Project Detail

Chicken Soup

John Short

Synopsis

Based on a true story, Chicken Soup is set late at night in an anonymous airport bar. It is the heart-warming story of Khal, a young Arab, whose need for independence and to belong in western society has alienated him from his father. A chance encounter with a mysterious blind old Arab whose revelation of a childhood accident reminds Khal, what his father really means to him and that parents can make mistakes.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 mins
Format: DigiBeta
Director: Farah Abushwesha
Producer: Marc Boothe, Erinma Ocru
Co-Producer: Marc Boothe, Erinma Ocru
Editor: Pani Ahmadi Moore
Screenwriter: Sofian James
Director of Photography: John Ward, Jean Phillip Gossart
Production Designer: Chris Richmond
Sound: Nick Ryan
Composer: Nick Ryan
Principal cast: Philip Arditti, Nadim Sawalha, Shauna Macdonald, Owen O' Neil, Paul Callahan