The Park
Directed by James Neil & Sahidé Sanin | 35mm | 15 min | UK
With Cristina Haraba, Sharif Nashashibi, Marianna Vogt
The European capital as imagined through a French woman’s search for her missing lover, The Park is imbued with desire and alienation within the city’s architectural spaces. A chorus offers clues about the couple, while a dance troupe provides a lament. Silence and space generate ennui, and the woman’s gaze distills memory. Her path evokes an odyssey – revealing truths about men, women, love and modern life.
**
The Visit
Directed by Sahidé Sanin & James Neil | HD | 12 min | UK
With Tülin Özen, Lara Göktepe, Steven Kent, Hakan Silahsızoğlu, Jamie Laird
The home as shelter and private space, The Visit is set during a period of ever-increasing uncertainty where appearances are maintained. A British-Turkish couple and their young daughter find themselves in a delicate situation.
Selected for the Izmir International Short Film Festival
Selected for the Malatya International Film Festival
**
Salma’s Day
Directed by Sahidé Sanin & James Neil | 7 min | 2007 | 16mm | UK
With Jean Martinez, Fatima Bai
A young woman’s visions and encounters generate a series of haunting images where desire and reflection coalesce in fragments of silence, revealing memories and wider social dimensions.
Sahidé Sanin 