FRESHMAN, 2013
SENIOR, 2014
BEHIND THE SCENES
2013 | My film professor (turned mentor) was trying to coach us through our first narrative projects, and he told us to not make anything comedic or music-themed because they were too difficult to execute. Feeling the sudden urge to rebel, I just had to make my project a comedic musical.
My first musical ‘FRESHMAN’ got selected as part of the Emirates Film Competition in the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, cited as a breakthrough piece since it was the first time in the history of the competition that they included a musical.
Doing some breathing exercises before recording the songs for ‘FRESHMAN’, 2013.
2014 | After screening ‘FRESHMAN’ the year before, my mentor asked what happens to the kid. So I replied, “He becomes a senior in the sequel titled ‘SENIOR’.” He laughed so loudly at this lame joke, that I decided it would be worth it to make the second film. This also got into Abu Dhabi Film Festival, and it got accepted into Cannes Film Festival as well.
On set for the first scene of ‘SENIOR’, 2014.
Filming the shisha snippet for ‘SENIOR’, 2014.
