Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, the director of Disney’s Ms. Marvel and a two-time Academy Award winner for documentary filmmaking, has come on board as an executive producer for Pakistani-American filmmaker Afia Nathaniel’s powerful short Don’t Be Late, Myra, Variety reported.
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The film follows 10-year-old Myra (Innayah Umer) as she makes a perilous trip home through the streets of Lahore.
A survivor herself, Nathaniel tackles the taboo topic of child abuse directly; along the way, Myra encounters a series of characters who embody the many risks a young girl faces alone on the street.
The cast includes Nida Ahsan as Myra’s bedridden mother and Sumaira Saghir as her teacher, with Mushtaq Ahmed, Munir Hussain, Shahid Riaz, Rizwan Riaz, and Sohail Tariq portraying the dangerous men she meets.
Don’t Be Late, Myra has enjoyed strong success on the festival circuit, picking up awards at the Bergen International Film Festival (New Jersey), the Montreal International Film Festival, the Big Apple Film Festival (New York), the UK Asian Film Festival, and the Woodstock Film Festival, achievements that have placed it in contention for an Academy Award, Variety says.
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