World Premiere
A woman arrives at a parking lot to retrieve a car.
Leah Fay Goldstein
Canada
2025
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Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality
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Credits & Director
Producer
Norah Sadava, Peter Dreimanis
Screenwriter
Norah Sadava
Cinematography
Mike McLaughlin
Editor
Andres Landau
Original Music
Amy Nostbakken
Norah Sadava
Norah Sadava is an award-winning director, writer, and performer based in Toronto. Co-artistic director of Quote Unquote Collective, Sadava has been involved in the writing and creation of new works with numerous theatre companies. These include QUC’s premiere production Mouthpiece (2015), which she co-wrote and performed for five years before it was adapted into an internationally recognized feature film. Sadava has previously co-conceived and directed numerous music videos for bands such as July Talk, U.S. Girls, and For Esme. Most recently, she collaborated with FKA Twigs on The Eleven, a durational movement performance at Sotheby’s Gallery in London.
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