigma is the eternal mischief mongerer in Bilal's world. No one has seen the face that lies behind that mask, and maybe there isn't one. Heavily dependent on Umayya's corrupt system of business and trade, the priest compels the common people to worship idols and pay tribute in the form of food and money.
• Thomas Ian Nicholas as Saad:
  The son of a wealthy merchant who, along with his family, is not tainted by Umayya's corruption. The courageous Saad was known for being the best archer of his time. A loyal friend to Bilal.
• Jon Curry as Sohaib:
  Like Bilal, Sohaib is also a slave working for his master as a blacksmith. Big and strong, Sohaib can fight ten men without working up much of a sweat.
• China Anne McClain as Ghufaira:
  Bilal's supportive little sister. Bilal does all he can to protect her and keep her out of harm's way, which often leads to some form of punishment at the hands Umayya and his cruel son Safwan.
• Al Rodrigo as Abu Al-Hakam:
  Umayya's right hand confidante, as crooked and mischievous as they come. Abu Al Hakam is a ruthless leader who inflicts his wrath upon anyone who dares question Umayya's corrupt system of business and trade.
• Mick Wingert as Safwan:
  Umayya's son and heir. Being so close in age to Bilal cultivates an animosity between the two, quickly turning into a rivalry of sorts. Safwan is constantly trying to impress the abusive Umayya through his fighting, trade skills, and ruthless demeanor.
• Michael Gross as Okba:
  A mirror to the men of Bilal's time. A greedy, shrewd, sycophantic merchant. Known for being a joker, Okba has ‘bubbly’ energy coupled with over-the-top theatrics leaning towards a feminine exuberance.^[3][4]

Production[edit]

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Ayman Jamal pursued the project for over seven years, doing intense research in order to pay homage to the countless historical accounts and descriptions of the characters and set locations in the movie. He finally founded Barajoun Entertainment in 2013, establishing the company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was truly challenging for Jamal to both open an animation studio and develop the animated feature simultaneously, as both endeavors were the first of their kind within the MENA region. State of the art facilities were employed in the pursuit of industry standard content development, enabling Barajoun to deliver a movie that is on par with any international animated feature.

The film features an ensemble of highly detailed and imaginative elements. It boasts a stylized world with complex characters, setups, props, and environments.

The Falcon[edit]

As a character the presence of the Falcon was as a companion of Hamza the warrior. The Falcon in Arabic literature and culture is a representation of authenticity, pride and bravery.^[5]

Special Programming Scripts were used in order to achieve the hyper realistic animation of the falcon as it folded (and spread) its wings. The falcon rig setup was made up of a number of joints and controls which allowed the animators to deliver a hyper realistic animation performance for the bird's neck movement. Each wing hosted close to 150 controls for the feather sets only. Getting the wings to look correct during the action of folding and unfolding was no easy challenge either.^[5]

The rig is undoubtedly the most complex setup Barajoun built for the film. Each shot of the falcon in the film took over 5 terabytes.^[5]

Creating the Battle of Badr[edit]

This battle scene in Bilal is the longest in animation history. Conventionally, each frame can only hold 7 items in animation.^[5]

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The battle scene held a grand total of 310 figures, including weaponry, warriors, and horses. It was so ambitious that many crew members left believing that it could not be done. The remaining team, however, did not give up. They hired actual Chinese warriors to act out the battle for the perfect animation.^[5]

Hamza's Horse[edit]

Apart from the technical mastery it took to create them, the animals that appear in the movie create a beautiful symbolic message. The horse to Bilal was a symbolic representation of courage, power and strength. The idea of having a wooden horse toy as a child represented a dream of being a warrior. He grew up trying to master a white horse in the stable, and up until he learnt how to gallop through sand dunes and tread long distances, he had to be patient. This whole process of waiting and enduring being thrown off the horse many times, is the process of Bilal turning into a warrior himself.^[5]

The production team at Barajoun researched and created case studies of horses that were available at that historical era. The team went later to Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid equestrian club, as he holds one of the most extensive horse collections in the world, and they built the horse's research database there. The Arabian horse was a point of reference, so the art team took it from there, visualizing stylized interpretation of the majestic animal. Numerous patterns and landmarks were incorporated into the design of these beasts, so that every horse had a presence of its own. Heavy research on the mannerisms of actual horses were undertaken by Barajoun's animation wing for a span of three months. The same was employed by the FX team taking them two years to develop the complex fur, rig, and animation.^[5]

Every horse has more than two million hair strands, making it take over four hours to render a single frame. The complex rig contained nearly 1000 controls along with the skeletal and muscle systems. The epic “Battle of Badr” used anywhere from 50 to 1000 of these horses in most of its shots.^[5]

Music[edit]

The music was composed by Atli Örvarsson, with additional music by Claudio Olachea, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studio. Örvarsson employed a unique blend of Icelandic music fused with Oriental music in order to develop a language that spoke to a wider audience. Music recording and mixing engineering on the show was done by Steve McLaughlin. Stephen Gallagher performed mix duties during the final mix of the show, also producing the song 'Distant Shadows', with lyrics by Khurram H. Alavi.

The musical score and sound design were mixed and finalised at Peter Jackson's Park Road Post in Wellington, New Zealand. The final mix was handled by academy award-winning Michael Hedges and his team of seasoned PRP engineers.

Release[edit]

A special screening was held at the Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha, Qatar on November 9, 2015. The film premiered at the 12th Annual Dubai International Film Festival on December 9, 2015. It continued its festival circuit over the course of 2016 being screened in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, and Toronto. It was released in cinemas all across the MENA region. It was scheduled to be released in the US and other parts of the world on February 2, 2018.

The film has been also released in Turkey dubbed the lead character Bilal by Engin Altan Duzyatan.^{[clarification needed][6]} Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the premiere show and highly praised the film.^[7][8]

Critical reception[edit]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 30 commercial reviews (86% on Audience), and an average rating of 5.9/10 (Audience: 4/5) .^[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[10]

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Awards and nominations[edit]

The film was officially selected at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival under Best Feature Film. It was also nominated for APSA, the region's highest accolade in film for Best Animated Feature Film after winning 'Best inspiring Movie' in Animation Day in Cannes Festival and 'Best Innovative Movie' at the BroadCast Pro Middle East Award.
“BILAL: A New Breed of Hero”, was about hope and self-discovery. Also nominated “Best Animated Feature Film” at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) and screened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA last March 2017. BILAL is presently in the list for 100 best animated feature films of all times, as well as in the Top 10 of 2018 list of animated movies on IMDB. Needless to say, it has earned some good reviews too!

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015) – Box office / business'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
2. ^'Press Kit'. Bilal Movie. Barajoun Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
3. ^www.bilalmovie.comCharacters
4. ^'Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb'. IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
5. ^ ^abcdefghOfficial WebsiteBehind the Scenes
6. ^http://www.anews.com.tr/life/2017/05/25/bilal-a-new-breed-of-hero-hits-theaters-in-turkey-1495730491
7. ^http://www.ntv.com.tr/video/turkiye/cumhurbaskani-erdogan-ozgurlugun-sesi-bilal-filmini-izledi,VJOVHjoPZUmLlvZ1lhdrrQ
8. ^http://m.internethaber.com/erdogan-ailesi-bilal-filminin-galasinda-1780324h.htm
9. ^'Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2018)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. ^'Bilal: A New Breed of Hero Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

External links[edit]

• Bilal: A New Breed of Hero on IMDb
• Bilal: A New Breed of Hero at Rotten Tomatoes