Dear Friend - Sarah Hegazi Documentary

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past Work - Bible Quiz (doc Trailer), 3 min

past Work - Bible Quiz (doc Feature), 76 min

Info: BIBLE QUIZ was my debut feature documentary. The film won the Slamdance Grand Jury Award, 9 other festival awards, played in 7 cities theatrically, at 35+ festivals, on Netflix, and on the Sundance Channel Global in 20+ countries. The film was selected for the US State Department’s American Film Showcase.

Logline: BIBLE QUIZ follows seventeen-year-old Mikayla Irle as she memorizes books of the Bible on her quest to win the National Bible Quiz Championship and the heart of JP, her quiz team captain. The film explores coming of age in the face of faith, doubt, fierce competition, sexuality and teen love.

Unity Mosque (doc short), 7 min

I was commissioned to make a Branded docu-series about collectives and the first episode was UNITY MOSQUE, a short film about a queer mosque in Toronto. The mosque also performed Sarah Hegazi’s (the main subject of DEAR FRIEND) funeral services.

UNITY MOSQUE is a queer mosque in Toronto. and the first episode in a branded docu-series Unity Mosque, the subject of the documentary, performed Sarah Hegazi’s funeral services. Sarah Hegazi is the main subject of my proposed documentary DEAR FRIEND.

current Project sample - Sarah Hegazi (teaser), 4 min

Please note, this is a very rough “feel reel” sample. My hope is that this just gives the jurors a taste of what the story will be like.

  • Storyboards are just sketches for placement only! They are not the actual illustrations!

  • Different audio will be recorded

  • Script will vary and bytes in different order

  • Film will include interviews from subjects

  • Film will include photos & Video