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Stop the boats

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Synopsis

Overwhelmed by grief and anger, a distraught parent arrives at a mosque with a makeshift firebomb, intent on seeking revenge against those believed to be responsible. But as they confront the imam outside the mosque, an unexpected conversation challenges the hatred and begins to unravel the lies fed.
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Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 min
Format
4k
Director
Aneel Ahmad
Producer
Danny Lomax
Executive Producer
Aneel Ahmad
Editor
Aneel Ahmad
Screenwriter
Aneel Ahmad
Director of Photography
Anthony Mercer
Sound
Pietro Antonio, Jemshaid Ashraf
Composer
Mark T Payne
Principal cast
Becky Kershaw, Dr Aman Amir

Genre

Asian Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Glass Eye Films

Mad max films
Aneel Ahmad

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