Stranded
Description :
STRANDED - a short film directed by Abiola Abrams.
Narrative Comedy Short Film, 2004, 7 min., is a romantic comedy about gender and cultural miscommunication.
Mali is intelligent, gorgeous and stranded in Berlin.. What should she do when her fiancée doesn’t show?
"Special Director's Note: It was so exciting to be selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus and then have my film show at the Berlin Film Festival. It was a very collaborative process. I had a co-writer who presented me with a fable from his country, Cameroon, I believe.
He was a lovely person but the fable was completely sexist, to my sensibilities. I didn't like what it said about consent and communication. So I was permitted to rewrite it, but I had to keep the gist of the story. Hindsight is 2020 and being much older, I would handle this completely differently today."
Credits :
Full Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Abiola Abrams
Writing Credits:
Abiola Abrams
Nana Constantine
Cast:
Yolette Thomas
Jeff Burrell
Produced by:
Anna Haas - producer
Martin Hagemann - executive producer
Thomas Struck - executive producer
Music by:
Ognjan Milosevic
Cinematography by:
Ines Djampour
Film Editing by:
Elsa Kampen
Production Design by:
Julian Nagel
Camera and Electrical Department:
Dario LEhner - still photographer
Other crew:
Michael Balhaus - visual consultant