Fiction · Narrative short2024
Tohfa
Narrative fiction short · 13 min
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Sound Effects Editor
Two days before his birthday, Nadir's attempts at convincing his mother to find him a worthy gift are interrupted by an unexpected realization.
I made Tohfa as part of my Film and New Media Capstone (thesis) project, leading a cast and crew of 35+ individuals from the development to the post-production of the film.
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- Cinemaz Festival Brazil 2024
- 41st MESA (Middle Eastern Studies Association) Film Festival
- Egyptian American Film Festival
- Festival Angaelica
- Written and Directed by
- Ibad Hasan
- Starring
- Erum Bashir, Ritvik Patil
- Producer
- Linda Dong
- 1st AD
- Camila Echeverria, Al Reem Al Beshr
- 2nd AD
- Mariana Castro
- Director of Photography
- Katia Yesiyeva, Sophia Leow Alegre
- Production Designer
- Abigail Chien
- Gaffer
- Ishika Menrai, Sophie Pfisterer
- Art Directors
- Inshirah Meer, Ilian Contreras
- Acting Coordinator
- Aryann Sarkari
- 1st Camera Assistant
- Better Hao
- Key Grip
- Andy Xu
- Grip
- Ken Wu
- Production Sound Mixer
- Kate Ezubova, Angelica Raagas
- Assistant Sound Mixer
- Ray Qian
- Boom Operators
- Pacey, Roland, Vivian
- Set Decorators
- Sanam Parwani, Vania Chattha, Amy Qian, Manahil Faisal, Noga
- Lead Sound Designer and Audio Engineer
- Shyalina Muthumudalige
- Sound Mixer
- Shyalina Muthumudalige
- Sound Designer
- Shyalina Muthumudalige, Ibad Hasan
- Editor
- Ibad Hasan
- Co-Editor
- Malika Singh
- Colorist
- Timothy Chiu
- Composer
- Vir Malhotra
- Poster
- Lydia Yan
- Supporting Cast
- Abdullah Yusuf, Aahil Mansoor, Malika Singh, Mustafa Asif, Alam Saj, Abbas Raza, Pasindu Wickramsinghe
Special thanks to Manuel F Contreras, Surabhi Sharma, Laurene Manaa Abdullah, Gleb Iaravoi, Umair Bilal, Talha Muneer, Matteo Marciano, Valeriya Golovina, Terry May, and the NYUAD Music Program.