Mulaqat / Sandstorm
Pakistán, Reino Unido - 2021 20”
Seemab Gul
- Producción / Production: Abid Aziz Merchant, Sanat Initiative (Pakistan)
- Guión / Screenplay: Seemab Gul
- Fotografía / Photography: Alberto Balazs
- Montaje / Mounting: Raluca Petre, Seemab Gul
- Sonido / Sound: Andrej Bako
- Casting / Cast: Parizae Fatima (Zara), Hamza Mushtaq (Omar), Ayesha Shoaib Ahmed, Nabila Khan, Aun Ali Saleem, Masuma Halai Khwaja, Qasim Ali
- Música / Music: Hollie Buhagiar, Baluji Shrivastav
Zara, una colegiala de Karachi (Pakistán), comparte un sensual vídeo de baile con su novio virtual, que luego la chantajea. Atrapada entre su comportamiento manipulador y el deseo de experimentar el amor en sus propios términos, Zara busca la fuerza para rechazar los confines de una sociedad patriarcal.
Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi (Pakistan), shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her. Caught between his manipulative behaviour and the desire to experience love on her own terms, Zara searches for the strength to reject the confines of a patriarchal society.
Mostra dArte Cinematografica di Venezia – Orizzonti 2021 (Official Selection) - Word Premiere Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022, US (Grand Prize Best Live Action) HollyShorts Film Festival 2022, US (Best Live Action) Sundance Film Festival – London 2022, UK (Official Selection) Ischia Film Festival 2022, Italy (Special mention) Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival 2022, Russian Federation (Best Female Director) Murmat International Film Festival 2022, Italy (Best Short Film - Freedom Theme) Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2022, Germany (Best editing) Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2021, Sweden (Official Selection) Mo&Friese Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2022, Germany (Official Selection) Huesca International Film Festival 2022, Spain (Official Selection) Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022, Japan (Official selection) AFI - American Film Institute Film Festival 2021, US (Official Selection) Festival Nouveau Cinema Montreal 2021, Canada (Official Selection) Odense International Film Festival 2022, Denmark (Official Selection) Fribourg International Film Festival 2022, Switzerland (Official selection) Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival 2022, Yemen (Official selection) Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2022, US (Official selection) Aaretaler Kurzfilmfestival 2022, Switzerland (Official Selection) ShorTS International Film Festival 2022, Italy (Official Selection) Georgetown University Film Festival 2022, United States (Official Selection) DFW South Asian Film Festival, United States (Official Selection) San Diego International ShortsFest 2022, United States (Official Selection) Seattle International Film Festival 2022, US (Official selection) Figari International Short Film Fest 2022, Italy (Official Selection) Austin Asian American Film Festival 2022, United States (Official Selection) DokuFest Film Festival 2022, Kosovo (Official Selection) ONE Country ONE Film International Festival 2022, France (Official Selection) Bolton Film Festival 2022, UK (Official Selection) Lucania Film Festival 2022, Italy (Official Selection) Sedicicorto Forlì International Film Festival 2022, Italy (Official Selection) Kaohsiung Film Festival 2022, Taiwan (Official Selection) FILMETS Badalona Film Festival 2022, Spain (Official Selection) Split Film Festival 2022, Croatia (Official Selection) Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022, Scotland (Official Selection) The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films 2022, US (Official Selection) Festival de films féministes de Montréal 2022, Canada (Official Selection) 20minmax International Short Film Festival 2022, Germany (Official Selection) South Asian film festival of Orlando 2022, US (Official Selection) Donosskino / Donostia Short Film Festival 2022, Spain (Official Selection) Denver Film Festival 2022, US (Official Selection) International Short Film Festival Berlin 2022, Germany (Official Selection) Tasveer South Asian Film Festival 2022, US (Official Selection) Barcelona International Short Film and Video Festival 2022, Spain (Official Selection) Still Voices Short Film Festival 2022, Ireland (Official Selection)
Seemab Gul
Seemab es una guionista/directora y productora pakistaní premiada. Su documental Zahida se emitió en Al Jazeera y ganó el premio del público en el Tasveer SAFF. Sus películas se han proyectado en muchos festivales internacionales. Su cortometraje Tormenta de arena (Mulaqat) se estrenó en el 78 Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia y en la competición de Sundance 2022. Seemab es alumna del Locarno OD Producers Lab, de la Biennale College Cinema y de la Berlinale Talents. Se graduó en la London Film School.
Seemab is an award-winning writer/director and producer from Pakistan. Her documentary Zahida, was broadcast on Al Jazeera and won the Audience Award at Tasveer SAFF. Her films have screened in many international festivals. Her short film Sandstorm (Mulaqat) premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival and in competition at Sundance 2022. Seemab is an alumna of the Locarno OD Producers Lab, Biennale College Cinema and Berlinale Talents. She is a graduate of the London Film School.