Hollywood actor Meg Ryan (pictured) is coming to Doha for the screening of her directorial debut Ithaca at the fourth Ajyal Youth Film Festival presented by the Doha Film Institute (DFI).
During her time at the Festival, the acclaimed actor will discuss her film with the young jurors and will also be presented with the Ajyal Honorary Award, to celebrate her inspirational career.
Meg Ryan steps into the director’s chair with Ithaca, an adaptation of William Saroyan’s novel “The Human Comedy”, in which a teenage boy takes on a part-time job as a telegram delivery boy in a fictional US town during World War II. Ryan takes a pivotal role in the film and recruits her regular co-star Tom Hanks in a cameo, while Sam Shepard stars as a crotchety telegraph operator nearing retirement.
