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Bahar

Synopsis

A lonely widow’s home is infested by a mouldy manifestation of her dead daughter’s spirit, but when her son returns from university and realises the severity of her emotional entombment she is forced to confront her festering guilt and choose between the living and the dead.
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Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min
Format
Digital 3.2k
Director
Maryam Hamidi
Producer
Alysia Maciejowska
Executive Producer
Gillian Berrie, Sean Greenhorn, James Heath, Tiernan Kelly, Simon Mallinson, Rebecca Thompson, Mar Vila Barcelo, Alice Whittemore
Editor
Megan Green
Screenwriter
Maryam Hamidi
Director of Photography
Laura Dinnett
Production Designer
Grace Edge
Sound
Heather Andrew
Composer
Mariam Rezaei
Principal cast
Nathalie Armin, Armin Karima, Stella Sorenson

Genre

Horror Scottish Woman Director Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Moquette Films

230 Langlands Road
Glasgow
Scotland
G51 4AQ

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