The shooting for the film will begin later this year.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has announced plans to make a live-action short film about a Pakistani family that has shifted to the US. Entitled American Eid, the film is part of a low-budget subscription video on demand (SVOD) programme called ‘LaunchPad Shorts 2020’ distributed by the company.
The short film, which will be directed by LA-based filmmaker Aqsa Altaf, revolves around Ameena, an eight-year-old girl, who desperately wants to celebrate Eid, which isn’t recognised as an official holiday in America. She decides to start a petition to make Eid an official holiday in her new home country.
Filming will begin later this year. The team is presently scouting for Pakistani talent with fluency in Urdu and English. The deadline to apply for the roles is July 1, 2020. Casting will take place in Los Angeles, according to castittalent.com website.
Further details will be revealed in the future.
