1842
Short film
2022
1842 is a short film with an all-female cast, co-created with Afghan artists, set in the eponymous year 1842, in which two Afghan women defend their homes from British soldiers during the East India Company’s retreat from Kabul.
CAST
Orzala - Sienna Afsar
Zamda - Silai Estatira
Captain Frederick Collyer - Lizzie Clarke
Captain Edmund Harper - iulia isar
Captain Perin (Perry) Hopkins - Sama Rantisi
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer & Script Supervisor: Sînziana Cojocărescu
Director: Nico Vaccari
Produced by Claire Gilbert
Set design: Êvar Hussayni
Costume design: Giulia Gallon
Cinematographer & Editor: Natali Khalili Tari
Lighting design: D-Lux Rentals
Make-up, Prosthetics & Hair: Sofia Paradis
Fight director: Haruka Kuroda
Production manager: Elise Hassan
Sound: Jonathan Eato
Produced by BÉZNĂ Theatre
11 - 23 April 2022
Supported by Arts Council England, Camden People’s Theatre & International State Crime Initiative.
With thanks to Applecart Arts.
