Project Detail

Jamie's Wager

Jamie pick ups the phone at Funeral Director
Alicia attends online healing session
Jamie, Alicia and Hafiz at the Funeral Directors

Synopsis

With the unexpected death of his father, Jamie finds himself in the middle of his Muslim uncle, Hafiz, and his father’s New-Age girlfriend, Alicia, at the office of William's Funeral Directors.
Presented with a series of burial options catering for every religious denomination, uncertain about his father’s beliefs, or his own, he finds himself at a crossroads between religious tradition and his secular upbringing.
Sitting in a dated wood-panelled office, the grieving family undergo the Funeral Director’s well-oiled administrative process. Desperately attempting to make sense of it all, wanting to do the right thing, Jamie’s places a wager on what he believes may be the most pragmatic solution.
Official Selection Tasveer Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 min 27 sec
Director
Sean Kardar
Producer
Derkan Dogan
Co-Producer
Raha Mahamoud
Executive Producer
Dr Yusuf Hamied
Editor
Sam Ostrove
Screenwriter
Sean Kardar
Director of Photography
Chris Nguyen
Production Designer
Collette Creary-Myers
Sound
Nick Soundis
Composer
Mike Tuccillo
Principal cast
Usaamah Hussain, Amy Booth-Steel, Mushi Noor, Kate Maravan.

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Kardar Studios LTD

Sean Kardar
320 City Road
London
UK
EC1V 2NZ

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