New film about gay men in the Middle East to debut in secret screening: Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas attempts to portray the “reality” of gay men living in the Middle East in his new movie ‘The Wedding.’ The film, whose events center around the story of a secretly gay man as he prepares to marry a woman, “will show in secret, invitation-only screenings in the Middle East in November to protect viewers,” according to Reuters (watch the trailer, runtime: 2:23).