Project Detail

Arifa

Synopsis

A dark comedy-drama, that follows the story of Arifa a British-Pakistani woman who reaches a crisis in her life when the escalation of her feelings for intriguing but evasive ‘professional gamer’ Riccardo, coincides with the reappearance of her estranged father, Hameed.

Details

Year
2017
Type of film
Features
Running time
91 mins
Format
HD 2K
Director
Sadia Saeed 1st Feature
Producer
Peter Leslie
Executive Producer
Mike Whelan, Elizabeth Patterson
Editor
Peter Leslie
Screenwriter
Sadia Saeed
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Pignone
Production Designer
Jeff Schell
Sound
Matt Price
Composer
Mike Lindup
Principal cast
Shermin Hassan, Luca Pusceddu, Jeff Mirza, Rez Kempton, Shazia Mirza

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Shono Productions Limited

Sadia Saeed

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