IN THIS WORLD (cert 15)
Scooping the top honours at the Berlin Film Festival as well as rave reviews on its release, this digital feature styled as a ‘fictional doc’ tells the timely story of two Afghan boys escaping a Pakistani refugee camp in desperate flight to freedom in the UK. Intimate, intelligent, and engrossing.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Scr. Tony Grisoni
Starring Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah
UK 2003, 88 mins, subtitles
For Choice Brits In This World is introduced by Nick Broomfield
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In This World
Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Written by
Tony Grisoni
Produced by
Chris Auty Executive producer
Andrew Eaton Producer
Behrooz Hashemian Co-producer
Fiona Neilson Associate producer
Anita Overland Producer
David M. Thompson Executive producer
Original Music by
Dario Marianelli
Cinematography by
Marcel Zyskind
Film Editing by
Peter Christelis
Casting by
Wendy Brazington
Sound Department
Tim Alban Dubbing mixer
Peter Fuchs Score mixer
Joakim Sundström Supervising sound editor
Stuart Wilson Sound recordist
Production Companies
* BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
* Film Council
* Revolution Films
* The Film Consortium
* The Works
Cast
Jamal Udin Torabi - Himself
Enayatullah - Himself
Imran Paracha - Pakistan - travel agent
Hiddayatullah - Pakistan - Enayat's brother
Jamau - Pakistan - Enayat's father
Wakeel Khan - Pakistan - Enayat's uncle
Lal Zarin - Pakistan - Enayat's uncle
Ahsan Raza - Pakistan - money changer
Mirwais Torabi - Pakistan - Jamal's older brother
Abdul Ahmad - Pakistan - groom
Amanullah Torabi - Pakistan - Jamal's younger brother
Ramzan Ali - Pakistan - driver
Chaman Ali - Pakistan - driver
Rasheed - Pakistan - soldier Shaheen
Allah Bauhsh - Pakistan - Farid
Hossain Baghaeian - Iran - Behrooz
Yaaghoob Nosraj Poor - Iran - Kurdish father
Ghodrat Poor - Iran - Kurdish mother
Mehdi Poor - Iran - Kurdish baby
Ahmad Azami - Iran - Kurdish father
Yusef Azami - Iran - Kurdish son
Mr. Eghdame - Iran - bus driver
Mr. Dehghame - Iran - bus driver
Mr. Yusuf - Iran - bus driver
Bayram Arjangi - Iran - Truck driver
Jaffa Eghbali - Iran - 4WD driver
Kerem Atabeyoglu - Turkey - policeman
Erham Sekizcan - Turkey - factory boss
Nabil Elouhabi - Europe - Yusif
Paul Popplewell - Europe - voice over (voice)
88 minutes
UK 2002
Certificate 15
In This World was released in the UK by ICA Projects
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16 YEARS OF ALCOHOL
AMERICAN COUSINS
BLACKBALL
BODYSONG
BOLLYWOOD QUEEN
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
CALENDAR GIRLS
COLD MOUNTAIN
DEVIL'S GATE
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
HEARTLANDS
HOOVER STREET REVIVAL
HOPE SPRINGS
IN AMERICA
IN THIS WORLD
INTERMISSION
JOHNNY ENGLISH
KISS OF LIFE
L'HOMME DU TRAIN
LIVE FOREVER
LOVE ACTUALLY
MAX
MIRANDA
MR IN-BETWEEN
MRS CALDICOT'S CABBAGE WAR
NED KELLY
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
NINE DEAD GAY GUYS
OCTANE
OTHERWORLD
PUCKOON
PURE
REVENGERS TRAGEDY
RIVERS AND TIDES
SUZIE GOLD
THE ACTORS
THE CALCIUM KID
THE FOUR FEATHERS
THE GATHERING
THE HEART OF ME
THE HEIST
(aka $teal / Riders)
THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS
THE MOTHER
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
TO KILL A KING
TOUCHING THE VOID
WILBUR (WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF)
WONDROUS OBLIVION
YOUNG ADAM