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SANDSTORM

(MULAQAT)

Year 2021
Runtime 20 mins
Language Urdu
Subtitles English

This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: SPIRITS ON FIRE


Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi, Pakistan, shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who uses it to blackmail 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.

Countries

Pakistan
Director
Seemab Gul
Producer
Abid Aziz Merchant
Screenwriter
Seemab Gul
Cinematographer
Alberto Balazs
Editor
Seemab Gul, Raluca Petre
Music
Hollie Buhagiar
Cast
Parizae Fatima, Hamza Mushtaq