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.

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Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 91 mins
Format: HD 2K
Director: Sadia Saeed 1st Feature
Producer: Peter Leslie
Co-Producer: Kevan Peterson
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

Genre

Woman Director Asian Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Shono Productions Limited

Sadia Saeed

sadia@UNSWalumni.com

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