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In Zainab’s Heaven

بہشتِ زینب

Indonesian Premiere

26 minutes | 2024 | Pakistan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates | Documentary | 🔊 Persian | English Sub. | 13+

Synopsis
Sinopsis

A Hazara film director follows a gravestone maker, a water girl and a man who buried his limb, as their daily lives unfold in a graveyard.

Schedule
Jadwal

XXI Studio 3 | Dec 5, 2024 | 12:15 WIB
XXI Studio 3 | Dec 6, 2024 | 20:45 WIB

Director's Biography

Biografi Sutradara

Ali Mehdi

Ali Mehdi

Ali Mehdi is a Pakistani Quetta-born director. He started his career as a stop motion animator before working as the first AD and holding different positions in short films and documentaries.
His first short film 'Father’s Grave' (2018) received multiple awards. Ali developed his feature debut within the framework of the 2021 Busan Asian Film School before receiving a six-month fellowship from the Qalambaaz Screenwriting Lab. His short documentary 'In Zainab’s Heaven', winner of the Special Jury Mention at the Fribourg International Film Festival 2024, received the Hot Docs CrossCurrents International Doc Fund and the Sharjah Art Foundation's Short Film Production Grant.

Cast & Crew

Kru & Pemain

Production Company FilmKhaana, MovieTailor Pictures

Producer Pascale Asmar, Nadine Asmar, Ali Mehdi

Cinematographer Ali Mehdi

Editor Asad Aman

Main Cast Sang Tarash, Parisa, Salman

Notable Achievement

  • Special Jury Mention – Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland. 2024
  • Sharjah Film Platform, UAE. 2023
  • Film SouthAsia, Nepal. 2024

 

Filmography

  • In Zainab’s Heaven (2023)
  • Qabr-e-Padr / Father’s Grave (2018)

Contact

movietailorpictures@gmail.com (Pascale Asmar)