Rafina by Sabiha Sumar (Official Trailer)

The story of a young woman trying to find her place in the fashion and beauty industry in Karachi. Rafina‘s work in the up-market salon and her life in a lower middle class colony come together to form a revealing microcosm of modern Pakistani society. Going beyond the clichéd settings of an Islamised Pakistan, the film enters the rarely seen world of Muslim high society.

Rafina Credits:

Directed by: Sabiha Sumar

Starring: Amna Ilyas, Atta Yaqub, Beo Raana Zafar, Khalid Malik.

Written by: Malia Scotch Marmo, Sabiha Sumar and Samhita Arni

Original Music by: Robert Logan

Cinematography by: M. Claire Pijman

Film Editing by: Maurice Bedaux, Rob Das and Bart van den Broek

Production Design by: Nayyareen Chhapra and Anina Diener

Art Direction by: Shahbaz Sumar

Makeup Department: Raana Khan

First Assistant Director: Harune Massey

Second Assistant Director: Shalalae Jamil and Tayyab Siddiqui

Set Dresser: Marium Ali

Assistant Art Director: Zooya Mahmood

Sound Assistant: Bouk Bouwmeester

Dialogue Editor: Marcel Huibers

Sound: Ludo Keeris

Sound Effects Editor: Ronnie van der Veer

Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer: Marco Vermaas

Camera and Electrical Department: Nofil Naqvi, Maarten van der Pluijm and Saskia van Liempd

Casting Department: Tayyab Siddiqui

Costume and Wardrobe Department: Merium Azmi

Editorial Department: Xandra ter Horst

Music Department: Zeeshan Vicky Haider

Producer: Sachithanandam Sathananthan

Line Producer: Anjali Panjabi

Executive Producer: Sarah Radclyffe

Co-production: Vidhi Films (Pakistan) in association with ZDF / ARTE (Europe)

Duration: 96 minutes