Private Project

Essential Worker

Samira, a Mexican migrant, walks around the city of Estonia talking to her mother on the phone.

  • Areeba Naveed
    Director
  • David Selva
    Writer
  • Olga Beznosko
    Producer
  • Andrea Villareal
    Key Cast
    "Samira"
  • Yifan Wen
    Cinematography
  • Victor Oliver
    Sound Design
  • Farah Dewary
    Editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Trabajadora Esencial
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 18, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Estonia
  • Country of Filming:
    Estonia, Mexico
  • Language:
    English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Baltic Film and Media School
Director Biography - Areeba Naveed

Areeba Naveed is a writer and director from Pakistan, currently residing in Edinburgh, Scotland. She graduated from National College of Arts, Lahore with a distinction in 2019. During her bachelors degree, she wrote and directed two short films and a music video and her thesis film ‘Until The Quiet Comes’ (2020) got selected and screened at IFFSA Toronto in 2021. Upon graduation, she received a Norwegian Embassy Fellowship and made a short film ‘A Coup’ (2020) on the theme of LGBTQIA which was well-received at four international film festivals and qualified as a semi-finalist in the Queer International Film Festival. The following year she wrote and directed a five-episode, crime-thriller, web series called ‘Khoj’ (The Search). She directed a short film for an NGO (Group Development Project) on the issue of child labour ‘Fairy’ (2023). In 2023 she directed a film ‘About the Echoes We Carry’.

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