FLOWERS, 7mins, (2022)
An Afro-futuristic fairytale of love, adopting references from classic Disney stories, inverting and modernising their tropes and themes to imagine what a black fairytale would look and feel like.
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Official Selection — BFI London Film Festival 2022
Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival 2023
Official Selection — London Short Film Festival 2023
Winner — Webby Awards 2023 , Short Form
Winner — Urban World Film Festival 22 , Best Experimental Official Selection — Sony Future Filmmakers Award 2023
Winner — Berlin Commercial 2022, Best Idea in Personal Projects
Winner — Cannes Indie Film, Best Male Director, Best Cinematography
Winner — Black Film Festival of New Orleans, Best Wardrobe
Winner — Art Film Spirit Awards, Best Experimental
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Written & Directed by Dumas Haddad
Produced by George Telfer
Director of Photography: Olan Collardy
Creative Direction: Adémidé Udoma
Production Designer: Jade Adeyemi
Costume Designer: Ola Ebiti
Original Score: MIINK
Casting Director: Hannah Ashby Ward
Editor: Dumas Haddad and James Bradley
Colourist: Matthieu Toullet
Sound Designer: Bankey Ojo
Commissioned by Panasonic
Production Company Agile Films
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Vimeo Best of the Year 2022 – https://vimeo.com/bestoftheyear
Short of the Week – shortoftheweek.com/2022/05/19/flowers/
Directors Library – https://vimeo.com/bestoftheyear
One Point Four – https://www.onepointfour.co/2022/05/24/study-in-scarlet/
LBB – https://www.lbbonline.com/news/director-dumas-haddad-on-the-afro-futuristic-fairy-tale-of-love-flowers
Medium – https://carriemcclain.medium.com/redefining-black-masculinity-in-dumas-haddads-flowers-2022-9609658bfb01
