MAIFF 2026  -

AmérAsia

HALF

June 12th

7:00 PM

Goethe Institute Montreal

Fiction

9

minutes

English

Content Warning:

About the Film

Director

Arti Ishak

Country

USA

Year

2026

Program

AmérAsia & KFFC Shorts

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Description

Synopsis | Sri is always the wrong "half' for any situation they are in. Not Asian enough, not Arab enough, never Queer or Muslim enough. Until they meet Erren, a Black American Muslim working through his own identity who might see Sri as a whole for the first time. HALF explores the comedy of navigating multiple identities in a world that constantly forces you to check one box.

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About the Director
Arti Ishak
Director
Arti Ishak (they/them) is an actor, director and writer, previously named a 3Arts Make A Wave Artist. Acting credits include The Best Decision You Ever Made, Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno (The Second City); KISS (Haven); Venus in Fur (Circle); Witch, Buried Child (Writers); Men on Boats (American Theater Company). TV: Southside (HBO); Dark Matter (Apple TV); Chicago Med (NBC). Directing credits include short films Shukran Bas (Means of Productions), ba la (HF Productions), HALF (ZAXIE); Theatre: Same Sects (Haven Chicago), Hatefuck (First Floor Theatre), Upcoming directing credits: we, the invisibles (TTS DePaul). Arti is a facilitator with The Chicago Inclusion Project, an instructor at Black Box Acting, and an adjunct professor at The Theatre School at DePaul. Represented by Paonessa Talent Agency. www.artiishak.com
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