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FINN VARNEY // FILMMAKER

Black. British. Muslim. Other

Working with poet Enas Saeed to film this beautiful performance. Commissioned by BBC New Creatives the film was a finalist at the British Short Film Awards and won the 2022 ZEBRA Best International Poetry Film

Finn meters the light on Enas in the studio

Enas has makeup checks on the set

Finn tweaks a light in the studio with Enas

Enas laughs beneath a lamp in the black-box studio

Enas' face in close-up on the camera screens

Finn films insence burning

Finn changes lenses on the camera

Finn Varney changing settings on the camera

Finn discusses the shot with Enas in the studio

Enas Saeed gives the thumbs-up

Photographs by Anastasia Arsentyeva

Enas had a complete vision for the piece by the time I came aboard. Through our collaboration I contributed the technical and creative lighting and filming, translating Enas' idea into a series of images which were edited and finished by Tyneside Cinema.

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