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When a young Palestinian woman tries to claim asylum in the UK, she faces the indifference of British bureaucracy and the disillusionment of a Polish asylum officer on the verge of leaving the country for good.

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Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 10 sec
Director
Razan Madhoon
Producer
David Jack, Paul Welsh
Executive Producer
Gillian Berrie, Tiernan Kelly, Rebecca Thompson, Mar Vila Barcelo, Alice Whittemore
Editor
Martin Allison
Screenwriter
Razan Madhoon
Director of Photography
Julian Schwanitz
Production Designer
Andy Drummond
Sound
Jaime Sotelo, William Aikman
Principal cast
Joelle Zaghbour, Joanna Kaczynska, Brian Pettifer

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Supported by BFI NETWORK

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