Tanju Miah
Synopsis
Director Sadik Ahmed uses a series of graceful scenes to build a psychologically complex portrait of a child who might otherwise disappear into statistics. His bosses call him Blacky. "But in my village", he says, "my real name is Tanju".
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 13 mins
- Format
- Super16
- Director
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Sadik Ahmed
- Producer
- Tamsin Lyons
- Co-Producer
- Tamsin Lyons
- Editor
- Michael Ho
- Director of Photography
- Sadik Ahmed
- Production Designer
- Sadik Ahmed
- Sound
- Keiron Teather
- Composer
- Birger Clausen
- Principal cast
- Tanju Miah
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
The National Film And Television School (NFTS)
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK
T+44 (0)14 9467 1234
Sales Company
The National Film And Television School (NFTS)
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK
T+44 (0)14 9467 1234
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