AWARDS
Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film
SXSW Film Festival - Jury Special Recognition
Arthouse Asia - Best Short Film
Aspen Short Fest
FESTIVALS
Venice Biennale (World Premiere, 2019), Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, Flickerfest Australia, Hamptons Film Festival, Montreal Nouveau Cinema, Melbourne International Film Fest, Stockholm Film Festival
DARLING
As a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theatre in Lahore, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star and a naive young boy falls in love.
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PRODUCTION
Narrative Short Film
Pakistan, 2019
Distribution: Focus Features
CREW
Director : Saim Sadiq
Producer: Mahak Jiwani
Writers: Saim Sadiq, Rodney Llaverias
CAST
Alina Khan, Abdullah Malik, Mehar Bano