Project Detail

My Lad

Synopsis

Abdul has been hiding out in his launderette for days, unable to deal with the world outside. Despite pleas from his brother, Abdul is determined to run from the one thing he has to accept, fate.

Details

Year
2011
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
13 mins 12 secs
Format
HD
Director
Sami Khan
Producer
Will Massa, Julia Caithness, Sami Khan
Editor
Matt Cannings
Screenwriter
Sami Khan
Director of Photography
Stuart Bentley
Production Designer
Andy Watson
Sound
Baldwin Li
Composer
Emily Appleton Holley
Principal cast
Stewart Scudamore, Ace Bhatti, Tariq Jordan

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Production Status

Production Company

Auto-9/Dark Matter Films

5 Westlands Road
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 9HN
UK
Tel: +44 (0)161 283 6457

Sales Company

Vision+Media

100 Broadway
Salford Quays
M50 2UW
UK
Tel: +44 (0)844 395 0385

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