Music Video for Dunya Media and Wallop Film
A bittersweet and heartfelt portrait of a young woman and her diabetic father.
Our love letter to the eldest daughter in every brown family.
WINNER - GRAND JURY PRIZE SXSW 2022
WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD SXSW 2022
WINNER - GRAND PRIX - SHARK AWARDS 2022
WINNER - MUSIC VIDEO - SHARK AWARDS 2022
WINNER - MVP Music Video Prize 2021
A bittersweet and heartfelt portrait of a young woman and her diabetic father.
Our love letter to the eldest daughter in every brown family.
WINNER - GRAND JURY PRIZE SXSW 2022
WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD SXSW 2022
WINNER - GRAND PRIX - SHARK AWARDS 2022
WINNER - MUSIC VIDEO - SHARK AWARDS 2022
WINNER - MVP Music Video Prize 2021
Performed by Ishaval Gill and her father Kamaldevinder Gill,
Harinder Saini, Balinder Johal and Shrey Vyas.
Harinder Saini, Balinder Johal and Shrey Vyas.
with Alisa Lindley, Katrina Kwan, Ruvarashe Marikano, JP Padda, and Ameliya Jagpal.
Produced with the co-operation of the Union of B.C. Performers.
Produced with the co-operation of the Union of B.C. Performers.
Director: Alexander Farah
Cinematographer: Farhad Ghaderi
Produced by: Shyam Valera, Kashif Pasta
Exec. Producers: Katherine Koniecki, Martin Glegg
Production Co: Wallop Film, Dunya Media
Casting: Kara Eide, CSA and Kris Woznesensky, CSA
Production Designer: Charlie Hannah
Art Direction: Mona Fani
1st AD: Tamara Black
1st AC: Mikael Bidard
2nd AC: Soloman Chiniquay, John Fleming
Steadicam Op: Peter Park
Gaffer: Terrance Azzuolo, Michael Yeung
Grip: Ron Okinawa
Wardrobe Stylists: Madison Cannell, Pooja Patel
Hair/Makeup Artists: Charmi Khetia, Aratrika Das
Production Assistant: Kevin Kim
Sound Design/Mix: Eugenio Battaglia
Colourist: Sam Gilling
Film Scan: Peter Hagge at Filmhouse
VFX Support: Lucas Hrubizna
Cinematographer: Farhad Ghaderi
Produced by: Shyam Valera, Kashif Pasta
Exec. Producers: Katherine Koniecki, Martin Glegg
Production Co: Wallop Film, Dunya Media
Casting: Kara Eide, CSA and Kris Woznesensky, CSA
Production Designer: Charlie Hannah
Art Direction: Mona Fani
1st AD: Tamara Black
1st AC: Mikael Bidard
2nd AC: Soloman Chiniquay, John Fleming
Steadicam Op: Peter Park
Gaffer: Terrance Azzuolo, Michael Yeung
Grip: Ron Okinawa
Wardrobe Stylists: Madison Cannell, Pooja Patel
Hair/Makeup Artists: Charmi Khetia, Aratrika Das
Production Assistant: Kevin Kim
Sound Design/Mix: Eugenio Battaglia
Colourist: Sam Gilling
Film Scan: Peter Hagge at Filmhouse
VFX Support: Lucas Hrubizna
Special thanks to Lecily Corbett, Tug Phipps, Met Post NY, The Gill Family, Ian Garrett, Gillian Pyper, Phillip Wong, Sydney Robertson, Julie Lajeunesse, Christine Ackerley, Justin Karasick, Maria Crisa Cardente, Myriam Farah, Sydney Robertson, Salar Pashtoonyar, Meysam Motazedi, Minhal Baig, David Findlay and Francis Arevalo.
This video was created thanks to the generous support of the MVP Project, a joint initiative of RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize (administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television).