Bilal: A New Breed of Hero is a 2015 English-language Emirati 3D animated action-adventure film about the birth of Islam, 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.
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.
On his way back to Umayyah's mansion, he stops a hungry young boy from stealing from the idol's bowl to spare him a beating from the Meccan Priest's guards.
He leaves after his song to the sound of his master's friends mockingly praising, laughing, and insulting his late mother.
At the next feast celebrating Safwan's first success as a merchant, another Quraysh leader named Abu al-Hakam, warned Umayyah of the new movement opposing them.
Upon learning from al-Hakam that some of his fellow merchants are beginning to join the new movement, Umayyah is enraged by this and demands to know of any more traitors among his ranks.
A large boulder is put on top of him to slowly crush him, but he was saved by Abu Bakr who buys him from his oppressive master.
Bilal is then taught how to fight with a sword by Hamza, who is the foster brother, paternal uncle, and also one of the companions of the movement's leader, while also traveling with them up north, fleeing from the persecution of the Meccans.
One year later, after the migration to the great city of Yathrib, now renamed as Medina, Safwan sends Bilal a lock of Ghufaira's hair.
A year later, two more cities join the new movement like Medina, resulting in Umayyah and his merchants deciding to declare war on them for threatening the Meccans' power.
Due to the deaths of Umayyah and al-Hakam in the battle as well as help from divine warriors who come to the movement's aid, the army of Qurayshi Meccans quickly fall into disorganization and are subsequently defeated.
Safwan reiterates Bilal's words, that a man is judged by his actions, and says that freeing Ghufaira will be his one act of morality.
[5] Special Programming Scripts were used in order to achieve the hyper realistic animation of the falcon as it folded (and spread) its wings.
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.
The Arabian horse was a point of reference, so the art team took it from there, visualizing stylized interpretation of the majestic animal.
Heavy research on the mannerisms of actual horses were undertaken by Barajoun's animation wing for a span of three months.
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.
A special screening was held at the Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha, Qatar on November 9, 2015.
[clarification needed][6] Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the premiere show and highly praised the film.