Short film (11 mins)
Film London
Starring Georgina Leonidas & Riz Ahmed
Maya dreams about going to fashion school while working at her father’s Arabic restaurant in London. But when forced to decide, which will come first: her father or her dream?
Selected by BBC Film Network. Distributed by Shorts International
“... a strong story, told and filmed well, with great acting - director Nimer Rashed is the person I would give my money to if I was commissioning television drama”
— Rebecca Frankel, Fourdocs
Festivals & Screenings
Times BFI London Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Hamburg International Short Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
London Short Film Festival
Wood Green International Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
East End Film Festival,
Canary Wharf Film Festival,
Houston International Film Festival
Crosby Street Hotel SoHo (screening before Paul Greengrass’s Green Zone)
Féile na Bealtaine (Eire)
AMAL Film Festival (Spain)
Jordan Short Film Festival
Awards
Winner, Gold Remi Award, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
Nominated, Time Out London Award
