BABA | Award-Winning LGBTQ+ Short Film

🎬 SUBMIT YOUR FILM ➔ https://shortverse.com/submit An unexpected discovery forces Britannia, a queer Libyan teenager, to question whether to stay or flee his beloved homeland. _BABA_ Dir. Sam Arbor - https://www.instagram.com/sam.arbor Adam Ali - https://www.instagram.com/adamsincerely/ BABA may centre on some of the negatives of Libyan culture, but it isn’t a short looking to paint a pessimistic portrait of the country. In fact, the directors actually describe it as a “love letter to Libya” and it’s this positivity throughout the film that really struck me. Ali and Arbor could’ve taken their narrative to much darker places, but ultimately this is a story of friendship and hope and that is represented poignantly in their impressive filmmaking. - S/W Curator, Rob Munday FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/08/29/baba-adam-ali-sam-arbor/ *CREDITS* Cast: Adam Ali, Colette Dallas Tchantcho, Elysia Kozinos, Ali Gadema, Usaim Younis, Mudar Abarra, Ahmed Elmusrati, Samar Abu Kaf Writer/Director: Sam Arbor, Adam Ali Producer: Hannah Stevenson, Susan Simnett DOP: Michael Filocamo Editor: Izabella Curry Composer: Thomas Ross Fitzsimons Sound Design: Inês Adriana Production Design: Martin Butterworth Post production: Onsight Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.