Faraz Ayub in Sky Peals Photo: Muslim International Film Festival
An extraordinary first feature which comes out of nowhere like a service station glowing beside a dark, lonely road, Moin Hussain’s Sky Peals tells the story of a lonely man struggling to to come to terms with his identity after the death of his estranged father. Adam (played by Faraz Ayub) has always known that there was something different about him, but only now begins a serious process of trying to figure out what it might be – a process which sees him drifting still further away from the people who are trying to connect with him. The film screened as part of the 2024 Muslim International Film Festival in London, and shortly before it did so, I spoke with Moin, beginning by asking him about the ambiguity central to the story.
“Ambiguity is an important thing for me in this film,...
An extraordinary first feature which comes out of nowhere like a service station glowing beside a dark, lonely road, Moin Hussain’s Sky Peals tells the story of a lonely man struggling to to come to terms with his identity after the death of his estranged father. Adam (played by Faraz Ayub) has always known that there was something different about him, but only now begins a serious process of trying to figure out what it might be – a process which sees him drifting still further away from the people who are trying to connect with him. The film screened as part of the 2024 Muslim International Film Festival in London, and shortly before it did so, I spoke with Moin, beginning by asking him about the ambiguity central to the story.
“Ambiguity is an important thing for me in this film,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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