

The Dissident
The untold story of the murder that shook the world.
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $57K
- Language
- Arabic
- jamal khashoggi
- جمال خاشقجي
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival23 Jan 2020
- Digital / OTTPG-1318 Dec 2020
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1325 Dec 2020
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT15Prime Video1 Apr 2021
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM22 Apr 2021
CanadaCA
- Digital / OTT14A25 Dec 2020
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1125 Dec 2020
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT1215 Mar 2021
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT1215 Mar 2021
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1511 Mar 2021
NorwayNO
- Digital / OTT925 Dec 2020
SpainES
- Digital / OTT16Filmin19 Mar 2021
SwedenSE
- Theatrical (limited)1525 Dec 2020
SwitzerlandCH
- Digital / OTT122 Oct 2020
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The Dissident was released on 25 December 2020.
Audience reviews
2- L6/10
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
3/9/2021
The grisly murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and the subsequent cover-up by the Saudi government is explored in “The Dissident,” a complex and detailed documentary from director Bryan Fogel. Through CCTV footage, social media history, interviews with Jamal’s family and friends, and unprecedented access to video evidence from Turkish police, the film gives an i…
- R9/10
rsanek
9/21/2021
Really well-done film. I saw the news stories but watching this does a good job of making you pause and realize how absolutely crazy it is that a state can just decide to straight murder somebody, and it's not even on their own soil. I agree that it is also insane that the Saudis can just decide to hack the richest man in the world, all with software designed and sold by a company in what's supposed to be a first-rat…
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