Untitled Doctor

Director: Poh Si Teng

Producer(s): Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad

Countries: USA

Stage of Production: Final Cut

Runtime: 90 minutes

Budget: 749,771 Euro

Logline: When three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.

Looking for: International sales agent, distribution, TV pre-buys, festivals, and financiers.

Contact: Kirstine Barfod; Kirstinebarfod@gmail.com 

Synopsis: Untitled Doctor is a vérité political and medical non-fiction film that follows three American physicians who journey to Gaza. Their mission to heal and bear witness places them at the center of a global moral crisis, challenging what it means to speak out and fight for the living.

Director Profile: Poh Si Teng is an award-winning director, producer of the Oscar®-nominated ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN, and Emmy®-award winning executive producer of PATRICE: THE MOVIE. She is a former creative executive for ABC/Disney, former documentary commissioner for Al Jazeera English, former IDA grants director, and former New York Times journalist. She is the founder of Tiny Boxer Films, which produces non-fiction feature docs, and docu- and unscripted-series for the US and global majority markets. Her past producing credits include MUSLIM MATCHMAKER (ABC/Hulu/Disney), the Oscar-qualified award-winning short documentary BLOOD ON OUR SIDE and the BAFTA-qualified short documentary DEAD WOMAN'S PASS. 

Producer Profile: Kirstine Barfod is a Danish film producer and the founder of Nordland Pictures, established in 2022 and based in New York. She is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer and executive producer of documentary feature films and series. Best known for BLACK SNOW (CPH:DOX), THE CAVE (TIFF), and REUNITED (Hot Docs), Kirstine has made significant contributions to the film industry with her compelling and socially impactful documentaries.

Producer Profile: Reem Haddad is an award-winning Palestinian Canadian producer and filmmaker with two decades of experience covering the Middle East and Africa. A former commissioning editor for Al Jazeera English, she has overseen documentaries about conflicts and crises from Gaza to Yemen to South Africa. She recently commissioned and produced RESCUE MISSION GAZA, a harrowing look at Gaza’s Civil Defense officers and first responders, capturing their efforts to dodge bombs, rescue civilians, and save children trapped under rubble. In 2024, the film earned her the Overseas Press Club of America Award and the British Royal Television Society Award for its raw, unflinching storytelling.