The Station
Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage
Sara Ishaq / Feature Narrative / Yemen, Jordan, France, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
While running a women-only fuel station, Layal struggles to keep the family business afloat amid a fuel crisis. When her estranged sister suddenly comes to town, the sibling’s strained relationship reaches breaking point.
About the Director
Sara Ishaq is a Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker who received an Oscar and BAFTA nominations for her short documentary, 'Karama Has No Walls' (2012), while she was studying for an MFA in Film Directing at the Edinburgh College of Art (2011). Her second award-winning documentary feature, 'The Mulberry House' (2013) premiered at (IDFA) and was released both theatrically and aired on Al Jazeera English. Sara is developing her first fiction feature, 'The Station', which was presented at the L’Atelier at the Cannes Film Festival in 2020. Sara is the co-founder of Comra Academy, a Yemen-based film foundation for creative film training, from which some of Yemen's most exciting new film talent has emerged since 2017. In 2022, Sara joined the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk in Amsterdam as coordinator, an organisation founded by the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam, International Festival of Rotterdam and European Film Academy in 2020.