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Title: HOMECOMING

Reference number: 8236

Date: 2008

Director: d. Zak Hanif

Sponsor: UK Film Council, Scottish Screen

Producer: Yvonne Bray

Production company: GMAC Shortcuts

Sound: sound

Original format: HDCam

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.20 mins

Description: As celebrations get under way on the holy day of Eid, a British Asian family are surprised by a sudden visit. Soon smouldering family resentment and unexpected racial hatred rise to the surface as the 'family' find themselves in conflict with each other. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Films New Talent Best of Scottish Shorts 2008"]

Credits: UK Film Council, Scottish Screen and Glasgow Media Access Centre (GMAC) present a Shortcuts production

w. Zak Hanif

Mr Aziz Renu Setna
Shezy Mohammed Taqi Nazeer
Ilyas Robert Mountford
Sandra Charlotte Allan
Saima Vineeta Rishi
Mrs Aziz Shamshad Akhtar
Sadaf Anima Bodane
Hamzah Subhaan Saleem
Omar Omar Alim
Dancers Punjabi No 1
Family Friend Maimoona Saleem

d. ph. Minttu Mantynen
film ed. Lewis Gourlay
original m. Anders Sodergren
set designers Maja Mangard and Natalie Thorne
dubbing ed. Robert Walker
sd. rec. Douglas Fairgrieve
focus puller Gordon McMillan
camera ass. Graham Findlay
make up and hair Hollie Armstrong
p. coordinator Anna O'Dell
runners Mari Newman and David Mearns
sc. developer Karen O'Hare
directors mentor Peter Mackie Burns

"Ha La La" performed by Ajuba. Composed by Diyal Puri, Jandu Lithra courtesy of Oriental Star Agencies / Brian Engel Publishing

Special thanks to Maggi Kinloch of RSAMD, Cagoule Productions, Progressive Broadcast, Caroline Stewart, Maimoona Saleem, Athar Alim, Melanie and Eilza Chiswell, Screen Academy Scotland, Anne Mitchell of Extra-Verts, Hermione Morrison and Glendrick Roost Animal Welfare Centre, Mrs S. Hanif, Ann and John Bray, Martin Smith, Faisal Aziz, Shamshad and family, Charanji @ Punjabi No. 1

GMAC short film ass. Claire English
GMAC short film coordinator Kathy Spiers
exec. p. for GMAC Dale Corlett
exec. p. for UK Film Council Julia Caithness
exec. p. for Scottish Screen Robbie Allen
exec. p. shortcuts Karen O'Hare

GMAC is core funded by Glasgow City Council. 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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