Desert Dancer

"Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban."

Cast

Freida Pinto

as Elaheh

Reece Ritchie

as Afshin Ghaffarian

Tom Cullen

as Ardavan

Nazanin Boniadi

as Parisa Ghaffarian

Marama Corlett

as Mona

Akin Gazi

as Farid Ghaffarian

Simon Kassianides

as Sattar

Makram J. Khoury

as Mehdi

Tolga Safer

as Stephano

Neet Mohan

as Javadi, Naser

Gabriel Senior

as Young Afshin Ghaffarian

Crew

Bjørn Ståle Bratberg

Second Unit Director of Photography

Mohammed Al Turki

Executive Producer

Jon Croker

Screenplay

Richard Raymond

Director

Luis Astorquia

Producer

Manuel Puro

Casting

Louise Stjernsward

Costume Design

Izabella Miko

Producer

Morag Smith

Key Hair Stylist

Andy Shelley

Supervising Sound Editor

Lotfi El Gorda

First Assistant Camera

Paul Driver

Visual Effects Producer

Ben Shepherd

Visual Effects Supervisor

Sophie Slotover

Makeup Designer

Fabiola Beracasa Beckman

Producer

Stephen Griffiths

Supervising Sound Editor

Pippa Cross

Producer

Iain Cooke

Music Supervisor

Abderrahim Bissar

Rigging Gaffer

Abdellah Baadil

Assistant Art Director

Liz West

Script Supervisor

Thomas English

Steadicam Operator

Sandy Buchanan

Foley

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Celia Haining

Editor

Shahram Karimi

Production Design

Dana Schondelmeyer

Costume Supervisor

Ian Neil

Music Supervisor

Ruth Sullivan

Foley

Sarah Downes

Makeup Artist

Richard Raymond

Producer

Carlos Catalán

Director of Photography

Alistair Kay

Art Direction

Ben Oliver

First Assistant Camera

Chris Gill

Editor

Raimon Bufí

Gaffer

Blair Jollands

Sound Effects Editor

Benjamin Wallfisch

Original Music Composer

Alison Lewis

Assistant Costume Designer

Will Whale

Sound Recordist