Drama, Pakistan, United Kingdom, 2021, 19:55 min
Urdu with English subtitles
Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi (Pakistan), shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her. Caught between his manipulative behaviour and the desire to experience love on her own terms, Zara searches for the strength to reject the confines of a patriarchal society.
Credits
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Sanat Initiative
PRODUCER
Abid Aziz Merchant
DIRECTOR
Seemab Gul
DOP
Alberto Balazs
SCRIPT
Seemab Gul
EDITING
Raluca Petre, Seemab Gul
SOUND
Faiz Zaidi
SOUND DESIGN
Andrej Bako
MUSIC
Hollie Buhagiar, Baluji Shrivastav
CAST
Parizae Fatima (Zara), Hamza Mushtaq (Omar), Ayesha Shoaib Ahmed, Nabila Khan, Aun Ali Saleem