“Meet You At The Light” By Desirée Dawson
A bittersweet and heartfelt portrait of a young woman and her diabetic father. Performed by Ishaval Gill and her (real-life) father, Kamaldevinder Gill.
I feel very blessed to have gotten to work with Ishaval Gill and her (real life) non-actor father. We worked on the on-screen and off-screen material (i.e. their relationship) for over a month leading to production. This process really targeted the filmmaking sweet spot I wish all my projects could align with — those blurred boundaries between non-fiction and fiction, hope and fear, and hurt and healing – therapeutic to all, in many ways.
Something Ishaval said to me towards the end of the production that really landed, was “Not everyone gets a gift like this to give to their dad. I think both me and him waited a long time to have any type of relationship.” That will stay with me always and I am grateful to have played even the tiniest of roles in the reconnection between these two soft-spoken, brave, loving humans.
Alexander Farah - Director
Credits
Music by Desirée Dawson
Performed by Ishaval Gill and her father Kamaldevinder Gill,
Harinder Saini, Balinder Johal and Shrey Vyas.
with Alisa Lindley, Katrina Kwan, Ruvarashe Marikano, JP Padda, and Ameliya Jagpal.
Produced with the co-operation of the Union of B.C. Performers.
Director: Alexander Farah
Cinematographer: Farhad Ghaderi
Produced by: Shyam Valera, Kashif Pasta
Exec. Producers: Katherine Koniecki, Martin Glegg
Production Co: Wallop Film, Dunya Media
Casting: Kara Eide, CSA and Kris Woznesensky, CSA
Production Designer: Charlie Hannah
Art Direction: Mona Fani
1st AD: Tamara Black
1st AC: Mikael Bidard
2nd AC: Soloman Chiniquay, John Fleming
Steadicam Op: Peter Park
Gaffer: Terrance Azzuolo, Michael Yeung
Grip: Ron Okinawa
Wardrobe Stylists: Madison Cannell, Pooja Patel
Hair/Makeup Artists: Charmi Khetia, Aratrika Das
Production Assistant: Kevin Kim
Sound Design/Mix: Eugenio Battaglia
Colourist: Sam Gilling
Film Scan: Peter Hagge at Filmhouse
VFX Support: Lucas Hrubizna
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