Project Detail

Baghdad Express

Synopsis

A teenage girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her dreams, or her family.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
HDCAM
Director
Nimer Rashed
Producer
Rose Wicksteed
Editor
Richard Smither
Screenwriter
Nimer Rashed
Director of Photography
Stuart Biddlecombe
Production Designer
Tim Dickel
Sound
Theo Green
Composer
Anna Rice
Principal cast
Georgina Leonidas, Riz Ahmed, Nayef Rashed

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Pulse Films

1 Book Mews
Off Flitcroft Street
London WC2H 8DJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7240 2414

www.pulsefilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Film London

Suite 6.10, The Tea Building
56 Shoreditch High Street
London E1 6JJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7613 7692

josic.cadoret@filmlondon.org.uk

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