A portrait of teenage escort, Coco.

A film by Fyzal Boulifa

2015, UK / Morocco, short narrative, 15 min

starring Zehra Zorba


Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2015
Type of film: Shorts
Running Time: 16 mins
Format: 4k
Genre: Experimental / Comedy / Drama

Producers: Taina Galis, Fyzal Boulifa
Executive Producers: Nik Holltum, Yoni Magid, Scott Sullivan, Alisa Pomeroy

Director: Fyzal Boulifa
Screenwriter: Fyzal Boulifa
Director of Photography: Taina Galis
Sound: Anna Bertmark
Music: Felicita
Editors: Taina Galis, Fyzal Boulifa
Production Designer: Tilly Shiner
Costumes : Clare Rose
First assistant director: Lucas Kudapcenka
First assistant director / daily assistant director: Lina Remeikaite

Cast
Zehra Zorba... Coco
Leo Hatton... Sunshower
James Pierce, Terry Noble, Rytis Sadauskas, Zoe Price, Ellie Gardner, Clark Curran, Robert J Francis, Cecilia Noble, Debra Marie Mawdsley, George Welton, Demilade Adesanya, Natalie Callaghan, Zoie Smith, Saskia Chohan, Alex Morrison, Ava Sabrine Rosenthal

Prod : Too True Films Ltd (UK)

Distribution: La Distributrice de Films
Contact: info(@)ladistributrice.ca

FESTIVALS
Cannes, Quinzaine / Cannes, Director's Fortnight - Cannes, France, 2015
Guanajuato International Film Festival - Guanajuato, Mexico, 2015
Kratkofil International short Film Festival - Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2015
20th Sarajevo Film Festival - Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2015
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival - Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2015
BFI London Film Festival - London, UK, 2015
Encounters Shot Film Festival - Bristol, UK, 2015
Hamptons International Film Fetsival - Hamptons, USA, 2015
Toronto International Film Festival - Toronto, Canada, 2015
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival - Batumi, Georgia, 2015
44th Festival du Nouveau Cinema - Montreal, Canada, 2015
51st Chicago International Film Festival - Chicago, USA, 2015
34th Uppsala International Short Film Festival - Uppsala, Sweeden
19th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur - Winterthur, Switzerland, 2015
38th Denver Film Festival - Denver, USA, 2015
Twin Cities Arab Film Festival - Minneapolis, USA
44th AFI Film Fest - Los Angeles, USA
Leeds International Film Festival - UK, 2015
Geo Saizescu International Film Festival - Roumania, 2015
Zagreb Film Fest - Croatia, 2015
Leuven International Short Film Festival - Belgium, 2015
London Short Film Fest - UK, 2016
Sundance - USA, 2016
Solothum Film Festival - Switzerland, 2016
Las Palmas International Film Festival - Spain, 2016
Mecal Barcelona - Spain, 2016
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival - Romania, 2016
Vilnius Film Festival- Lithuania, 2016
Madrid Film circle - Spain, 2016
Atlanta Film Festival - USA, 2016
Go Shorts - Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2016
Dallas Film Festival - Dallas, USA 2016
Indielisboa International Independent Film Festival - Lisbon, Portugal 2016
Kiev International Film Festival - Kiev, Ukraine 2016
Halifax Independent Filmmakers' Festival - Halifax, Canada
Palm Springs Short Film Festival - Palm Springs, USA 2016
New Zeland International Film Festival - Wellington, New Zeland 2016
Lago International Film Festival - Lago, Italy 2016
Kinemastik International Short Film Festival - Malta 2016
DC Shorts Film Festival - Washington, USA 2016
Pacific Meridian International Film Festival - Vlasdivostock, Russia 2016

AWARDS
Best British Short at Leeds International Film Fetsival - UK, 2015
Live Action Short Special Mention for Innovative Storytelling au AFI Film Fest - USA, Los Angeles 2015
Honorable mention for Best International Short at Festival du nouveau cinéma, 2015
Honorable mention for Best International Short at TIFF, 2015
Illy Award, Directors' Fortnight - Cannes Films Festival, 2015