Project Detail

Brides

Synopsis

Two teenage girls have to confront what they've left behind, before they can come to terms with where they're going.
15-year-olds Doe and Muna are going on a trip. Two girls from a dead-end seaside town, they board the train to the airport excitedly. Quiet, watchful Doe hasn’t gone anywhere since arriving in the UK the age of 3 as a refugee at from Somalia. Badass Muna, of Pakistani heritage, is the dominant force... These girls are not going on holiday, but to Istanbul, to be met by a chaperone who will take them to the Syrian border to start a new life. Disaster strikes in Istanbul when their chaperone doesn’t show. Out of their depth, they formulate a new plan to continue their journey alone. Experiencing different slices of life in the city, their resolve, faith and friendship are tested.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Features
Running time: 92 min
Director: Nadia Fall 1st Feature
Producer: Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi
Executive Producer: Sawsan Asfari, Susan Simnett, Cassidy Uggla
Screenwriter: Suhayla El-Bushra
Director of Photography: Clarissa Cappellani
Production Designer: Gemma Randall
Composer: Alex Baranowski
Principal cast: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar, Yusra Warsama, Cemre Ebuzziya, Aziz Capkurt

Genre

Human Rights Welsh Woman Director Asian Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI, Ffilm Cymru Wales

UK, Italy co-production

A Neon Films (UK), Rosamont (IT), Bankside Films (UK)

Neon (Brides) Films

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London
SE1 1JA

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Sales Company

Bankside Films

Yana Georgieva
Ashley House, 5th Floor
12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN