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Title: CORNER SHOP, the

Reference number: 7524

Date: 2006

Director: d. Zak Hanif

Sponsor: UK Film Council, Scottish Screen

Producer: Yvonne Bray

Production company: GMAC

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 10.00 mins

Description: A film crew spend a day documenting an episode in the life of a Pakistani shop owner, who arrived in Britain thirty-eight years ago with nothing. We are led into this world of the shopkeeper, in which we get a glimpse of how he conducts his business through the interactions he has with some of his customers. He is from a generation who believes in working long hours, of looking after every penny. A generation who still harbour a dream of returning home one day as rich men. Yet all is not right with the corner shop. As the day unfolds, something else is revealed. Something that could be one of many reasons as to why ‘The Corner Shop’ is now in very steep decline.

Comment from director Zak Hanif: "I wanted to make a film which I thought depicted a part of British Asian culture. But, what I didn't realise was that over the weeks of numerous drafts and re-writes it had evolved into something extremely personal. At the time I wasn't too concerned with the style, though I felt it needed to look and feel like a documentary which would give it directness and also help the story along. And, since this was my first film I was extremely fortunate to have worked with experienced film makers as well as a talented cast." [from BBC Film Network website, last accessed January 2009. Film currently not available online]

DigiCult: A low-budget digital film project that creates a talent pool of twenty directors, writers, producers and crafts-people. The aim is to encourage experimentation and innovation within the digital medium. Five short films are made per year with budgets of up to £5,000.

Credits: UK Film Council and Glasgow Media Access Centre presents A Digicult Project in association with Scottish Screen

w. and d. Zak Hanif

Shopkeeper Renu Setna
1st Customer John Paul Hurley
Short Changed Customer Vicki Liddelle
1st Old Lady in Shop Sarah Grey
2nd Old Lady in Shop Lillian Dawson
Girl in Park Daljinder Singh
Boy in Park Gregor Marks
Film Maker Zak Hanif
Professor David McEvoy Himself

film ed. Lewis Gourlay
d. ph. Steven Mochrie
m. Anders Sodergren
sd. rec. Gregor Marks
camera ass. Jason Weidner
make-up and costume Nicole Stafford
casting by Victoria Beattie Casting
stills ph. Mark Scott
dubbing ed. John Cobban
associate p. Amber Parsons

For GMAC
p. Karen O'Hare
ass. p. Ciara Barry
technical support William Summers
director of GMAC Dale Corlett

For Scottish Screen
short film exec. Julia Caithness

For UK Film Council
project co-ordinator Paul Hewlett

Special thanks to Maggie Kinloch of RSAMD, Anis Ahmad, Mr. Atwal, Anderston Primary School, Brent Millar, Hammerhead TV, Cagoule Productions, The Base, LA Media

exec. p. Caroline Cooper-Charles and Paul Welsh

Made with the support of the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen.

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