2024 Iris Prize

Kasbi

A middle-aged Pakistani housewife, in search of herself, hires a young, self-assured sex worker to keep her company for the night.

DIRECTOR:

Farah Jabir

PRODUCER:

Amelia Lim, Arielle Friedman

WRITER:

Farah Jabir

RELEASE YEAR:

2024

USA, 12 mins

Mae gwraig tŷ Pacistanaidd ganol oed, sy’n chwilio amdani ei hun, yn cyflogi gweithiwr rhyw ifanc, hunan-sicr i gadw cwmni iddi am noson.

Farah Jabir is Southeast Asian, South Asian and Arab independent and commercial filmmaker based in New York. She is a fellow at Film Independent’s Producing Lab, and alum at Mentorship Matters (Amazon/Sony), The Thousand Miles Project (UCP) and the Asian-American Stories of Resilience programme (PBS/A-Docs).


Mae Farah Jabir yn wneuthurwr ffilmiau annibynnol a masnachol De-ddwyrain Asiaidd, De Asiaidd ac Arabaidd sydd wedi’i lleoli yn Efrog Newydd. Mae’n gymrawd yn Film Independent’s Producing Lab ac yn alum o Mentorship Matters (Amazon/Sony), The Thousand Miles Project (UCP) a’r rhaglen Asian-American Stories of Resilience (PBS/A-Docs).


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