Dir bio: Amina Imran is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Her work explores themes of nostalgia, family, and identity. She holds a diploma in film production from the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. She has also participated in an intensive episodic fiction writing workshop by the Goethe-Institut. Currently, she is working as an assistant director on two national television projects.
Films shown in Divvy Film Festival 2024
The Send Off
dir: Amina Imran
run time: 11 mins
production year: 2024
fiction short
Synopsis: Exiled from her parents' home for marrying against their wishes, Rahila returns years later to visit her ailing father. Having marital troubles, she needs her parents, but the divide between them is difficult to surmount. Tensions ride high between her and her mother, yet Rahila finds vestiges of her presence in her old home despite estrangement.
