SCRAPS
 Short film, directed by Mohamed-Zain Dada
2023 | London


This short film follows a British-Pakistani boxer, Abz, as he tells the story of his Uncle Faz and his battles with the National Front.

Set in a boxing gym, the film interweaves a poetic monologue with archival footage of South Asian youths protesting in Southall in 1977.

FESTIVALS
Novella Film Festival 2024  
Winner - POC Narrative

Ealing Film Festival 2024
Nominee - Best Homegrown

LuminaFlicks International 2024
Winner - Best Montage

Creative Circle Awards 2024
Finalist - Best Short Film Editing

CREW
Director - Mohamed-Zain Dada
Producer - Kristina Pringle
Co-Producers - Samantha Locock, Poppi Knight

Archive Producer - Saifur Rehmaan Manzoor-Khan
Executive Producers - Abu-Bakr Al Akku, Maatin Patel

Actor ‘Abz’ - Faraz M Khan
Casting Director - Sydney Aldridge

First AD - Jemima Stephenson

Director’s Assistant - Saif Ur-Rehmaan Manzoor-Khan

Cinematographer - Carmen Pellón Brussosa
1st AC - Chelsea Bernard
2nd AC - Ciaran Tunmer
Steadicam Operator - Lee Brown

Sound Mixer - Max Palmer

Gaffer - Owen Whitehead
Spark - Simin Zeng

Production Designer - Omar Parry Kent

Editor - Scarlett Bovingdon
Trailer Editor - Rita Conry

Original Score by Sunden
Sound Designer - Calum Sample

Colourist - Megan Lee
Colour Producer - Alex Carswell
Colour Assistant - Nuval Jolly
Colour House - Electric Theatre Collective

Supported by Art Fund

Release date - September 2024