The Desire

A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.

  • Usama Alshaibi
    Director
    Director
  • Talia Watrous
    Director
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    sci-fi, strange, avant garde
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 17, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    4K HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Usama Alshaibi, Talia Watrous

Usama Alshaibi was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1969 and spent his formative years living between the United States and the Middle East. He’s an active filmmaker and artist with many short films, documentaries and feature films to his credit. His films have screened at underground and international film festivals, and have been broadcast on television stations across the globe.

Usama’s films have received several grants from such organizations as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Playboy Foundation, and the Creative Capital Foundation for the Arts. He’s also the winner of the Creative Promise award at Tribeca All Access in New York City.

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Talia Watrous is a recent honors graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder with a B.A. in English Literature, and she is currently pursuing a career as a sex therapist. The Lovers and The Desire are the first film projects Talia has been a part of and she hopes to work on more films both as a storyteller and performer. In addition to dabbling in film, Talia is a blues and fusion dance teacher, writer, and sex educator.

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