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Variety reports that Jordan Peele and Riz Ahmed will produce the horror short film Moshari written and directed by Nuhash Humayun, which has won numerous international accolades. Jordan Peele will produce the film through his Monkeypaw Productions. Peele is a three-time Oscar winner, including best director for Get Out and best picture for BlacKkKlansman.
Through his company Left Handed Films, Riz Ahmed, who has already been nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Sound of Metal and won one for best live-action short for his film The Long Goodbye will serve as EP (Executive Producer). The first movie from Bangladesh to have an Oscar-qualifying debut at SXSW’s Midnight Shorts Program was Moshari.
It centers on the sisters Apu (Sunerah Binte Kamal) and Ayra (Nairah Onora Saif), who must first survive each other before they can seek refuge inside old mosquito nets to survive ferocious monsters.
Along with Peele and Ahmed, the project includes Win Rosenfeld, president of Monkeypaw, Dana Gills, SVP of development and production, and Allie Moore, SVP and head of television at Left Handed Films. Rosenfeld and Gills said, “Moshari is a unique horror short in that it’s profoundly visual and emotionally powerful from the first frame.”
“We were floored by Nuhash’s riveting film that evokes our subconscious fears, from the childhood monster under the bed to an apocalyptic future. He weaves together jump scares and an emotional survival story of two young sisters confronting colonialism and climate change. We’re thrilled to join Nuhash’s team and help share this story,” opined Ahmed and Moore.
