The Last Time I Saw You (2018)

A 16 year old Hazara Muslim refugee confronts a trio of mean girls at school. Fitting in as a teenager is challenging at the best of times. Imagine what it's like when you're a 16 year old ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Damian McLindon

Writer:

Damian McLindon

Stars:

Mahdia Bakhtiari, Mieke Billing-Smith, Eva Lazzaro

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mahdia Bakhtiari	...	Aaseya
Mieke Billing-Smith	...	Sally
Eva Lazzaro	...	Hayley
Shannon Kerr	...	Lisa (as Shannon Barker)
Sema Mirzae	...	Young Aaseya
Elaha Bakhtiari	...	Young Fahima
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aaron Koczi	...	School boy

Storyline

A 16 year old Hazara Muslim refugee confronts a trio of mean girls at school.

Fitting in as a teenager is challenging at the best of times. Imagine what it's like when you're a 16 year old girl, Hazara, Muslim and a refugee. This parallel experience is what intimately connects our protagonist, Aaseya to our lead actress, Mahdia Bakhtiari in The Last Time I Saw You. Mahdia is a 17 year old Hazara refugee (Hazaras are one of the most persecuted ethnic minorities in the world) who fled to Australia with her family from Kabul, Afghanistan in 2013. Sema Mirzae, Mahdia's little cousin who plays her younger self in the film, was born here in 2007 after her family arrived from Kabul in the early 2000s. After an extensive national search for an authentic cast, we found Mahdia and Sema in local Dandenong, an outer suburb of Melbourne where there is a significant refugee community. After reading the script, Mahdia expressed how closely she identified with the story inspired by real life events, ...

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Genres:

Short

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Details

Official Sites:

Tropfest Film Festival Official YouTube Channel

Country:

Australia

Release Date:

17 February 2018 (Australia)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Color:

Color

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