SIRIUS: NFTS First Year Film

TYPE: Short Film CREDIT: Production Designer DIRECTOR: Yasmin Afifi DOP: Genevieve Reyes Producer: Elizabeth Rufai

Synopsis:

Sirius is an intimate portrayal of a complicated relationship between a father struggling with alcohol addiction and his 8-year-old daughter, Hannah.

The story builds up to a point of no return, a decision Hannah needs to make to save herself. One morning she comes downstairs and finds her dad with another woman surrounded by post-battle chaos. She picks up the phone and calls her mother - a conversation she will remember forever, a decision which leads to her parents’ divorce.

Sirius is a story about a moment, which changes you forever, when you grow up in a matter of seconds. It’s about childhood tainted by trauma, told through the eyes of an innocent child.