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BABA

By Sam ARBOR, Adam ALI

Drama - Completed 2021

An unexpected discovery forces queer Libyan teenager ‘Britannia’ to question whether to stay or flee his beloved homeland.

Festivals
& Awards

Iris Prize 2021

Best British Short

Iris Prize 2021

Iris Prize (International)

Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2021

Official Selection

Raindance Film Festival 2021

Official Selection

Flickerfest 2022

Azure Prize - Best Rainbow Short

BFI Flare 2022

Official Selection

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, LGBT
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ARABIC, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 17 mn
- Director(s)
- Sam ARBOR, Adam ALI
- Writer(s)
- Sam ARBOR, Adam ALI
- Cast
- Adam ALI, Colette DALAL TCHANTCHO, Ali GADEMA, Elysia KOZINOS, Mudar ABBARA
- Producer(s)
- Hannah STEVENSON (WINGARM LTD), Susan SIMMNET
- Synopsis
- When reckless Libyan teenager “Britannia” gets an
  interview at the British embassy, he comes one
  step closer to a visa and his childhood dream of
  setting foot on Manchester’s Canal Street, the
  pulsing queer Mecca of the world. After all, ‘to be
  truly gay, you have to be British’. All he needs is
  one thing: his passport. And so, Britannia and his
  newfound family sneak back to the house he left
  years before, avoiding his oppressive Baba. But an
  unexpected discovery forces Britannia on a journey
  he never expected to take.