Baba

Cinematographer: Michael Filocamo

Screenwriter: Adam Ali, Sam Arbor

Producer: Hannah Stevenson

Executive Producer: Susan Simnett

Co-Producer: Susan Simnett

Languages: ,

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Composer: Thomas Ross Fitzsimons

Editor: Izabella Curry

Production Design: Martin Butterworth

Sound Design: Ines Adriana

Rejected by his family for his queerness and oppressed by his country for the same, reckless Libyan teenager “Britannia” gets an interview at the British Embassy, the gateway to his childhood dream of stepping into the pulsing queer world that is Manchester’s Canal Street. Being British and gay is everything he’s ever dreamed of.  

And now, all he needs is one thing: his passport. And so, Britania and his found family of queers sneak back to the house he was expelled from years before to retrieve it. Plagued by terrible memories of his oppressive Baba, Britannia must fight his demons in order to escape and live his dream. However, an unexpected discovery leaves Britania with a new decision to make. Before Britannia can escape his country, he has to return to it’s home.

Adam Ali
Adam Ali is a British Libyan actor and director striving to celebrate queer Muslim visibility. He recently received a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance as ‘Zain’ in the season finale of Apple TV’s ‘Little America’. Directed by NBC’s Queer As Folk reboot director Stephen Dunn, Adam starred alongside Haaz Sleiman in the story of a Syrian refugee who dreams of being openly gay. Adam played the lead in ‘EUROPA’, an Italian American feature directed by Haider Rashid that had its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes earlier this year and has received the prestigious Proxima Award at the Milano Film Network as well as 1st prize at Cairo Film Connection.

Adam Ali

Adam Ali is a British Libyan actor and director striving to celebrate queer Muslim visibility. He recently received a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance as 'Zain' in the season finale of Apple TV's 'Little America'. Directed by NBC's Queer As Folk reboot director Stephen Dunn, Adam starred alongside Haaz Sleiman in the story of a Syrian refugee who dreams of being openly gay. Adam played the lead in ‘EUROPA', an Italian American feature directed by Haider Rashid that had its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes earlier this year and has received the prestigious Proxima Award at the Milano Film Network as well as 1st prize at Cairo Film Connection.

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Sam Arbor

Sam Arbor is a queer writer and director from Manchester. In 2020, his play ‘butterfly’, telling untold queer stories from across history, played at the VAULT festival (2020) to rave reviews, with The Guardian hailing it as a ‘brilliant show full of heart’. In film, he won the BFI’s ‘most promising newcomer’ award aged 16. He has been assistant to multiple BAFTA winning director Euros Lyn (Sherlock, Black Mirror, Happy Valley.), and acclaimed writer/director Shane Meadows (This is England).

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