Tala, (S)
2019·United Kingdom·9 min.
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Tala, a socially-awkward British girl of Arabic heritage, is at a gallery event. She wraps a scarf around her head in order to shield herself from the rain. Suddenly, she accidentally becomes the toast of the party when the artsy crowd there think she's a Muslim. She is forced to decide whether she'd rather be heard and dismissed or praised and elevated, but as an unheard and voiceless cultural object. A surrealist, political comedy about cultural fetishisation.
DirectorMissy Malek
ScreenwriterMissy Malek
CinematographyMatt Smith
CastJoseph Aldous·Hal Geller·Eleanor Grace·Louise Hoare·Ryan Hunter·Missy Malek·Ralph Prosser·Emma Louise Saunders·Will Stanford·Ellie Turner·Helen Watkinson·Matt WhitchurchShow all
Original titleTala, (S)